• Present
  Ph.D Program, Materials Science and Mineral Engineering
  Minors: Solid State Physics and Chemical Engineering
• May 1999
  Master of Science, Materials Science and Mineral Engineering,
  University of California at Berkeley.
  Thesis Title: Deposition of Carbon Nitrides using Pulsed Laser Ablation and Microwave-assisted Chemical Vapor Deposition Techniques
• May 1990
  Bachelor of Science, San Jose State University
  Department of Chemistry
  

PROFESSIONAL AND ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE:

• 1987-1994 Santa Clara County District Attorney's Crime Lab, San Jose, CA
  Forensic Chemist
  • The analyses of controlled substances and chemical using scientific methods and providing expert witness testimony in a court of law.
  • Extensive use of Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS), and wet chemical methods.
  
  
• 1994-present University of California at Berkeley
  Graduate Student Researcher
  • Growth of carbon nitrides using Pulsed Laser Ablation and Microwave-assisted Chemical Vapor Deposition Techniques and their characterization utilizing Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), Auger Electron Spectroscopy (AES), X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS), and Raman Spectroscopy. Work done under the direction of Professor Timothy D. Sands.
  • The growth, processing, and characterization of optoelectronics based on III-V semiconductor materials. Extensive use and maintenance of Emcore D75 MOCVD Deposition system; Utilization of Photoluminescence (PL), X-ray Diffraction (XRD), Reflectometry, Electrochemical Capacitance-Voltage (ECV), and Hall-Effect techniques.
  
  

  AWARDS AND HONORS:

  • Department of Materials Science and Mineral Engineering Fellowship, 1994-95.
  
  

  INTERESTS:

  • religion, music, baseball and other sports.
  
  

  
  
  

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