Professional Experience
Research Activities and Publication Writing: I have over 10 years of training, experience, research and collaborative work in Analytical and Environmental Chemistry applied in plant/agricultural systems. I am capable of conceptualizing and carrying out research plan from experimental field design to analytical/biochemical analyses and technical writing for publication.
Knowledge of Analytical Instrumentation: I have operational and maintenance knowledge on analytical instruments including UV/Vis Spectroscopy, Flame/Graphite Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy, Inductively Coupled Plasma – Optical Emission Spectroscopy/Mass Spectroscopy, FT-IR Spectroscopy/Microscopy, Confocal/Fluorescence Microscopy, Gas Chromatography- Mass Spectroscopy, High Performance Liquid Chromatography, X-Ray Fluorescence, Dynamic Light Scattering, Microwave Assisted Digestion Machine, Kjeldahl Nitrogen/Protein Analyzer, Stable Isotope Analyzer, LI-COR Photosynthesis System, and others. I applied synchrotron techniques in my research. I have experiences on using Synchrotron µ-XRF and µ-XANES at Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource and at the Advanced Light Source in Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. I am also competent in using statistical analysis softwares like SAS, SPSS, and Principal Component Analysis in MATLAB.
Teaching Experience: As a graduate research/teaching assistant at Kyungpook National University (KNU) and The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), I had the opportunity to work with and train graduate students from Ghana, Laos, Bangladesh, Nepal, Philippines, Korea, India, China, and Mexico. In addition to my regular duties as laboratory instructor, I frequently gave lectures, teaching demonstrations, and trainings on soil and plant analyses, and equipment like Flame and Graphite Furnace AAS, ICP – OES/MS, XRF, and FT-IR Spectroscopy/Microscopy to undergraduate and high school students. I was a teaching assistant for three Fall semesters (2010-2012) in a molecular modeling course for UTEP undergraduate chemistry students wherein in 2012 I was entrusted by the professor-in-charge to handle significant amount of responsibility from designing the curriculum to giving lectures and grading student works. In my previous work as a Research and Extension Associate in the University of the Philippines Los Baños, Philippines, I also had an ample experience on conducting trainings to high school students and teachers, farmers, and minority/tribal communities.
Collaborative Studies: In my graduate research at UTEP, I collaborated with research groups from Chemistry and Biological Science Departments, statisticians from UTEP Statistical Consulting Laboratory, beam line scientist from the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, and the research group of Dr. Sang Chul Lee, my former mentor in KNU, Korea. When I worked as a researcher in a Korean biotechnology company, I established and coordinated research collaboration in 20 government, academic and corporate institutions in 26 countries including Taiwan, Japan, India, Israel, Hungary, Poland, Jordan, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, and Australia.
Knowledge of Analytical Instrumentation: I have operational and maintenance knowledge on analytical instruments including UV/Vis Spectroscopy, Flame/Graphite Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy, Inductively Coupled Plasma – Optical Emission Spectroscopy/Mass Spectroscopy, FT-IR Spectroscopy/Microscopy, Confocal/Fluorescence Microscopy, Gas Chromatography- Mass Spectroscopy, High Performance Liquid Chromatography, X-Ray Fluorescence, Dynamic Light Scattering, Microwave Assisted Digestion Machine, Kjeldahl Nitrogen/Protein Analyzer, Stable Isotope Analyzer, LI-COR Photosynthesis System, and others. I applied synchrotron techniques in my research. I have experiences on using Synchrotron µ-XRF and µ-XANES at Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource and at the Advanced Light Source in Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. I am also competent in using statistical analysis softwares like SAS, SPSS, and Principal Component Analysis in MATLAB.
Teaching Experience: As a graduate research/teaching assistant at Kyungpook National University (KNU) and The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), I had the opportunity to work with and train graduate students from Ghana, Laos, Bangladesh, Nepal, Philippines, Korea, India, China, and Mexico. In addition to my regular duties as laboratory instructor, I frequently gave lectures, teaching demonstrations, and trainings on soil and plant analyses, and equipment like Flame and Graphite Furnace AAS, ICP – OES/MS, XRF, and FT-IR Spectroscopy/Microscopy to undergraduate and high school students. I was a teaching assistant for three Fall semesters (2010-2012) in a molecular modeling course for UTEP undergraduate chemistry students wherein in 2012 I was entrusted by the professor-in-charge to handle significant amount of responsibility from designing the curriculum to giving lectures and grading student works. In my previous work as a Research and Extension Associate in the University of the Philippines Los Baños, Philippines, I also had an ample experience on conducting trainings to high school students and teachers, farmers, and minority/tribal communities.
Collaborative Studies: In my graduate research at UTEP, I collaborated with research groups from Chemistry and Biological Science Departments, statisticians from UTEP Statistical Consulting Laboratory, beam line scientist from the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, and the research group of Dr. Sang Chul Lee, my former mentor in KNU, Korea. When I worked as a researcher in a Korean biotechnology company, I established and coordinated research collaboration in 20 government, academic and corporate institutions in 26 countries including Taiwan, Japan, India, Israel, Hungary, Poland, Jordan, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, and Australia.
Awards and Grants
- Certificate of Recognition. ACS Publications Reviewing Activity in 2015. American Chemical Society. September 2016.
- Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation. The University of Texas at El Paso. April 2015.
- Outstanding Graduate Student Commendation. Office of the President, The University of Texas at El Paso. Fall Convocation, December 2014.
- Best Dissertation Award – Physical Science Category. College of Science, The University of Texas at El Paso. December 2014.
- Academic and Research Excellence Award – Graduate Student – Chemistry. College of Science, The University of Texas at El Paso. December 2014.
- Dodson Research Grant. Office of the Graduate School, The University of Texas at El Paso. 2013 - 2014.
- Frank B. Cotton Trust Scholarship. Office of Scholarships, The University of Texas at El Paso. 2013 - 2014.
- UTEP Graduate School Travel Grant. Office of the Graduate School, The University of Texas at El Paso. Fall 2013.
- Graduate Student Merit Award. Society for Risk Analysis. December 2013.
- Student Travel Award. Student Government Association, The University of Texas at El Paso. Fall 2013.
- Student Incentive Funds. College of Science, The University of Texas at El Paso. Fall 2012 and Fall 2013.
- Student Travel Award. University of California Center for Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology. Fall 2013.
- Student Research Travel Award. Programmatic travel to Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource. College of Science, The University of Texas at El Paso. Fall 2012 and Fall 2013.
- Student Leadership Training Travel Awards. University of California Center for Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology. Summer, Fall 2012; Summer, Fall 2013.
- Student Travel Award. Sustainable Nanotechnology Organization. November 2012.