2024 - present: Full Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, UAlberta

2024 - present: Director of the Centre for Applied Research in Defence and Dual-Use Technologies (CARDD-Tech)

2023 - present: UAlberta Engineering Research Chair in Development and Advanced Manufacturing of Next-Generation Materials

2022 - present: George Ford Chair in Materials Engineering

2021 - 2024: Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, UAlberta

2015 - 2021: Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, UAlberta

2013 - 2015 Postdoctoral Fellow - the Johns Hopkins University (with KT Ramesh)

2009 - 2013 Mech Engn PhD - University of New Brunswick (with John Spray and Bob Rogers)

2007 - 2009 Mech Engn BSc - University of New Brunswick

2003 - 2007 Applied Math BSc - University of Prince Edward Island

I am passionate about research, mentoring, and teaching. I enjoy pursuing collaborative and multi-disciplinary projects that apply fundamental research to solving challenging industrial problems. I attribute much of my recent successes to my team of undergraduates, graduates, and Postdoctoral Fellows.