Resume

• 2007

  PhD

  Inorganic Chemistry - Nanoparticle Synthesis

  University of Southern California

• 2004

  Bachelor of Science (BS)

  Chemistry

  California State University-Los Angeles

• 1996

  BA

  Studio Art - Painting/Photography/Installation

  University of California

  Irvine

• Nanoparticle Synthesis

  Undergraduate Teaching

  GC

  Powder X-ray Diffraction

  TEM

  Nanomaterials

  Schlenk line

  Nanoparticles

  TGA

  XRD

  Photoshop

  EDX

  Ionic Liquids

  Microsoft Office

  SEM

  XPS

  Chemistry

  SAED

  FTIR

  UV/Vis

  Heterogeneous fullerene-supported osmium tetroxide catalyst for the cis-dihydroxylation of olefins

  We report on the activity of fullerene-supported OsO4 catalysts in the achiral dihydroxylation of olefins using N-methylmorpholine N-oxide as co-oxidant. The fullerene-supported OsO4 catalysts can selectively dihydroxylate olefins with conversions up to 95% after 48 h without leaching

  and the catalysts can be recovered and recycled several times.

  Heterogeneous fullerene-supported osmium tetroxide catalyst for the cis-dihydroxylation of olefins

  Malancha Gupta

  Brandon C. Marin

  Droplet-based microfluidic platforms have the potential to provide superior control over mixing as compared to traditional batch reactions. Ionic liquids have advantageous properties for metal nanoparticle synthesis as a result of their low interfacial tension and complexing ability; however

  droplet formation of ionic liquids within microfluidic channels in a two-phase system has not yet been attained because of their complex interfacial properties and high viscosities. Here

  breakup of an imidazolium-based ionic liquid into droplets in a simple two-phase system has for the first time been achieved and characterized by using a microchannel modified with a thin film fluoropolymer. This microfluidic/ionic liquid droplet system was used to produce small

  spherical gold (4.28 ± 0.84 nm) and silver (3.73 ± 0.77 nm) nanoparticles.

  Two-Phase Microfluidic Droplet Flows of Ionic Liquids for the Synthesis of Gold and Silver Nanoparticles

  Steven Chu

  A microfluidic device was used in tandem with an imidazolium-based ionic liquid to fabricate monodisperse gold nanoparticles (4.38 ± 0.53 nm) with excellent control over size and morphology.

  Flow-focused synthesis of monodisperse gold nanoparticles using ionic liquids on a microfluidic platform

  Effect of Ionic Liquid Impurities on the Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles

  Imidazolium-based ionic liquids have been widely utilized as versatile solvents for metal nanoparticle synthesis; however

  reactions to synthesize silver nanoparticles that are performed identically in different commercially obtained lots of 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate (BMIM-BF4) give divergent results. This suggests that impurities in these nominally identical solvents play an important role in the resulting silver nanoparticle quality. To test the effect that impurities have on the quality of silver nanoparticles synthesized in BMIM-BF4

  silver nanoparticles were synthesized in carefully prepared and purified BMIM-BF4 and compared against silver nanoparticles that were synthesized in the purified BMIM-BF4 that had been spiked with trace amounts of water

  chloride

  and 1-methylimidazole. It was clearly demonstrated that trace amounts of these common ionic liquid impurities cause significant deviation in size and shape (creating polydisperse and irregularly shaped ensembles of both large and small particles)

  and also negatively impact the stabilization of the resulting silver nanoparticles.

  Effect of Ionic Liquid Impurities on the Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles

  Fullerton College

  Cypress College

  Santa Monica College

  University of Southern California

  Long Beach City College

  Cerritos College

  Los Angeles

  -Physical Chemistry Discussion \n-Advanced General Chemistry Lab

  Teaching Assistant

  University of Southern California

  Fullerton

  California

  Assistant Professor of Chemistry

  Fullerton College

  Santa Monica

  CA

  PT Chemistry Instructor

  Santa Monica College

  Norwalk

  CA

  PT Chemistry Instructor

  Cerritos College

  University of Southern California

  Long Beach City College

  Long Beach

  PT Chemistry Instructor

  Cypress

  CA

  PT Chemistry Instructor

  Cypress College

  University of Southern California

  Doctoral Fellowship in Chemistry

  University of Southern California

  The Jean Dreyfus Boissevain Undergraduate Scholarship for Excellence in Chemistry Award

  The Camille & Henry Dreyfus Foundation

  Inc./ California State University

  Los Angeles

  The Beckman Scholars Award

  Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation / California State University

  Los Angeles

  NSF-REU Award

  National Science Foundation / University of Hawai'i at Manoa