2009-Present: Interim Director, Kentucky-Argonne Battery Manufacturing R&D Center
2007-Present: Director, Center for Applied Energy Research, University of Kentucky.
2006-2007: Acting Director, Center for Applied Energy Research, University of Kentucky.
2003-2006: Associate Director and Engineer Associate Program Manager II Center for Applied Energy Research, University of Kentucky
2003-2007: Assistant Adjunct Professor, Mechanical Engineering, University of Kentucky.
2001-2003: Assoc. Engineer III, Center for Applied Energy Research, University of Kentucky
1999-2001: Associate Engineer II- Research, Center for Applied Energy Research, University of Kentucky.
Jan. 1997 & Dec. 1995: Visiting Researcher, Institute for Advanced Materials Studies, Kyushu University, Kyushu, Japan.
Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, University of Kentucky, 1999
B.S., Chemical Engineering, Michigan State University, 1994
Activated carbon materials
Agriculture
Carbon fiber formation
Carbon materials
Environment
Pitch chemistry and characterization