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Alumni Profiles
Cell Process Engineer - Apple, Inc.
I am from Orocovis, a small town at the geographical center of Puerto Rico. At the University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez (UPRM) I graduated from Chemical Engineering, as Magna Cum Laude, with a minor in Environmental Engineering.
NRC Postdoc - Air Force Research Lab
I graduated with a PhD from UMass Amherst in May 2016. After graduation, I received a National Research Council Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to work with Dr. Timothy White on liquid crystal elastomers. My education from the Polymer Science and Engineering department has helped me get to where I am today.
Professor of Chemical and Materials Engineering - University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati OH.
Professor - Materials Science and Engineering Department - University of Maryland
Associate Professor - Department of Applied Chemistry at National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan
Group Leader Specialty Coatings Applications R&D - Eastman Chemical Company
Postdoc - University of Minnesota
I worked in Professor Coughlin’s research group and graduated in 2016. In my research, I investigated macromolecular design parameters to obtain robust anion conducting membranes with efficient ion conductivity and chemical stability. Currently I work as a senior formulation scientist at Axalta Coatings Systems.
Lead Scientist - SABIC Innovative Plastics
I was a PSE graduate student twenty years ago working on polymer surfaces and thin films in Tom McCarthy’s research group. Over the years I have had a chance to revisit Amherst many times – and it has always been a positive experience to meet the faculty & staff.
I am from Mumbai, India, a city with a busy lifestyle and beautiful seashore. I grew up in the suburbs of Mumbai and that’s where I started my academic journey. After high school, I attended the Indian Institute of Technology-Roorkee (IIT-R) and graduated with an integrated master’s degree in polymer science and technology in 2016. At IIT R, in my sophomore year, I worked with Prof.
For most of my life, I lived and studied in Massachusetts. I received my B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in 2016 and graduated from PSE in Spring 2021.
