(SR. MANUFACTURING ENGINEER)
Org Code: 699
NASA/GSFCEmployer: AERODYNE INDUSTRIES
VMS Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer (QMS) subsystem lead for the DAVINCI mission to Venus.
MS-science team member for the DraMS Instrument for the DRAGONFLY mission to Saturn's moon, Titan.
MS-science team member and field team lead for the Linear Ion Trap Mass Spectrometer (LITMS) instrument field testing campaign(s).
MS-science team member for the Mars Organic Molecule Analyzer (MOMA) mass spectrometer instrument developed for the Rosalind Franklin ExoMars 2022 rover.
Aerodyne Industries, LLC - Greenbelt, MD
October 2022 - Present
Instrument development scientist at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Planetary Environments Laboratory Code 699.
ATA Aerospace - Greenbelt, MD
2019 - October 2022
Instrument development scientist at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Planetary Environments Laboratory Code 699.
University of Maryland / CRESST - Greenbelt, MD
2016 - 2019
Instrument development scientist at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Planetary Environments Laboratory Code 699.
Northern Illinois University, Department of Geology and Environmental Geosciences - DeKalb, IL
2014 - 2015
Northern Illinois University, Department of Geology and Environmental Geosciences - DeKalb, IL
2012 - 2014
Master of Science (M.S.), Geology.
Northern Illinois University, 2015
M.S. Thesis: Platinum and Nickel Partitioning between Sulfide and Silicate Melts as a Function of Sulfur Fugacity.
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Geology.
Northern Illinois University, 2012
Brinckerhoff, W. B., P. A. Willis, A. J. Ricco, et al. D. A. Kaplan, R. M. Danell, A. Grubisic, M. F. Mora, J. S. Creamer, A. Noell, J. C. Stern, C. Czopa, C. Freissinet, F. Kehl, K. Zamuruyev, C. T. Castle, J. Spring, T. Drevinskas, M. Badescu, M. S. Ferreira Santos, E. A. Jaramillo, F. Van Amerom, X. Li, M. E. Castillo, J. L. Eigenbrode, B. P. Theiling, R. C. Quinn, F. Stalport, A. Buch, and K. A. Zacny. 2022. Europan Molecular Indicators of Life Investigation (EMILI) for a Future Europa Lander Mission Frontiers in Space Technologies 2 760927 [10.3389/frspt.2021.760927]
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