• PhD defended under 4 years.
  • 17 papers published in top journals including Frontiers of Plant Sciences and Analytical Chemistry.
  • Honors and Awards
    • 2017: Texas A&M University Excellence Fellowship
    • 2018: Texas A&M University Merit Fellowship
    • 2018: 1st Place Poster Award at the 21st Annual Student Research Week, Texas A&M University
    • 2018: Best Poster award at the 26th International Conference on Raman Spectroscopy (ICORS), Jeju, South Korea
    • 2019: Graduate Student Fellow, Foundation for Food and Agricultural Research
    • 2020: Travel Award, Texas A&M University Biochemistry Graduate Student Association
    • 2020: Dean’s Outstanding Achievement Award for Graduate Research, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Texas A&M University
  • Poster and Oral Presentations
    • 21st Annual Student Research Week, March 2018, Texas A&M College Station, Texas
    • 26th International Conference on Raman Spectroscopy, August 2018, Jeju, South Korea
    • Scott Medal Symposium, October 2018, Texas A&M College Station, Texas
    • Biochemistry and Biophysics Department Research Competition, February 2019, Texas A&M College Station, Texas
    • Biophysical Society Symposium, March 2019, Texas A&M College Station, Texas
    • Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy, March 2019, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    • Biochemistry and Biophysics Department Research Competition, January 2020, Texas A&M College Station, Texas
    • Life Sciences Symposium, February 2020, Texas A&M College Station, Texas
  • Management, Leadership and Publications
    • Spring 2018 – Present: Undergraduate Mentor for the Kurouski Lab
    • Trained 8 students in proper equipment use, including confocal and portable Raman
    • Advised students on experimental design, statistical analysis, presentation preparation and paper writing
    • 6 publications with undergraduates as first or near-first authors
    • Spring 2018 – Present: Lead collaborations with 9 different research groups at Texas A&M University and beyond
    • Mullet lab at Texas A&M, resulting in 2 publications
    • Zhu-Salzman lab at Texas A&M, resulting in 1 publication
    • Rogovskyy lab at Texas A&M, resulting in 1 publication and ongoing cooperation
    • Texas Plant Disease Diagnostic Lab at Texas A&M, resulting in 1 publication and a 2nd in preparation
    • Texas A&M AgriLife Center in Stephenville, resulting in 1 publication and ongoing cooperation
    • Texas A&M AgriLife Center in Weslaco, resulting in 1 manuscript in preparation
    • Texas A&M AgriLife Center in Amarillo, resulting in 1 publication
    • Wescott lab at Texas State University, resulting in 1 publication
    • Corteva AgriSciences, resulting in 1 manuscript in preparation
    • Spring 2018 – Present: Laser lab manager for the Kurouski Lab
    • Realigned optics for home-built spectroscopy systems as necessary to maintain performance
    • Maintained protocols for use of all laser equipment in the lab
    • Ensured all active lab members were trained to safely use equipment and associated software
    • Developed simple skills tests for equipment to determine whether trainees had acquired necessary skills to operate equipment independently
    • Worked with companies (Bruker, Horiba, Agilent, Princeton Instruments, Cobolt) to repair malfunctioning equipment
  • Charlie has already accepted a job at Bruker Nano. He will be based in California.