Graduated from the University of California, Irvine with a B.S. in Chemistry -undergraduate research on elemental composition of emeralds using instrumental neutron activation analysis Graduated from the University of Kentucky with a Ph.D. in Chemistry -dissertation on trace elemental analysis of human tissues (brain, heart, lung, kidney, liver) along with hair and finger nails in the study of Alzheimer's Disease. Worked at the Nuclear Science Center at Texas A&M -Neutron Activation Analysis Supervisor Taught nuclear spectroscopy in the Texas A&M Nuclear Engineering Department -undergraduate nuclear measurement techniques -spectroscopy methods for Health Physics Masters students Radioassay Manager at Isotope Products Laboratories in Valencia, California -joined IPL 1 Feb 99 -also Head of Calibration Laboratory for NIST-traceable sources, Technical Operations Officer and technical representative for customer service -member of ANSI N42 Subcommittee on Radiation Measurements