Professional Experience

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Utah State University Deparment of Mathematics and Statistics Logan, Utah  USA

• Assistant Professor                                                                                                     August 2021- present

International Atomic Energy Agency Vienna and Seibersdorf, Austria   Europe

• P-3 Statistician, Nuclear Safeguards Laboratories                                                                                               October 2012 - June 2017

• P-2 Junior Professional Officer, Nuclear Fuel Cycle Section                                                                                       February 2011 - October 2012

I started as an extrabudgetary employee, supported by the US Support Program, in the nuclear fuel cycle analysis section where I gained training in international safeguards, developed facility sampling plans for inspectors, and participating in material balance evaluations.

In October 2012 I attained a full United Nations staff position and worked on a quality management team in the Coordination and Support Services section. In this office I supported radiochemists and mass spectrometry experts in both the Nuclear and Environmental Sampling laboratories. I supported them in internal quality control, data analysis, designing and analyzing experiments, certifying reference materials, and method development and validation.

I also was responsible for managing technical aspects of the IAEA's Network of Analytical Laboratories (worldwide member support network for measurements of samples taken for international nuclear safeguards). Specifically, I adapted prescriptions from international standards for designing, analyzing, reporting, and presenting the results of interlaboratory comparisons and proficiency tests.

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Richland, WA  USA

• Research Scientist III                                                                                           November 2010 - October 2012

• Research Scientist II                                                                                                     June 2007 - November 2010

My first professional post was at PNNL as a US DOE researcher. I worked as a statistician and algorithm developer in broad ranging disciplines including: hyperspectral remote sensing, human social-behavioral modeling, and environmental sampling and remediation.

Montana State University  Statistical Consulting and Research Services Bozeman, MT  USA

• Statistical Consultant                                                                                                                                   August 2017 - May 2018

 I offered general support to research professors and graduate students across all departments in sample and experimental design, research proposal writing, and data analysis.