Dr. Matthew Kundrat

- Developed standards for the legal limits of pollutants discharged into waterways, including common ions, metals and synthetic toxins - Collaborated with other scientists as well as engineers, lawyers and political appointees to ensure that the standards enacted are scientifically sound, legally defensible and practically applicable

- Prepared marketing materials and price quotes for the sale of cGMP grade (current good manufacturing practice), vegetal and animal derived reagents for the synthesis of cosmetics and pharmaceuticals

- Modeled charge transfer complexes using Partition Density Functional Theory and molecular dynamics, using the ADF, Turbomole, ORCA, and GROMACS programs and Python scripts - Detailed the electronic characteristics of adsorbed organic molecules on a metallic surface measured by Kelvin probe force microscopy, - Modeled plausible structures and X-ray emission and absorption spectra of heterogeneous catalysts

- Represented the company at dozens of international chemistry and physics conferences, greeting, informing and gaining contact information from potential customers - Presented PowerPoint seminars and hosted software workshops at universities, government research centers and private businesses, informing and educating current and potential customers - Designed and distributed brochures, news items and press releases regarding the latest scientific innovations in software for molecular modeling

Modeled chiroptical properties of amino acids in solution using time dependent density functional theory. Compared computed specific rotation, optical rotatory dispersion and circular dichroism to experimental values. Solvation effects were modeled with the COSMO continuum model as well as explicitly through the direct reaction field method. Software used included Turbomole, ADF, Gaussian03, DRF-90, GROMACS, gOpenMol and Molden, all running under Linux.

- Worked in a team of chemists, physicists and engineers to synthesize and evaluate the performance of air-sensitive metal hydrides designed as potential efficient, environmentally friendly hydrogen fuel storage compounds for automobiles - Discovered a compound that yielded over 10% by weight desorbed hydrogen - Analyzed both energy storage and catalytic systems by X-ray crystallography, performing phase identification and particle size analysis on various metals, alloys and metal-coated materials

- Identified and fixed flaws in the painting process of Dodge trucks, increasing productivity and quality - Enhanced consumer satisfaction by eliminating coating defects which caused customer complaints

- Instructed junior and senior level students in advanced inorganic laboratory - Independently designed curriculum and graded performance of pupils - Utilized pre-existing lab equipment and reagents extensively to conserve resources and stay under budget - Managed laboratory insuring students completed complex experiments in a safe and timely manner

- Designed and synthesized novel precursors for the chemical vapor deposition of the semiconductors gallium antimodide as well as titanium and tantalum nitrides, utilizing standard glove-box and Schlenk-line techniques for handling air-sensitive materials, with the aid of molecular modeling with ab-inito methods using the Gaussian 98 program - Analyzed results using infrared spectroscopy (IR), nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), mass spectrometry (MS), elemental analysis (EA), and X-ray crystallography

- Supervised the setup and cleanup of the reagents and equipment essential for the completion of general and organic chemistry laboratories, assisting professors and students during class period - Oversaw two junior lab assistants in these tasks, setting goals and delegating tasks needed to keep 7 laboratories with 150 students running safely and efficiently