I was born on a warm, sunny (probably) Tuesday August 4^th, 1981 in Detroit, MI (greatest sports city of all time).  I have lived mostly in southeastern Michigan, the majority of the time in Livonia, MI, growing up on the infamous 7 Mile road.  Despite 187’s being an almost daily occurrence, I was able to graduate high school and attend the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor where I majored in chemistry.  After graduation in 2003, I moved to Champaign IL, and joined the Moore group, where I work on reactive sieving using m-phenylene ethynylene oligomers.  My interests mostly include, sports, guitar, and rocking out.