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CONSULTANT
Summary

My Ph.D. career focused on developing technologies and materials to advance the fields of sulfur based infrared optical polymers, optical telecommunications, and lithium-sulfur batteries. This work was highly collaborative as highlighted by the numerous publications produced as an effort between different groups/colleges at the University of Arizona, as well as other institutions. Given the nature of this multi-disciplinary work, I have I have a strong background not only in organic/polymer synthesis and characterization, but also in a variety of device fabrication techniques.

Skills
  • Device Fabrication:
  • Coin cell fabrication/testing
  • Melt/solution polymer processing
  • Fabrication of bulk and microoptic elements
  • Glove box use
  • Clean room and photolithography experience
  • Laboratory Synthesis:
  • Synthetic desing/planning
  • Small molecule synthesis/characterization
  • Polymer synthesis and characterization (RAFT, ATRP, Lactide ROP, ROMP)
  • Instrumentation Experience
  • Spectroscopy (UV-Vis, ATR/FTIR, NMR)
  • Size Exclusion Chromatography
  • Differential Scanning Calorimetry
  • Thermogravimetric Analysis
Experience
Consultant / Norcon Technologies LLC - Tucson, AZ06/2020 - Current
  • Worked as a consultant to support an NSF SBIR grant aimed at bringing to market the minimum viable product using sulfur based materials as part of the optical component for IR imaging
Principle Research Specialist / The University of Arizona - Tucson, AZ11/2019 - Current
  • ·Designed new materials enabling novel methods for connecting photonic integrated circuits to meet industrial requirements/metrics of reducing the cost of optical alignment and enabling greater modularity in fabrication processes.
  • Worked to synthesize and process biodegradable materials into stents to help reduce clotting and aide in tissue regeneration following heart surgery.
  • Designed and synthesized new organic comonomer motifs for sulfur based IR optical materials to chemically engineer new windows of transparency
Graduate Research Assistant / The University of Arizona - Tucson, AZ08/2014 - 12/2019
  • Improved thermomechanical properties while retaining desired performance of sulfur based infrared optical devices
  • Devised methods of increasing the refractive index of sulfur based materials by incorporating other chalcogens into the polymer
  • Development of highly efficient, wholly solution processable dielectric mirrors utilizing high refractive index sulfur based materials
  • Developed materials that undergo photolithographically defined changes in refractive index to facilitate fabrication of polymer waveguides devoid of etching steps
Education and Training
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo - San Luis Obispo, CA06/2014Bachelor of Science: Chemistry
The University of Arizona - Tucson, AZ12/2019Ph.D.: Chemistry
Publications (8/12 shown)
  • Kleine, T. S.; Pyun, J.; et al. Refractive Index Contrast Polymers: Photoresponsive Systems with Spatial Modulation of Refractive Index for Photonics. ACS Macro Lett. 2020, 9, 416-421.
  • Kleine, T. S.; Glass, R. S.; Lichtenberger, D. L.; Mackay, M. E.; Char, K.; Norwood, R. A.; Pyun, J. 100th Anniversary of Macromolecular Science Viewpoint: High Refractive Index Polymers from Elemental Sulfur for Infrared Thermal Imaging and Optics. ACS Macro Lett.2020, 9, 245–259.
  • Kleine, T.S.; Pyun, J.; et al. Infrared Fingerprint Engineering: A Molecular Design Approach to Long Wave Infrared Transparency with Polymeric Materials. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.2019, 58, 17656
  • Kleine, S. T.; Pyun, J.; et al. One Dimensional Photonic Crystals using Ultra-High Refractive Index Chalcogenide Hybrid Inorganic/Organic Polymers: Polymeric Bragg Reflectors for the Infrared. ACS Macro. Lett. 2018, 7, 875-880
  • Kleine, T.S.; Pyun, J.; et al. High refractive index copolymers with improved thermomechanical properties via the inverse vulcanization of sulfur and 1,3,5-triisopropenylbenzene. ACS Macro Lett. 2016, 5, 1152-1156
  • Karayilan, M.; Kleine, T.S.; Pyun, J.; et al. Chalcogenide Hybrid Inorganic/Organic Polymer Resins: Amine Functional Prepolymers from Elemental Sulfur. J. Polym. Sci. Part A: Polym. Chem. 2020, 58, 35-41
  • Zhang, Y.; Kleine, T.S.; Pyun, J.; et al. Functionalized Chaclogenide Hybrid Inorganic/Organic Polymers (CHIPs) via Inverse Vulcanziation of Elemtnal Sulfur and Vinylanilnes. Polym. Chem. 2018, 9, 2290-2294
  • Anderson, L. E; Kleine, T. S.; Pyun, J.; et al. Chalcogenide Hybrid Inorganic/Organic Polymers: Ultrahigh Refractive Index Polymers for Infrared Imaging. ACS Macro Lett. 2017, 6, 500-504
Patents and Invention Disclosures
  • Tristan S. Kleine, Jeffrey Pyun, et al. “Chalcogenide Hybrid Inorganic/Organic Polymers (CHIPs) for Infrared Optical Materials and Devices” Serial No. PCT/US18/25178, Publication No. WO 2018/183702, filed March 29, 2018.
  • Tristan S. Kleine, Jeffrey Pyun, et al. “Novel Long-Wave Infrared Transparent Thermoset Polymers for Optical Components and Imaging Systems” Invention Disclosure, 2019. (Tech ID: UA19-204)
  • Tristan S. Kleine, Jeffrey Pyun, et al. “Chalcogenide Hybrid Inorganic/Organic Polymers (CHIPs) Using Cyclic Olefinic Comonomers” Invention Disclosure, 2018. (Tech ID: UA19-075)
  • Tristan S. Kleine, Jeffrey Pyun, et al. “Photoresponsive Polymer Films For Photo-Patterned Waveguides” Invention Disclosure, 2018. (Tech ID: UA18-233)
  • Tristan S. Kleine, Jeffrey Pyun, et al. “Solution Processable Chalcogenide Hybrid Inorganic/Organic Polymers (CHIPs) for Optical Short-Wave Infrared and Mid-Infrared” Invention Disclosure, 2017. (Tech ID: UA17-153)
  • Tristan S. Kleine, Jeffrey Pyun, et al. “A Photorefractive, High Refractive Optical Polymers from Styrenic Sulfide Monomers” Invention Disclosure, 2017. (Tech ID: UA17-144)
Presentations (4/7 shown)
  • Kleine, T. S.; Pyun, J. Chalcogenide Hybrid Inorganic/Organic Polymers (CHIPs): A Unique Class of Optical Polymers for IR imaging and Photonics. American Chemical Society National Meeting, Orlando, FL, USA. 2018, Oral Presentation (Excellence In Graduate Polymer Research Symposium)
  • Kleine, T. S.; Pyun, J. Chalcogenide Hybrid Inorganic/Organic Polymers (CHIPs): A New Class of Optical Polymers for LIDAR and Thermal Imaging. National Graduate Research Polymer Conference, Minneapolis, MN, USA. 2018, Oral Presentation
  • Kleine, T. S. Synthesis of Chalcogenide Hybrid Inorganic/Organic Polymers (CHIPs) and Demonstration of Their Use in Infrared Optical Devices. University of Arizona Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Graduate Research Award Symposium, Tucson, AZ, USA. 2018, Oral Presentation
  • Kleine, T. S. Chalcogenide Hybrid Inorganic/Organic Polymers (CHIPs): A New Class of Optical Polymers for IR Imaging and Photonics. University of Arizona Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Graduate Research Award Symposium, Tucson, AZ, USA. 2017, Oral Presentation
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Resume Overview

Companies Worked For:

  • Norcon Technologies LLC
  • The University of Arizona

School Attended

  • California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo
  • The University of Arizona

Job Titles Held:

  • Consultant
  • Principle Research Specialist
  • Graduate Research Assistant

Degrees

  • California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo - San Luis Obispo, CA06/2014 Bachelor of Science : Chemistry
    The University of Arizona - Tucson, AZ 12/2019 Ph.D. : Chemistry

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