External Advisory Board

External Advisory Board Members

To better connect and prepare our students (B.S., M.S., Ph.D.s and postdocs) for their careers after UMBC, the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry is advised by a rotating External Advisory Board consisting of Government and Industrial Experts from across the fields in which Chemistry and Biochemistry impact. Meet the current Board Members:

  • Dr. Sudhir Dahal (Product Manager – Research Raman Products) – Thermo Fisher Scientific
  • Dr. Nicholas Fell Jr. (Portfolio Manager – Intramural Investments) – U.S. Army Research Laboratory
  • Dr. David Knuteson (Manager – University Research)- Northrop Grumman Corporation
  • Dr. Veronika Szalai (Project Leader – Biophysical and Biomedical Measurements Group) – National Inst. of Standards and Technology
  • Dr. Matthew Trexler (Director of Materials Science Innovation Research) – Under Armour Inc.