He received his Ph.D. in Mathematical Sciences in 2012 from the New Jersey Institute of Technology. He also received dual B.S. degrees in Mathematical Sciences and Computer Science in 2007 from the same institution. His research interests are in applied mathematics, with an emphasis on mathematical modeling, asymptotic and perturbation techniques and numerical methods for nonlinear problems. The applications of his work come primarily from combustion theory. During his doctoral study, he has been primarily involved with modeling of combustion systems in high pressure environments. In addition to high pressure combustion, his work in the summer of 2011 at Wright-Patterson Air Force Research Laboratory involved the development of a new method to simulate turbulent flow using novel transform techniques