He completed his Ph.D. at the University of Texas at Austin in 2001. Throughout his career, his work has applied interfacial science principles to materials science. This work has included fundamental aspects of the self-assembly of triblock copolymers as well as the colloidal stability and suspension of nanomaterials. He has also exploited the benefits of supercritical fluids in eliminating transport barriers due to surface tension. More recently, his group has been taking advantage of the mobility and rapid equilibrium that occurs at interfaces for altering the surface properties of nanomaterials and developing Pickering emulsions for separations, lubricants, and controlled release capsules.