He received a Ph.D. from the University of Calgary in 1996 and subsequently spent 8 years at Los Alamos National Laboratory. He has worked in the area of Computational Material Science with a specific focus on proton exchange membrane fuel cells electrolytes for the past 15 years. He has pioneered the application of both coarse-grained and ab initio modeling to elucidate the structure and ionic transport of ionomers – the central component in many energy conversion and storage devices. He is an author of more than 65 refereed publications, has an H-index of 27, and has given70 invited talks at conferences, workshops, and universities around the world. His research is currently funded by the Department of Energy, Army Research Office, and the National Science Foundation.