Materials Science (including Biomaterials)

Areas of Interest: Science librarianship, collection development, citation analysis, strategic planning, executive leadership/management, project planning, academic libraries

Hesburgh Libraries affiliations: O'Meara Mathematics Library, Biology and Life Sciences subject page, Medicine and Health subject page, Applied Mathematics subject page, Mathematics subject page, Statistics subject page

University afflilations: Department of Mathematics, Department of Biological Sciences, Department of Applied and Computational Mathematics and Statistics, Department of Preprofessional Studies, College of Science

Eck Institute for Global Health, Adult Stem Cell Center, Center for Rare and Neglected Diseases, Center for Aquatic Conservation, Environmental Research Center, Harper Cancer Research Institute, Center for Mathematics, Center for Zebrafish Research, Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Biocomplexity, Hillebrand Center for Compassionate Care in Medicine

Education:
- BS, English / general engineering, U.S. Naval Academy
- MLIS, University of Texas at Austin

I'm the Mathematics and Life Sciences Librarian, Hesburgh Libraries of Notre Dame. I graduated from UT-Austin in 1995 and worked for 5 years at McKinsey & Co.'s petroleum practice as an information specialist, then research analyst. I've published in the areas of strategic planning, journal citation half-lives, censorship, syllabi studies, and communities of practice. I'm particularly interested in quantitative analysis and data visualization, including helping colleagues appreciate the power of statistics. I've been involved with the Special Libraries Association's Physics-Astronomy-Mathematics Division and served a 3-year term as division chair-elect / chair / past-chair. I've also been involved with SLA's Biomedical and Life Sciences Division. My wife Monica and I have 5 children.

The best way to get in touch with me is via e-mail.