Ben is currently an Associate Research Scientist in Core R&D at Dow Chemical. He occupies a hybrid data science role emphasizing practical digital deployment. His research focuses on leveraging NMR spectroscopy and modern informatics approaches to understand fundamental materials properties from a molecular perspective. Ben is trained as a synthetic organometallic chemist; his expertise in spectroscopy has been afforded solely through brute force practice. Ben’s PhD training was split between Brandeis University and the Ohio State University. During graduate school he was a freelance spectroscopist for small, local pharmaceutical companies. He completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Minnesota before joining Dow in early 2020. Outside of work Ben has also been a trained EMT and firefighter.