He received his B.S. from the State University of New York at Brockport double majoring in Physics and Chemistry with a minor in Mathematics. He graduated Summa Cum Laude and received the President’s Citation, SUNY Brockport’s highest academic award. He earned his Doctorate in Physical Chemistry at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill while studying materials and surface science. His dissertation is titled “Quantum Oscillations and Electron Interactions in Ultra Thin Insulating Films: A Study of the Si/SiO2 Interface”. At Carolina he held the Semiconducting Research Corporation (SRC) Fellowship. He completed his postdoctoral studies at Princeton University while holding a National Institutes of Health Fellowship.