Dr. Barnett has a wide range
of technical and business experience. This
experience allows Barnett Technical Services to provide a unique level
of
activities throughout our professional activities.
Technical Background
Dr. Barnett
received a B.Sc., M.Sc., and Ph.D. degrees in Chemistry from McGill University.
His
graduate work involved the development of optical
methods to
quantify and characterize organometallic, inorganic, and
biological materials. During this time, he also
was a two-time winner of the T. Sterry Hunt award for excellence as a
teaching assistant, a chemistry instructor at Marianopolis
College, and
served as the Technical Editor for the Canadian Journal of Applied
Spectroscopy.
From
1993-1997, Dr. Barnett worked as an Intramural Research
Training Award (IRTA) Fellow and Senior Staff Fellow in the National
Institute
of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases at the National Institutes of Health. He utilized infrared and Raman
spectroscopy for biophysical studies on G protein-coupled receptor
model systems as part of a team that developed structure-function relationships related to protein
function.
Since
1997, Dr. Barnett has worked in a variety of industries
related to the application of optical methods for materials characterization.
He has worked for companies that
develop optical instrumentation from the UV-Vis to far-IR wavelength
range (including Raman and fluorescence spectroscopies).
His work has ranged from measurements of bulk materials to
microscopy and imaging methods.
Dr. Barnett holds an MBA degree from
the Graduate
School of Management
of the University of
California, Davis
with an emphasis on technology management, organizational
behavior, and entrepreneurship. Further details of his experience in the business of technology development may be found on the Business Consulting page.
