Tim graduated from Wheaton College (IL) with a B.S. in Chemistry in 1992 and then received his Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from The Pennsylvania State University in 1998. After completing a two-year post-doctoral research fellowship with Sandia National Laboratories (Albuquerque, NM), he was hired into 3M's Corporate Research Materials Lab in 2000. Since 2007, he has worked as a product developer for 3M Oral Care Solutions. Author of over fifteen publications and inventor of sixteen issued U.S. patents, Tim resides in Woodbury, MN, with his wife and four children.