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Hammond, IN, US

Chicago, Illinois, United States

East Chicago, Indiana, United States

• Managed and oversaw the work of a team of 10 laboratory technicians, ensuring that all work was conducted safely and according to EPA standards.
• Completed QM reports; establishing quality indicators to monitor on-going performance.
• Helped develop and implement laboratory policies and procedures to ensure compliance with regulations and standards.
• Operated and maintained analytical equipment such as GC-MS, GC-FID, and Calorimeter.

Valparaiso, Indiana, United States

• Prepared carts with proper materials to be used for future labs.
• Sanitized laboratory equipment, including glassware and instruments.
• Performed dilutions for laboratory use.
• Assisted in the organization and filing of laboratory chemicals.

Valparaiso, Indiana, United States

• Assisted professor in providing students instruction on proper use of computer programs such as Microsoft Excel and Matlab.
• Reinforced learning concepts for students while helping maintain a supportive learning environment.
• Graded student projects and provided feedback on areas that could be improved upon.

Valparaiso, Indiana, United States

• Designed an experiment to identify target gene by mining public biological data to assist in generating hypothesis or insights.
• Used computational analysis to interpret DNA and RNA sequencing datasets, with results corresponding to in lab experiments.
• Identified target gene with results presented at the Society of Neuroscience convention.
• Managed and maintained laboratory equipment, helped produce laboratory reports, and prepared specimen samples for analysis.

Valparaiso, Indiana, United States

• Conducted research on zebrafish and chick model organisms to study vertebrate embryonic development under space simulations.
• Designed light-dark cycles to mimic the conditions of outer space.
• Identified developmental differences caused by microgravity using immunohistochemistry and immunofluorescence microscopy.
• Used in ovo electroporation to verify and replicate results of developmental differences caused by microgravity on chick embryos.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Chemistry And Biology, 3.72/4.00

Associate Of Science - As, Computer Science