Aaron Mack, M.S., P.E. Email & Phone Number

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Area

Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Area

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Greater St. Louis Area

- Led pilot projects on viral risk mitigation methods for cell culture media- Performed filtration scale up studies on catalog and custom products- Procured large scale equipment for improving operator ergonomics and increasing production capacity- Evaluated catalog and customer media for High Temperature Short Time (HTST) pasteurization amenability and troubleshot precipitation issues- Developed custom services for pilot viral risk mitigation studies- Implemented fully disposable riggings for aseptic filling of media in a cGMP manufacturing facility- Led 5S team and led process improvement projects in a cGMP manufacturing facility- Participated as a Google Guide during the rollout of a new company-wide email system

• Targeted porous silicon based multi stage delivery vehicles to tumor vasculature for diagnostic (MRI) and therapeutic purposes (thermal ablation)• Continued work on targeting porous silicon logic embedded vectors to multiple types of endothelial cells via conjugation chemistry• Trained others on SEM, TEM, AFM, Confocal Microscopes, FTIR, XPS, Zeta Potential and DLS, ICP-AES, UV/Vis Plate Readers• Continued training graduate students and other researchers to use various instruments and to perform cell culture and particle loading and preparation protocols • Coordinated lab moves and lab setup• Oversaw installation of multiple new high end imaging and diagnostic instruments• Managed post-doctorates and graduate students and their projects and assisted in troubleshooting protocols with students and other researchers• Performed lab startup procedures, prepared for safety inspections, maintained Methodist Research Lab compliance • Continued development of protocols for assembly of nano- and microparticle systems, for targeting of particle systems to diseased tissue, and for quantitative detection of particle systems in vivo.• Participated in particle toxicology studies• Performed lab managerial duties continued from the previous lab at the University of Texas Health Science Center Houston

• Targeted porous silicon based multi stage delivery vehicles to tumor vasculature for diagnostic (MRI) and therapeutic purposes (thermal ablation)• Targeted porous silicon logic embedded vectors to multiple types of endothelial cells via conjugation chemistry• Demonstrated loading of porous materials with multiple materials • Demonstrated capping of loaded porous materials to control release • Trained on SEM, TEM, AFM, Confocal Microscopes, FTIR, XPS, Zeta Potential and DLS, ICP-AES, UV/Vis Plate Readers• Trained graduate students and other researchers to use various instruments and to perform cell culture and particle loading and preparation protocols • Assisted in troubleshooting protocols with students and other researchers• Coordinated lab moves and lab setup• Oversaw installation of multiple new high end imaging and diagnostic instruments• Participated in conferences and talks focused on Nanomedicine

• Performed lab start up duties, such as procurement and installation of equipment and computers• Gained experience with cell culture, virus preparation, and a number of molecular biology techniques• Trained several graduate and undergraduate students for molecular biology and viral lab work• Oversaw production of virus for graduate student use• Maintained lab equipment and materials

• Performed tests on pH sensitive disc-shaped hydrogel materials by measuring weight, volume, and Resonance Energy Transfer (RET), and developed pH-dependant concentration curve• Prepared microsphere particles using fluorescently labeled hydrogel materials and characterized their response to environmental pH and ionic concentration• Loaded pH-sensitive hydrogel materials with enzymes, resulting in analyte sensitive hydrogel materials• Presented results at IEEE Sensors 2005 Conference, Biomedical Engineering Research Day 2005 and Houston Society for Engineering in Medicine and Biology 2006 Conference

• Constructed fiber optic fluorescent glucose and lactate sensors using Layer-by-Layer assembly • Performed sensor testing and developed concentration curves for glucose and lactate response• Analyzed sensor response in vivo with simultaneous microdialysis to verify tissue glucose and lactate concentrations• Built prototype specialized bench top spectrometer programmed with LabVIEW for ratiometric monitoring of fluorescent glucose sensitive microspheres`• Developed moderately priced portable ratiometric spectrometer for detection of fluorescent analyte-sensitive microspheres• Presented results at Houston Society for Engineering in Medicine and Biology 2005 Conference

Ms, Molecular Science And Nanotechnology

Activities and Societies: Graduate researcher in the BioMINDS lab. Worked on fluorescent detection of swelling of hydrogels in response.

B.S, Biomedical Engineering

Activities and Societies: IEEE; Worked in the BioMINDS lab as a student researcher. Worked on fluorescent glucose sensors.Design Project.

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