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Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

• Amending Claims to conform with the Patent Act and Patent Rules.• Drafting responses to Examiner’s Reports.• Scoping field’s current technology level, assessing client technology patentability.• Drafting office actions for partners, foreign associates, and clients.

Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Worked in the Litigation and Small Claims team of the Legal Services Branch at the Ministry of Attorney General.• Defended the Province or commenced actions on behalf of the Province for various claims.• Promptly and professionally communicated via correspondence and/or orally with clients, third parties, defendants, and co-workers, to progress files towards preferred resolutions.• Researched a variety of legal questions to provide legal summaries, answers, and opinions derived from case law, statutes, and secondary sources.• Drafted a variety of documents for internal and external use; including terms of service agreements, notices to the court, applications to judges, memos, and affidavits.

Calgary, Canada Area

• Created and implemented SOPs, safety guidelines, and lab policies to allow a variety of parties to share lab space and equipment safely and efficiently.• Worked for and with various stakeholders (professors, students, industrial collaborators, etc.) to understand their needs, expectations, and goals from my research, and developed new tests and reports to that end.• In collaboration, designed, wrote, and edited 35 articles and 50+ conference presentations.• Reviewed and refereed journal articles as part of peer-review process for scientific journals to determine quality of writing and work, and to identify areas of improvement.• Taught researchers to use equipment, software, and theory in lectures and workshops using oral communication, visual and written aids, and interactive group learning.• Adapted to evolving workflow via industry-specific continuous learning for equipment and software, and by developing new SOPs, new scheduling systems, and sharing my learning.• Pursued additional training and one certificate for diversification and increase of work.• Maintained a research lab by ensuring timelines were met and funding was acquired.

Calgary, Canada Area

After defending and submitting my doctoral thesis, I worked on gathering additional data to file a patent on a new technology, unrelated to the research presented in my thesis.

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

• GPA: 3.93/4.00• Select awards: Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarship-Doctoral, Queen Elizabeth II Scholarship, Alberta Innovates – Technology Futures• Research focused on the coordination of phosphonate monoesters to metal ions, with an emphasis on creating stable and porous materials• Seventeen technical articles published in peer-reviewed journals as a result of this research(citations > 500, h-index = 10, i10 index = 10)• Have given numerous oral presentations (10-60 mins) – including annual reports and international presentations• Collaborated with a variety of people in different locations and from different backgrounds to quickly complete collaborative projects and meet deadlines

Calgary, Canada Area

• Responsible for screening samples for powder and single x-ray diffraction data collection• Collecting and solving absolute structures using single crystal x-ray diffraction for publication• Collecting and analyzing powder x-ray diffraction for unit cell analyses and qualitative comparisons

• Prepared lessons to effectively communicate and assessed understanding of new, difficult topics from a variety of student backgrounds• Troubleshot diverse problems to ensure experiments could continue with minimal interruption and downtime• Effectively communicated expectations and evaluated lab performance and written reports• Managed records to ensure clarity and transparency in order for expectations to be continuously met• Advised students on the most effective time-management strategies and means of improving their efficiency, productivity, and targets

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Juris Doctor, Law

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Chemistry

I began graduate school as a Master's student but decided in 2013 that I wanted to continue my studies and research in order to obtain.

Bachelor'S Degree, Chemistry With A Concentration In Nanoscience