• Assesses project progress to ensure testing is in adherence to project schedule, identifies necessary changes within the scope of work, and communicates effectively with stakeholders of any potential delays• Assists in the monitoring of project budgets, providing input on financial tracking and reporting the data to management in weekly meetings• Executes corrective and preventative action plans in the event of audit or investigative findings• Accurately plans the testing for projects, executes analyses, and delivers quality results to stakeholders before deadlines• Communicates and coordinates with contractor company to provide timely and cost-effective results to the business• Assists with purchase request forms and change requests• Perform analyses as per SOPs for finished goods testing, utilizing analytical instrumentation including HPLC, pH, analytical balance, pipettes, and refractometer under GMP/GLP guidelines• Generate results, accurately document and report data via laboratory notebook, Labware LIMS, Empower CDS• Support laboratory in housekeeping, environmental, and safety policies such as required PPE, 5S, and waste management• Communicate effectively with team to test, review, and complete assignments in a timely and accurate manner

• Perform analyses as per SOPs for finished goods testing, utilizing analytical instrumentation including HPLC, pH, analytical balance, pipettes, and refractometer under GMP/GLP guidelines• Generate results, accurately document and report data via laboratory notebook, Labware LIMS, Empower CDS• Support laboratory in housekeeping, environmental, and safety policies such as required PPE, 5S, and waste management• Communicate effectively with team to test, review, and complete assignments in a timely and accurate manner

• Created, reviewed, and regulated controlled documents, GMP-related manuals, Safety Data Sheets, and shipping labels• Maintained proper safety protocols, coordinated training, and investigated non-conformances• Communicated with local and international colleagues and customers regarding federal and international regulations of chemical and hazardous material documentation• Performed QC, development, and stability sample testing by GC-FID, specific gravity, refractometry, and optical rotation

• Performed sample analysis for detecting volatile organic compounds via GC and GC-MS• Maintained laboratory operations by changing gas tanks, replacing and cleaning various parts of instruments, recording instrument logs, and submitting orders for inventory• Coordinated testing of samples from receiving to writing full reports, in addition to reviewing peer data reports, by the deadlines associated with each project

• Evaluated, developed, and validated methods for pharmaceutical drug formulations• Performed development and stability testing using instrumentation, methods, and programs such as HPLC, GC, UV-Vis, FTIR, dissolution, TLC, assay, degradation, Empower CDS, and Labware LIMS • Adhered to strict GMP/GLP regulations regarding data handling, EHS policies, reporting OOS and OOT data, following protocols and reporting deviations, and testing DEA controlled substances • Reviewed peer data reports and submitted edits for clarity and accuracy• Collaborated with peers on projects regularly while also working on independent projects

Studied modification of glassy carbon electrodes and electroanalysisCo-Authored this published research in Electroanalysis International JournalPresented this research at the national PittCon conference in March 2016

Assisted with biomass fermenting research alongside German graduate students Edited research reports and proposals translated from German to English