Maintain quality system utilizing quality management software and Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) to provide guidance and direction for staff. Ensure the laboratory maintains proper accreditation status under ISO/IEC 17025:2017 through its policies, procedures, and day-to-day practices. Conduct internal audits addressing lab safety, proper procedures, and good laboratory practices. Investigate compliance failures discovered in internal and external assessments. Provide quality assurance training to ensure laboratory staff can properly implement processes and procedures that produce reliable and impartial environmental data. Author technical reports related to laboratory accreditation, corrective actions, and criminal investigation sample work.

Collaborate with project managers and stakeholders to implement a quality assurance program for CERCLA/Superfund projects. Ensure adherence to agency quality standards, address policy concerns, refine analytical methods, and resolve quality assurance challenges. Conduct field audits and technical system assessments on quality documentation, protocols, and automated data systems. Provide expert guidance on chemistry and complex quality assurance issues. Maintain official records in compliance with agency guidelines and FOIA.Level 2 Contract Officer Representative (COR): lead COR on ESAT contract and QSS contract and back-up to the Regional Sample Control Coordinator. Monitor and oversee contractor responsibilities, conduct surveillance, inspections, and reviews to ensure contract compliance. Accept deliverables, certify invoices, and maintain thorough records. Provide technical guidance to the Contracting Officer, manage contractor performance evaluations, and report irregularities or fraudulent activities. Review and approve invoices against contract task orders, monitor and modify funding, and coordinate analytical services for CERCLA and non-CERCLA sampling events.

Supervised and managed laboratory work processes by monitoring established performance goals, distributing the work load of a 20 technician team to ensure effective and efficient laboratory operation, and reviewing technician work output on a frequent basis while following up on deviations, errors, or failures to follow established good laboratory practices.Developed a systematic statistical tracking protocol to manage and oversee the audit and calibration program of 100+ quality sensitive instruments in accordance with ISO 9001:2015 standards. In addition, serve as the main point of contact for all in person customer audits, regulatory audits, and studies.In a 2 year time span; created, designed, and oversaw the implementation of efficiency and streamlining initiatives including a centralized sample intake database that led to a sample analysis turnaround time reduction of 63% from 3.5 hours to 1.3 hours. Responsible for procurement of all lab reagents, consumables, and inventory including the evaluation, justification, purchase, and installation of new analytical equipment for the QC Laboratory. Over the course of 2 years, spending was reduced by 17% through cost cutting initiatives such as waste reduction, supplier negotiations and relationships, and transitioning away from high cost analytical testing.Supervised, organized workflow, and oversaw training program and performance evaluations of a team of 20 quality control laboratory technicians to ensure accurate and timely reporting of quality results as well as adherence to customer requirements (specifications) and ISO standards.Provided technical leadership for methodologies, instrumentation, and general chemistry.Responsible for the implementation & validation of approved new and/or modified analytical methodology in the QC laboratory and production areas. Established and implemented round robin analysis and proficiency testing programs.Responsible for ensuring safe operation within the QC area.

Independently performed chemical and physical analyses via analytical techniques, such as GC, HPLC, FTIR, and UV/Vis, as needed for quality assurance of in-process and outgoing products or for the purpose of method validation. Supported production by analyzing all incoming, in-process, and outgoing materials; communicating out-of-specification results, providing adjustments to batches; and certifying storage tanks.Performed troubleshooting on analyses and equipment and took corrective actions; such as, new part installation, method calibration, reagent standardization, method programming, and other analytical solutions in order to maintain quality and consistency of results.Provided accurate and appropriate documentation of results, equipment maintenance, and calibration in laboratory logbooks; spreadsheets; SQL LIMS; SAP; and certificates of analysis by adhering to ISO 9001:2015 standards.Performed routine responsibilities: solution preparation, preparation of non-standardized reagents, equipment audits, and housekeeping functions that adhere to the 5S approach to a lean lab (sort, set in order, shine, standardize, and sustain) including actively participating in safety/waste programs; direct disposal of sample waste or expired reagents; and disposal of broken glass containers.

Created and designed a 12th grade Applied Biochemistry course to improve students’ transitions into college-level lecture and lab science courses, and aligned and sequenced all course curriculum standards to Next Generation Science Standards. Analyzed formative in-class assessment data weekly using self-designed data trackers in Excel and Google Drive to inform instruction and course design as well as to maximize student learning and accountability.Collaborated with Science Team members to vertically align school’s science curriculum around trackable, lab-based inquiry models.Worked with 12th Grade Team in order to horizontally align measures to improve student achievement in non-cognitive skills.

Taught multiple sections of two general laboratory chemistry courses with instructional focus on UV-Visible spectroscopyMaintained and updated course software used for all class assignments, lab reports, and grading. Responsible for course office hours and worked directly with all 760 students.Led a comprehensive meeting each week to prepare other teaching assistants for their sections.Scored in the 98th percentile in overall teaching effectiveness for all teachers campus-wide, and included on the list of teachers ranked as excellent by the university.

Applied the technique of Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy (SECM) to monitor and image chemical reactions in real time.Researched the stability and catalytic activity of uncapped nanoparticles across a liquid-liquid interface.Developed a protocol for creating reproducible nanoparticle arrays on 1 cm2 segments of glassy carbon.Designed a dual barrel electrode that allows for multiple probing capabilities simultaneously.Assisted in the fabrication and characterization of nanometer scale electrodes with FIB-SEM in order to improve spatial resolution.Serviced and maintained lab equipment and facilities to comply with OSHA and Illinois Division of Research Safety regulations.

Responsible for scheduling in house consultations, handling patron inquiries, and other customer service needs.First and only employee to be responsible for working remotely outside of the main office.