Collin Ruark Email & Phone Number

Fort Collins, Colorado, United States

• Onboarded and trained new application chemists
• Organized and led trainings both in-house and at customer sites
• Performed on-site instrument installations and troubleshooting
• Maintained laboratory materials inventory
• Maintained hazardous waste and safety documentation
• Collaborated with sales and service departments to provide customers with the best analytical solutions

Fort Collins, Colorado, États-Unis

• Developed and optimized analytical methods ranging from published ASTM, EPA, GPA, and UOP methods to custom in-house methods
• Created technical manuals for instrumentation

Corvallis, Oregon, États-Unis

• Worked in the W. M. Keck Collaboratory for Plasma Spectrometry, an interdisciplinary laboratory that features five plasma spectrometers capable of elemental characterization and isotopic analysis for a variety of.
• Measured the elemental composition of moss, lichen, marine porewater, and sediment samples using ICP-OES for ongoing academic research projects
• Isotopically analyzed hundreds of core samples using MC ICP-MS
• Co-authored an International Ocean Discovery Program data report using elemental and isotopic data
• Reduced and interpreted large sets of data

Corvallis, Oregon Area

• Analyzed marine pore water and sediment samples for trace metals using ICP-OES and MC ICP-MS
• Modified existing ion exchange chromatography procedure to improve efficiency and yield
• Maintained cleanliness of class 100 (ISO 5) cleanroom

Corvallis, Oregon

• Advised students interested in studying abroad to guide them through the program application process
• Engaged in classroom outreach and international program-related events as part of a team of student ambassadors
• Developed a college-specific program guide for earth, ocean, and atmospheric science students wanting to study abroad

Lyon Area, France

• Taught conversation-based English classes for French secondary school students ages 14-18
• Created weekly lesson plans for groups of 3–25 students, working closely with teachers and administrators

Corvallis, Oregon

• Worked in Viviana Perez's laboratory with the Healthy Aging Program at the Linus Pauling Insitute. The LPI is an NIH-funded Research Center at Oregon State University seeks to promote health through research in cancer.
• Investigated the metabolic pathway by which rapamycin elicits increased longevity in mammalian cells
• Performed protein assays, gel electrophoresis, and immunoblotting to determine the role of transcription factor ATF4 in the senescence mechanism

B.S., Chemistry, Magna Cum Laude

Education record

Licence, Foreign Languages And Literatures, General