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Boston, Ma, Us

Lexington, Massachusetts, Us

Lexington, Massachusetts, Us

Basel, Ch

Basel, Ch

Cambridge, Ma, Us

o Process material from ~40 fermentations to develop scalable solutions for drug substances suitable for various microbial platforms including vesicle purification.o Evaluated downstream processing unit operations including appropriate vendors, equipment sizing information, and recommendations on filtration technology e.g. filter type, configuration, and chemistry.o Led drug substance formulation by developing lyophilization and spray drying methods.o Developed analytical methods for quantifying vesicles including particle tracking, dynamic light scattering, lipid assay, and protein assays.o Supported clinical trials by collaborating with the technology transfer team and CMO; providing the groups with necessary lab data and technical experience.o Served on the safety committee as chemical hygiene officer.

o Actively promote the identified opportunities for adding value to downstream purification process by working with the engineering team, reducing unit operations and waste streams, and support recommendation with laboratory-scale experiments. o Synthesize polyesters resins using dicyclopentadiene, diol, dicarboxylic acid, and maleic anhydride. These resins were often functionalizing before inclusion in a variety of application-specific formulations for coatings including UV curable resin, polyurethane dispersions, and printing ink. o Produce polyester resins with isosorbide, diol, and dicarboxylic acid to improve the toughness of subsequent polymer blends including formulations appropriate for injection molding and 3D printing. o Offer expertise in other polymer formulations including polyurethanes (both rigid and foams), poly(lactic acid), resins from vegetable oil, and poly(acrylic acid). o Provide sales team requested samples including customer specific polyol formulations. o Communicate scientific results and ideas to grow the company’s intellectual property assets through patent composition and submission with internal IP counsel. o Continue to perform previous job duties as process chemist.

Houston, Texas, Us

o Manage a full-time employee and intern while working as a team to design experiments for optimization of downstream recovery of organic acids from a fermentation broth.o Present weekly progress updates, wrote laboratory protocols (SOPs), and monthly reports. o Work with Analytical Department to manage samples and provide data to scientists using HPLC, GC, UV-Vis, etc. o Synthesize novel bio-based polymers optimizing performance and maximizing renewable content. o Confer with inter-departmental scientists and engineers to analyze laboratory and plant scale data to generate technical reports, presentations, and presented results.o Assist in research and development of bio-based analogs to existing petroleum-based commodity and performance-based chemicals in a safe, cost-effective, environmentally friendly, and efficient manner.o Advise on relevant chemistry for the development and scale-up of new chemicals from the laboratory to pilot scale before recommending commercial scale planning and implementation.o Designed and directed laboratory scale experiments to test the feasibility of process chemistry solutions for the bio-based chemical plant in Louisiana.o Supported evaluation of acid-base bifunctional heterogeneous catalysts for making bioderived products.

Houston, Texas, Us

o Designed and directed laboratory scale experiments to test feasibility of process chemistry solutions for bio-based chemical plant in Louisiana.o Advised on the relevant chemistry for the development and scale-up of new chemicals from laboratory to pilot scale before recommending in commercial scale planning and implementation.o Conferred with inter-departmental scientists and engineers to analyze laboratory and plant scale data to generate technical reports, presentations and presented results.o Assisted in research and development of bio-based analogues by derivative chemistry to the existing petro-based commodity and performance based chemicals in a safe, cost-effective, environmentally friendly, and efficient manner.o Supported evaluation of acid-base or bifunctional heterogeneous catalysts for making bio-derived products.o Worked with safety committee to ensure the preparedness of laboratory for ACC’s RCMS audit with certification awarded to R&D labs on June 2015.

Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Us

o Synthesized biodegradable polyester from cane sugar refinery byproducts that can be crosslinked via standard photolithographic techniques.o Characterized polymers and determined optimal formulations and cure times for biodegradability, dye uptake, toughness, and strength.o Maintained all analytical equipment and developed methods for Agilent 7890 GC, HP 5890 GC, Agilent GC-MS, Agilent 1100 and 1200 HPLCs, Dionex HPIC 5000+, Mettler TGA/SDTA851e, Nicolet 6700 FTIR, and Varian Cary Eclipse.o Wrote grant and received the award of $100,000 to purchase HPIC as well as submitting all paperwork for purchase, receipt, installation, and final report.o Procured Agilent 7890 GC through a competitive state bid process and oversaw successful installation.o Managed an account bringing in $60K in 1 year for pilot scale processing of biomass and accompanying analytical analysis and quality checks.o Perform final molasses survey for factory operations in Louisiana.

Baton Rouge, La, Us

o Taught undergraduate and graduate students general chemistry practical and polymer characterization laboratory.o Lead students in independent research and study.

Baton Rouge, La, Us

o Designed experiments to investigate liposome and dendrimer interactions.o Learned Laser, X-Ray (SSRL, Stanford and LNLS, Brazil), and neutron scattering (NCNR, NIST) techniques for characterizing size and shape of particles.o Built and maintained a small angle X-Ray scattering (SAXS) beamline at LSU-CAMD.o Used freeze fracture and electron microscopy techniques to support particle size and shape data from dynamic light scattering (DLS) and SAXS.o Worked extensively with GPC-MALS to determine Mn and Mw of polysaccharides.o Traveled to Turkey (METU) to teach advanced scattering techniques.o Wrote computer programs in LabView, C++, and Visual Basic to interface with equipment.o Maintained website using Java and HTML.

Hattiesburg, Ms, Us

Maintained electronic equipment including multiplatform, enduser support.

Hattiesburg, Ms, Us

o Synthesized hydrophobically modified polysaccharides for use as emulsifiers. o Studied the rheological properties through Contraves and Rheometerics Scientific 5000 of emulsions. o Determined critical micelle concentration (CMC) using Kruss tensiometer. o Evaluated stability of samples over time and produced phase diagrams from data collected.

Ph.D., Chemistry

B.S., Polymer Science