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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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