Chiefly responsible for sampling incoming raw materials, operating FTIR for identification, performing sieve and disintegration testing, monthly sterility testing, and initiating heavy metal and potency testing for finished products. Maintained a cGMP compliant sampling suite.

Invasive species removal along the Escalante River. Used chainsaws to remove Russian Olive trees from rivers banks. Responsible for the maintenance and use of chainsaws and various hand tools. Required backpacking for eight days at a time and being able to cook a meal for eight in the backcountry.

Prepare patient samples for next-generation sequencing. Maintain and operate Illumina HiSeq sequencers. Operate DNA fragment analyzers. Prepare reagents, maintain stocks and ensure a rapid workflow while improving QA and QC parameters. Reduced processing time 4.5% by streamlining automation steps.

Perform polymerase chain reaction and immunoassay experiments for food safety testing. Maintain stocks of critical materials. Generate reports for clients, maintaining confidentiality.

Chief responsibilities include making appetizers, desserts and salads for the eating establishments within the Lodge. Train a team of four employees to set a mise en place and maintain it. Lunch and dinner services combined for several hundred covers per day (300 - 800).

Worked with nutraceutical clients to optimize test methods for quantifying mercury in dietary supplements. Optimized cold-vapor atomic absorption sepectrometer to increase throughput by 80%. Managed the water chemistry section. Trained co-workers in various test methods. Analyzed Superfund site samples for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).