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Hayward, California, United States

Remote In California

• Authored clear, engaging, interactive science questions for an online learning platform which tests students’ understanding and application of general chemistry concepts.
• Wrote helpful, age-appropriate hints and explanations of scientific concepts that anticipate common student errors and provide guidance towards mastering the content.
• Edited questions and explanations for scientific accuracy and compliance with authoring style guide.

La Verne, California, United States

Analyzed aggregated pharmaceutical production process data with descriptive statistics and communicated potential business risk to stake holders.Served as spectroscopy subject matter expert on technical issues in production, material testing, FDA audit responses, and international pharmacopoeia compliance.Trained new team members in instrumental analysis.

La Verne, California, United States

La Verne

Provide technical support for pharmaceutical development and manufacturing. Perform HPLC/GC assays on raw materials, in-process samples, and finished product. Assays include API, impurity, excipient, and residual solvent concentrations.

La Verne, CA

Developed spectroscopy based automation process for AmBisome production which will eliminate user related error and user contact with hazardous materials.

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Designed optical assembly for ultrafast broadband UV-vis pump-probe measurements. Enabled research on femto- and picosecond molecular dynamics.
• Designed broadband balanced detection scheme to suppress noise due to laser power fluctuations. System improvements resulted in ten-fold increase of signal to noise ratio. This lowered detection limit enabled research.
• Prototyped, tested, and installed custom electronics for triggering detector array in phase with laser repetition rate. Resulted in removal of phase ambiguity from data signals.
• Wrote LabVIEW and MATLAB programs for rapid data acquisition and analysis. Numerical analyses included combinations of curve fitting, Fourier analysis, and singular value decomposition.
• Installed laboratory computer workstations, upgraded memory hardware, and ran software updates.
• Assisted field service engineers with installation of ultrafast laser equipment including oscillator (Vitara, Coherent), regenerative amplifier (Legend Elite, Coherent), optical parametric amplifiers (OPA) (OPerA Solo.

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Prepared and delivered 10 lectures to a 200-student general chemistry class on the topics of thermodynamics and acid-base equilibrium.
• Utilized multiple modes of communication including chalkboard, PowerPoint, student response “clickers”, and demonstrations.

San Dimas, CA

• Designed apparatus for rapid in-process spectroscopic measurement of turbidity during AmBisome production. Resulted in reduction of sample preparation time and user contact with hazardous materials.
• Created software interface and user manual for control of turbidity instrument with LabVIEW.
• Performed comparability study of dynamic light scattering particle sizing instruments to ensure instrument upgrades did not influence measurement accuracy or precision.
• Installed replacement UV-vis and wrote SOP for collecting light scattering measurements with new instrument. Enabled scientists to continue working despite old instrument malfunctioning.
• Participated in Gilead San Dimas Toastmasters chapter to improve public speaking and presentation skills.

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Delivered weekly pre-lab lecture and managed 20-student analytical and general chemistry laboratory sections for three semesters.
• Answered student questions in person during weekly scheduled office hours and via email.

Claremont, CA

• Fabricated dye sensitized solar cells and measured current-voltage characteristics to calculate efficiency.
• Conducted air sensitive synthesis of a Ru-porphyrin based dye in a glove box. Characterized samples with ESI LC-MS.
• Presented results in poster format at American Chemical Society national meeting.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Physical Chemistry, Gpa: 3.8/4.0

Studied excited state proton transfer dynamics in model systems and quinoline photobase molecules using femtosecond spectroscopy.

Bachelor Of Science, Chemistry, Gpa: 3.8/4.0

Lock Haven University, Lock Haven, PA August 2010 - May 2012 Undergraduate Researcher. Advisor: Prof. Marian Tzolov. ‣ Studied the effects.