Eric Smolensky, Ph.D. Email & Phone Number

Saint Paul, Mn, Us

Graz, Styria, At

Technical Sales for the Measurement division at Anton Paar USA for Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Nebraska focusing on Density, Viscosity, Polarimetry, Refractive Index, Flash/Fire Point, Distillation/GUM/plugging point, and Dissolved Oxygen/CO2 for QC, R&D, Production, and Automation★PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES★►Solve complex problems to optimize production efficiency and quality control. Many times the "old way" of doing things is time consuming and irreproducible. By working with my customers and using Anton Paar's state-of-the-art tools, we successfully improve throughput and minimize downtime.►Work with managers and supervisors to properly train and orient their teams, freeing up the leadership roles to focus on other tasks rather than worrying about day-to-day minutiae. ►Provide both pre-sales and post-sales support in the form of pilot testing, sample testing, applications training, troubleshooting, demos, and more.►Sales Industries: Oil/Gas/Petroleum, Beverage Packagers/Producers, Pharma/Cosmetics, Asphalt, Polymers/Adhesives, Food/Beverage, and more.

Eden Prairie, Minnesota, Us

Eden Prairie, Minnesota, Us

★GENERAL DESCRIPTION★I work as an analytical chemist for Ebatco, an ISO 17025 certified private analysis laboratory. Primarily I am a vibrational spectroscopist, using a confocal Raman microscope and an FTIR microscope to perform failure/root cause analysis, contamination identification, and many other types of analyses. I also have a secondary focus on particle analysis (DLS/Laser Diffraction/Counters/Zeta & Streaming Potential), thermal analysis (DMA/mDMA/TMA/DSC/TGA), and scanning probe microscopy (AFM/EFM/MFM) instrumentation. ★PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES★- Design projects, communicate with clients, and oversee projects from quotation to completion.- Investigate samples from the following industries: Forensics, Medical Devices, Materials, Semiconductors, Packaging, Pharmaceuticals, Polymers.- Perform failure analysis, contamination identification, laminate analysis, coating measurements and identifications, quantitative analysis, and polymer orientation/crystallinity.- Operate and perform troubleshooting for instrument hardware and software issues.- Author application notes and white papers.- Write and review client reports.- Serve as Lab Chemical Safety Officer.- Travel to national and local trade shows to build company brand and generate leads.★INSTRUMENT EXPERIENCE★WiTec Confocal Raman 300RA (Raman; Atomic, Electrostatic, & Magnetic Force Microscopy)Cary Agilent 670/620 FTIR MicrospectrometerBeckman Coulter Delsa Nano C, Laser Diffraction, Coulter Counter, Streaming Potential, Zeta PotentialNetzsch Simultaneous Thermal Analyzer (DSC/TGA)TA Instruments DMA, TMA, modulated DSCSurface Tension (Wilhemy Plate)Agilent HPLC, UV-Vis, FluorimeterSmall molecule analysis (HNMR. ESI-MS)

As a Curriculum Director at a small tutoring firm, I often had many job responsibilities (the best part of my work). I had administrative responsibilities, academic responsibilities, and, of course, I taught on top of all of this. And seriously, the students were a lot of fun, so it was nice to have the day divided between sitting at my desk and molding the minds of tomorrow's youth. Administrative - Interviewed and hired tutors - Trained and provided professional development to tutors. - Consulted with parents and students to design prep plans and set goals and expectations. - Ensured tutor quality and methods were premiere-level.Academic - Created targeted curriculum designed to enhance students' test prep skills and develop the brand identity of company. - Worked with tutors to design instruction to improve specific student deficiencies. - Taught 1-1 and class test prep sessions to high-school students. - Taught Chemistry and Algebra I & II. - Ensured all students were on schedule for tutoring and had enough practice tests scheduled.Community Interface- Functioned as primary contact for all academic inquiry from family clients.- Served as the liaison between parents and the business.- Emailed families to touch base and discuss student progress.- Maintained contact with teachers to monitor student academic development and grades.- Advised families on proper exams for students to take and how to make reasonable, measurable goals for their students.Truthfully, I liked to take test prep to a more in-depth level. I didn't simply focus on increasing a student's rote skills (pronouns, algebra, etc...). What I really liked to get after is increasing the student's ability to problem solve, organize, and develop an great test-taking approach. This simultaneously helped them on their college-entrance exams as well as prepared them for college. Quote of the Year: "Thanks Eric! I'm so excited, I feel like I can actually go to college now!"

Manage over 30 students and teach academic subjects in a 1-1 and classroom setting.Assess student performance and communicate progress to parents through web-based logs. Maintain client relationships through weekly communication regarding student progress.Organize and plan student goals and set monthly objectives to help students meet those goals.

Minneapolis And St. Paul, Minnesota, Us

Managed and authored seven technical scientific projects as well as a master’s and doctoral thesis.Advised supervisor on personnel allocation (4 – 8 member teams) and task delegation duties to ensure a streamlined office environment.Composed SOP's and developed laboratory safety procedures.Worked in a team-oriented environment, using each member to their strengths to quickly adapt to a fast paced and highly variable research environment.Developed extremely strong Microsoft Office skills in Word, Powerpoint, Outlook, and Excel.Collaborated in a small team to organize and execute a university-wide two day symposium.

Minneapolis And St. Paul, Minnesota, Us

Worked with adviser to teach multiple lectures during the semester and run multiple discussion sections weekly to facilitate student discussion. In addition, general teaching duties such as grading were also performed.

Minneapolis And St. Paul, Minnesota, Us

General Chemistry I and Advanced Inorganc Chemistry Lab: Coordinated pre-lab discussions, taught general laboratory principles and techniques to introductory students

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Chemistry

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Chemistry