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United States

• Supervise and manage a team of lab assistants and technicians, handling scheduling, hiring, training, development, and evaluation responsibilities
• Maintain accurate chemical inventory; responsible for departmental equipment and supplies ordering
• Communicate laboratory rules to ensure safety and compliance with EPA and OSHA regulations
• Assist in QA, regulatory, and customer departmental audits
• Collaborate with research and development colleagues to implement new or improved production processes; work with equipment services colleagues to streamline and facilitate necessary repairs to departmental equipment
• Currently leading projects focused on optimizing flash chromatography purification methods and developing automated dry-down methods to enhance equipment utilization and reduce workload

United States

• Trained new team members on topics including synthesis processes, use of equipment and instruments (HPLC, NMR, Karl Fischer coulometer, pH and temperature monitors), general lab practices, and equipment maintenance
• Wrote, updated, and reviewed deviations, work instruction, and production batch records, incorporating updates for process changes and conformance to ISO 13485 and cGMP standards
• Performed data governance duties including labor routing and bills of materials

Coralville, Iowa

• Performed preventive maintenance and minor repair on HPLC equipment, coordinating with outside contractors for annual maintenance
• Prepared product samples and conducted quality determination using HPLC and NMR
• Operated, cleaned, and maintained a wide range of laboratory equipment, including rotary evaporators, vacuum pumps, peristaltic pumps, Karl Fischer coulometer, pH and temperature monitors, flash chromatography systems.
• Synthesized and purified small molecule products for use as oligonucleotide modifications (phosphoramidites, glycolate and succinate spacers, fluorescein dyesand quenchers), focusing on safety, quality, efficiency, and.

Cedar Falls, Iowa, United States

• Provided instruction of organic laboratory techniques and concepts to undergraduate students.
• Processed student samples using GC/GC-MS, NMR, and IR spectroscopy.

Cedar Falls, Iowa, United States

• Gained experience in natural products research, including isolation using HPLC, bacterial inhibition assay, and absolute configuration determination of biologically active compounds. The primary focus of the work was.
• Derivitization of various standard monosaccharides of both D- and L- configuration was done utilizing a chiral alcohol and microwave synthesis technique.
• GC-MS was used to determine retention times of both the D- and L- monosaccharide derivatives.
• Absolute stereochemistry of glycosidic moieties was determined by comparison of retention times to those of the standards.Work with various disaccharides (of known linkage) was also done to determine if the.

Lorimor, Iowa

• 2004 - 2006Senior Lead Person – Interior Soft Goods Production
• Floor supervisor of 50 to 55 employees
• Involvement in employee hiring, evaluation, reprimand and termination processes
• Payroll reporting of hourly labor
• Maintenance of plant-wide effectiveness goals
• Coordination of departments to maintain timely and accurate shipping schedules

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Chemistry

Associate Of Arts (A.A.)

Activities and Societies: Phi Theta Kappa

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