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London, Ontario, Canada

Advances scientific research and revenue generation by supporting academic and industrial clients from a wide variety of sectors through novel scientific processes and instrumentation. Industrial Consulting: Utilizes advanced analytical instrumentation to resolve industrial issues by engaging clients in consultations, assessing request parameters, sample analysis, evaluating instrumental data, and writing customized reports. Analyzes projects from a variety of industrial sectors such as automotive, aerospace, environmental, electronics, mineral resources, and power generation. Training and Collaboration: Educates laboratory users on the safe and correct usage of various laboratory procedures and high-value instrumentation. Customizes educational plans to enhance the experience of the individual or group, including undergraduate and graduate students, professors, university staff, and external visitors. Technical Support: Facilitated the planning and installation of $18 million worth of grant-funded instruments and lab upgrades in 2018. Performs routine diagnostic and repair services for laboratory instruments and administers monthly preventative maintenance while adhering to ISO 17025 guidelines. Primary advisor for instrumental repairs, infrastructure concerns, and laboratory upgrades.Migrated the company’s WordPress website to university provided servers and actively participates in the on-going content maintenance. Maintains the laboratory file servers, including servers running Windows Server 2016, Solaris, and FreeBSD, by undertaking a scheduled update routine.Regularly provides laboratory users with IT services; previous tasks include connecting lab computers and users to the company infrastructure, and enabling remote access through SSH tunnelling and FTP servers. Designated as first point-of-contact for any user IT issues, including new computers and equipment setup, basic networking, and liaising with IT employees from technical support.

London, Ontario, Canada

Supported the operations of a specialized geochronology laboratory as the main instrument operator and facility administrator, by conducting the timely collection, analysis, validation, and reduction of data from crystalline materials such as alloys, metal coatings, and minerals, and non-crystalline materials such as organic matter, polymers, and glasses through a variety of electron beam techniques, such as BSE, WDS, EDS, EBSD, and CL. Analyzed large sets of qualitative and quantitative elemental and isotopic geochemistry data, standardizing it relative to known standards, and validating for coherency and consistency. Improved upon established methods to create a more efficient and judicious workflow for a variety of ZAP Lab students, external academics, and industrial users.Undertook a variety of geochronology supporting techniques, such as mineral separation (crushers, electric pulse disaggregator, wilfley table, Franz electromagnet, heavy liquids, hydro-separator, sieving), sample sectioning and mounting (saws, epoxy, polishing, cleaning), and electron microscopy sample preparation (carbon coater, polishing equipment, slide scanners). Performed calibration, troubleshooting and minor repairs of all laboratory instrumentation, including vacuum pumps, compressors, water chillers, ovens, water filtration lines, and computer systems, contacting and coordinating with service specialists when required. Installed and repaired electronic devices and computers that were designed for data processing and image analysis, along with installing and configuring network storage solutions.Initiated, maintained, and updated laboratory health and safety records, including writing laboratory standard operating procedures, and enforced protocol compliance from all laboratory users.

Master Of Science - Ms, Specializing In Isotope Geochemistry And Geochronology

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Specialization In Geology And Minor In Geophysics