Jamie St. Pierre, Phd Email and Phone Number

Adjunct Professor in Chemistry and Math

After-school program instructor educating kindergarten through fifth graders in areas of science as well as assisting with children's birthday parties.

•Demonstrated ability to work with unit operations at both bench and demonstration scale as well as maintain and troubleshoot equipment when necessary for over 3 years.•Characterized black liquor obtained after alkaline delignification by utilization of numerous analytical techniques such as TGA, HPLC, TC/TIC/TOC, and CHNS/O.•Designed experiments to study the effect of thermal pretreatment and oxidation pretreatment on the organic fraction of black liquor prior to thermal deoxygenation.•Studied the effect of solids concentration and formic acid salt loading on product distribution and yield after black liquor pyrolysis.•Characterized bio-oil obtained from black liquor pyrolysis employing numerous analytical techniques after liquid-liquid extraction such as GC/MS, GC-FID, CHNS/O, and bomb calorimetry.•Presented research to groups of peers at 3 international conferences as well as 2 American conferences.•Published a peer-reviewed article in the Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis (impact factor: 3.070).•Reviewed for the Journal of Industrial Crops and Products (impact factor: 3.208).•Lectured for Lignocellulosic Biorefinery and Introduction to the Pulp and Paper Industry on multiple occasions.•Supervised two chemical engineering undergraduate research assistants.•Supervised honors thesis research conducted by a chemical engineering undergraduate student. Honors thesis was successfully defended on research topic in April, 2013.•Assisted in tours of the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the University of Maine to educate high school students, teachers and professionals on the impact of continued enrollment in STEM programs and to raise awareness of the research that is ongoing in the department.

Assisted faculty with grading.

Assisted faculty with grading and exam proctoring.

•Supervised students in ‘Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering Laboratory II.’•Maintained bench-scale catalytic reactor: catalyst regeneration, troubleshooting, and upkeep.•Provided support to faculty and students performing bench scale membrane separations and pilot scale fractional distillation.

Provided front desk support to maintain an organized and efficient work environment including, but not limited to, billing, receiving and making phone calls, checking patients in to the clinic, prescription refill, among other tasks.

Provided care at the boarding kennel and doggie day care for dogs and cats. This care included always maintaining a clean environment for the pets, providing food during feeding hours, providing exercise during play group, or individually, multiple times throughout the day, and providing assistance where needed by the kennel staff.