Kelli Gaffney Email & Phone Number

Cedar Falls, IA, US

Cedar Falls, Iowa, United States

- Leads university's efforts in drafting, maintaining and promoting it's occupational safety programs and policies such as bloodborne pathogens, fall protection, hazardous communication, lot, ppe, and confined space.- Investigates workplace injuries and responds to safety concerns reported within the university community.- Review and analyze trends in loss.

• Manage overall operations in the main laboratory stockroom
• Supervise student assistants in laboratory
• Oversee and train students or faculty training on laboratory instruments and equipment
• Assess safety concerns within the laboratory and Chemistry department
• Perform routine calibration tests on instruments for maintenance
• Implement SOP’s for instrumentation including HPLC, GM, GC-MS, IR, RAMAN, UV-Vis, etc

• Performed quality control testing on candles to ensure marketable performance
• Executed raw material inspection on incoming goods including fragrance, wicks, glass, and additives
• Reported Quality Deviation Reports to ensure product value
• Create different batches of candles for customer approval

• Ran analytical tests on samples of yeast to test the activity before shipping to customers
• Recorded data in an Excel and Access spreadsheet
• Upheld laboratory management and restocked inventory
• Adhered to OSHA standards and regulations for laboratory safety
• Performed tests including Wash Dry Matter, Risograph, Characteristics, Phos, E.Coli and Coliform, etc.
• Performed weekly and monthly training on laboratory safety

Wilmington, Delaware

• Mentored by John Everard, Senior Research Scientist
• Researched the use of Plenish™, high oleic soybean oil, in food applications
• Maintained lab equipment, chemicals, oil and kept a record of research findings

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Chemistry-Marketing

Activities and Societies: American Chemical Society

Minor, Business Communications