Kenneth Chen Email & Phone Number

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Author and review Production and QC SOP's to reduce product cycle time, improve product quality, and enhance worker safety following lean methods• Develop custom products and INCI offsets for personal care and industrial applications in collaboration with client R/D and Sales• Advise Production, QC/QA, Regulatory, Applications, Engineering, and Sales departments on chemical inquiries

Toronto, Canada Area

• Synthesized custom silicone fluids and emulsions for personal care and industrial applications• Developed GC-based analytical methods and protocols to meet upcoming international regulations• Trained laboratory and plant staff on the safe use of laboratory equipment

Toronto, Canada Area

• Reduced daily task load by automating functions in 1000-student database using SQL• Helped over 300 students resolve academic-related issues• Organized lab and tutorial scheduling for over 900 students and teachers

Toronto

• Developed and taught accelerated teaching plan catered to med-school applicants on chemistry

Toronto, Canada

• Developed two new silicon nanomaterials for biomedical applications• Published two first-author and three co-author publications in peer-reviewed journals• Analyzed product by NMR, FTIR, UV/Vis, fluorescence spectroscopy, gas chromatography – mass spectroscopy, STEM, DLS, zeta-potential, and TGA

Toronto, Canada

• Prepared and organized research project for international visiting undergraduate research student• Introduced safe chemistry methods and supervised progress for the duration of the project

Toronto, Canada

• Introduced students to fundamental safety and experimental concepts in chemistry lab environments• Taught over 60 students experimental organic chemistry and safety protocols in the lab• Supervised and graded experiments conducted by students

Toronto, Canada

• Undergraduate researcher under Prof. G. A. Ozin and M. L. Mastronardi as part of thesis project• Synthesized water-soluble 10-undecenoic acid-capped silicon nanocrystals via microwave irradiation• Characterized nanoparticles via UV/Vis spectroscopy, fluorescence spectroscopy, HRTEM, FTIR and NMR• Presented results at 41st Southern Ontario Undergraduate Student Chemistry Conference (2013) titled "Microwave Assisted Functionalization of Water-Soluble, Size Separated Silicon Quantum Dots"

Toronto, Canada

• Undergraduate researcher under Prof. M. Liu at Latner Thoracic Surgery Research Laboratories• Helped develop lipopolysaccharide injury model to evaluate therapeutic nano-formulation in vitro efficacy• Isolated candidate nano-formulations via IL-6/8 ELISA analysis• Presented results at Physiology UROP Research Symposium (2012) titled "In vitro testing of nano-formulated PP2 using self-assembling peptides for the treatment of acute lung injury"

Toronto, Canada

• Undergraduate researcher under Prof. M. Liu and Dr. S. Y. Fung at Latner Thoracic Surgery Research Laboratories• Helped expand the number of self-assembling peptide and amino acid nano-formulations to aid the delivery of therapeutic agents for patent application• Presented results at Institute of Medical Science Research Day (2011) titled "The Stability and Potential of Nano-scale Formulations of Self-assembling Peptides, Amino Acids and Therapeutic Agents"

Master'S Degree, Chemistry

Activities and Societies: Green Chemistry Initiative, WINGS Rugby• Graduate student in GAO Materials Research Group • Thesis – Synthesis.

Bachelor'S Degree, Chemistry

Activities and Societies: Green Chemistry Initiative• Synthetic and Catalytic Chemistry Specialist degree with Distinction • Thesis –.