Kenneth Hampton Email & Phone Number

Irvine

Test raw materials, in-process, and finished osteobiologic product samples per USP/compendial methods and industry standard procedures such as X-Ray Diffraction, Endotoxicity (LAL), Cytotoxicity, and BioAssays.Maintenance of cell culture including cell growth and cell differentiation of Human Endothelial Cells specifically osteogenic stem cells. Have maintained and tested over 1000+ individual osteogenic samples.Perform routine laboratory maintenance tasks including organization and cleaning of work areas, checking for expired reagents and standards, disposal of product samples, chemicals and hazardous waste, and maintenance of lab inventory. Have operated and maintained laboratory equipment and computerized instruments such as HPLC, plate readers and microscopes, etc.Work closely with Manufacturing and Research and Development Departments to ensure that top quality products are produced within industry guildlines, new products are designed and throughly tested prior to release, and resolve issues found within the process through a CAPA process.Perform Environmental Monitoring of Clean Rooms ISO Levels 5 and 7. Also, conduct Bioburden testing including pH and Conductivity on all de-ionized Water systems within facility.Calibration, maintenance and operation of lab instrumentation, including: balances, pipettes, pH meters, ovens, and temperature chart recorder. Conduct Oven Surveys for necessary ovens within facility critical to product manufacture.Perform necessary validations for equipment, including software validations, critical to the manufacturing or quality testing process within the facility. Documentation of laboratory work using laboratory worksheets/notebooks that must be detailed, accurate and meet cGMP requirements.

Prepared over 500,000+ potentially infectious blood plasma for the PCR process.Regularly worked alongside Lab Manager and Team Leaders to meet lab objectives as well as Client, California Dept. of Health and FDA standards within Bio-safety Level 2 laboratory.Followed all procedures according to cGLPs, cGMPs, and SOPs as well as in accordance to FDA regulations.Reduced “in-house” backlog of 100,000,000 plasma samples needed for PCR testing in first six months alongside other Certified Technologists.Collaborated with Accessioning Dept. to process 1000+ 23andMe DNA samples as well as dispose of unneeded sample.

Worked alongside Chemists and Senior Scientists to meet lab objectives within an Analytical Chemistry laboratory setting.Analyzed samples with High Pressure Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) systems using pulsed amperometric detection, with reversed-phase and ion-exchange columns.Prepared air quality samples for various sites in Alaska, Canada, and parks within California.Extracted samples that arrive from the field as well as prepared chemical standards necessary for sample comparison.

Conducted Endocrinology-based research in the development of paternal behavior in Peromyscus Californicus (California Mice).Prepared equipment for bioassays of hormonal levels within processed specimens.Processed sliced brain samples, and processed specimens.Maintained a colony of 100+ mice.

B.S, Neuroscience, 3.00

Activities and Societies: Medical Scholar Program, FastStart, Medical Scholars Summer Research Program, Clinical Care Extender Program.

High School Diploma, 3.25

Activities and Societies: Cross Country, Track and Field