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Forest Grove, Or, Us

Tigard, Oregon, United States

Helped organize/reorganize laboratory responsibilities as the company grew. Tasked with assisting design of new analytical facility on-site, including comparing and selecting analytical equipment, GC-MS, FTIR, and supporting equipment such as digestion methodology and equipment and particle sizing and identification. Helped manage two technicians and all sample logging, analysis and reporting.

Mcalester, Ok

Developing and modifying formulations for extruded products meeting desired specifications. Troubleshooting production line scale formulation issues utilizing knowledge of chemical and physical reaction during processing. Explore the effects of formulation component variations on desirable properties of the extruded material.

Colorado

Tasked with classifying chemical components and roles in a wide variety of formulations and applications. Required extensive research and comprehension of chemical information and data sheets to ascertain the most applicable roles of an ingredient in a given formulation.

Pueblo, Colorado

Instructed two sections of general physics laboratory classes. Responsible for providing additional instruction and assistance to students and/or small groups attending classes on campus or online. Typical duties included tracking students who utilize the available resources and working with instructors occasionally to maximize student benefit.

Pueblo, Colorado

Performed organic extractions utilizing liquid hydrocarbon solvents. Designed and optimized standard operating procedures for botanical extractions of relevant compounds. Required robust design to isolate desired extracts over undesirable compounds. Reinforced safety protocols of the entire facility.

Pueblo, Colorado

Performed supercritical CO2 as a solvent, involving high pressure systems with regulated temperatures. Designed and optimized standard operating procedures for botanical extractions of relevant compounds, required design of experiment fundamentals to start to associate extraction temperatures and pressures with solubility of desirable extraction products while minimizing undesirable compounds. Assisted in developing safer handling procedures of various chemicals used during routine facility operations.

Denver, Colorado

Conducted research including oil-water interactions in the presence of surfactants and other additives. Typical duties included experimental design and implementation, equipment maintenance, and analytical sample preparation and testing.Improved efficiency of the TIORCO experimentation process by designing multiple Microsoft Excel templates to standardize results and plots across the projects. Recognized by leadership for going Above and Beyond the Call of Duty.Typical duties included experimental setup and execution, including rheological studies, phase behavior experiments, analytical sample preparation and coreflooding experiments.

Golden, Colorado

I taught 5 semesters of 2-3 sections of General Chemistry Laboratory I/II. I worked on metal oxide nano particle synthesis and characterization. As well as, modification and testing catalyst activity for the biomass-to-fuel upgrading process.

Lake Forest, Illinois

Supervised work-study students to effectively and efficiently solve hardware, software, network, and printing issues. Design and implement networking/hardware for public and private (chemistry dept) computer labs.

Northbrook, Illinois

Direct customer support provided at the Genius Bar for all manner of software and hardware issues. Indirect customer support provided by troubleshooting and repairing products that could not be done at the Genius Bar in allotted time or required replacement parts to be installed in a more appropriate setting, usually a static-free environment to prevent internal component damage.

Master'S Degree, Chemistry

Research - Nanoscale metal-oxide catalysts. Teaching - General Chemistry Lab and Senior Research Experience.

Bachelor'S Degree, Chemistry

Activities and Societies: Student Affiliates of the American Chemical Society - President, Treasurer x2 Undergraduate Research - Metal.