Kimberly Wyluda Email & Phone Number

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Blacksburg, Virginia

• Paired biomedical research with business development to commercialize novel wound-care product• Worked as the regulatory leader to develop unconventional approach to the regulatory process• Created a business plan that established the target market, outlined financial projections, provided a reimbursement strategy, and identified potential competitors• Competed and placed in numerous “Shark-Tank” style innovation-based competitions

Princeton, Nj

• Collaborated with a team of PhD scientists to investigate biosubstrates via spectroscopy (FTIR, UV-Vis) methods• Key contributor to new method development through collection, analyzation, and interpretation of data • Led multiple internal research projects specifically looking at the effects of environmental pollutants on the skin with the long-term goal of publication• Optimized current benchtop laboratory practices by designing experiments, implementing new processes, documenting SOPs, improving safety procedures, and managing equipment

Princeton, Nj

Blacksburg, Va

• Formulated nanoparticles with controlled compositions to investigate the use of the nanoparticles as drug-transport agents• Evaluated and regulated particle size distribution while varying conditions through problem-solving approach

Salem, Virginia

• Designed and analyzed an enzyme-enhanced CO2 scrubbing simulation for biogas upgrading using Aspen Plus• Developed feasibility report which included detailed safety analysis (FEMA, HAZOP) and economic analysis• Presented conclusions from the company’s & client’s POV and provided recommendations to aid future work

Lyngby, Denmark

• Performed, documented and presented experiments regarding batch distillation, industrial-sized centrifugation, organic synthesis, reverse osmosis, liquid flowing through packed columns• Developed technical reports and presented highlights of findings from various experiments

Blacksburg, Va

• Conducted experiments relating to the screening of new IBD drugs by using in vitro systems• Worked with a pre-clinical development team and clinical researchers to advance new anti-inflammatory products along the regulatory pipeline• Performed laboratory and animal colony operations, trainings, genotyping processes (DNA extraction, PCR, gel electrophoresis), efficacy, safety and toxicity studies leading to the development of IND-enabling data

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Chemical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Delta Gamma Fraternity, Women's Leadership Series, VT Knowledgeworks, Tech Wound Solutions B.S. in Chemical.

Masters Of Engineering (M.E.), Chemical And Biochemical Engineering - Pharmaceutical Engineering

M.E in Pharmaceutical Engineering

Chemical And Biomolecular Engineering

Activities and Societies: Unit Operations Lab