• Service customer base in the Huntsville/ Madison area with prompt timing and excellent rapport• Answered customers’ questions regarding products, prices, and availability• Hand-picked items to ensure high-quality assurance

• Developed and managed a team with each member specializing in a specific area of Food Science including: Food Microbiology, Food Chemistry, Food Engineering/Processing, Food Sensory, and Marketing• Facilitated the entire lifecycle of functional food product- Yobis: a yogurt covered, gluten-free baked puff with incorporated Hibiscus• Presented project findings to the Food Science Department and received the best score in the class

• Researched a functional food that would offer a positive effect on health and mitigate risk of chronic disease• Conducted assays to discover the antioxidant potential/capacity and enzymatic (lipase, α-amylase, glucosidase) activity in methanolic and aqueous extracts• Conducted data analysis to concur which extract had the higher capacity and activity; subjugated the food product to different processing methods based on the results• Explored novel ways to introduce the food product… Show more • Researched a functional food that would offer a positive effect on health and mitigate risk of chronic disease• Conducted assays to discover the antioxidant potential/capacity and enzymatic (lipase, α-amylase, glucosidase) activity in methanolic and aqueous extracts• Conducted data analysis to concur which extract had the higher capacity and activity; subjugated the food product to different processing methods based on the results• Explored novel ways to introduce the food product (Pome-Biscotti) to the market. This included: product formulation, marketing evaluation, and sensory analysis Show less

Assisted students in the computer labDirected incoming callers to proper department

• Chosen with a small group of peers for a grant designed to fund the growth and enhancement of skills in research, development, marketing, presentation, and overall professionalism• Received a mentoring graduate research assistant and assisted with their thesis project