• Proficiency Testing Coordinator• Internal Auditor and Lead Internal Auditor under ISO/IEC 17025 :2017• Regulatory Licensing Officer• Developed and updated documentation• Provided QA assistance and training to all sections and satellite locations in policies, procedures, licensing, GLP and GMPs• DWIS and LRMA uploading• Prepared aqueous, soil, oil, biota, and gaseous samples for analysis (metals, air, inorganics, and organics sections)

• Maintained section equipment• Supervised staff to meet and cut TATs in half• Proficient in GLP• Prepared and analysed aqueous, soil, oil, and gaseous samples• Method refinement and development• Managed section acquisitions

• Served as technical lead on various projects• Provided direction and assistance to various departments• Developed and implemented analytical testing methods• Prepared and maintained equipment• Prepared and certified internal standards for internal distribution• Completed special and legal testing• Managed purchasing department for all locations

• Created and analyzed mesocosms to elucidate oil exposure effects on predator-prey interactions between crabs and snails. • Performed lab exposure experiments to determine the specific changes in behavior in prey detection when exposed to simulated residual oil in the field. • Performed toxicological experiments to determine the LC-50 and sub-lethal exposure levels to compare to field levels.• Developed a method and ran samples on a Waters HPLC for analysis of microphytobenthic algal pigments to monitor changes in colonies as a result of weathered oil.• Analyzed historical pigments from before the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill to establish a baseline.• Participated in education outreach to communicate the effects of oil on food web interactions, the effects of oil on primary production, and the sub-lethal effects of oil in the Gulf of Mexico and associated Louisiana marshes.• Assisted in completion of field work in Cocodrie, Louisiana, and Terrebonne Bay, Louisiana. • Collected snails, mussels, and oysters along ten meter transects to determine patch distribution of organisms due to oil exposure from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. • Took physical measurements including shell length, thickness, strength, and wet and dry tissue weights to elucidate the effects on biological processes resorting in morphological differences from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill.• Collected organisms using crab traps, minnow traps, and nets to determine species abundances.• Collected megalopal crab to determine crab settlement at different field sites and to determine if oiling has changed settlement.• Tethered juvenile crabs for field experiments to determine the effect of oil exposure on predatation.• Collected sediments for algal pigments, sediments and water for polycyclic aromatics (PAHs), and infauna for identification to monitor changes after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

• Worked as head teaching assistant (TA) for Organic Chemistry I laboratory.• Coordinated two other TAs in monitoring, advising, and grade preparation of groups of 10-35 students in laboratories.• Provided supplemental lessons/tutoring for students.• Worked as part of a team and independently to monitor, advise, and grade groups of 25-35 students in General Chemistry II, Organic Chemistry I, and Organic Chemistry II labs.

• Evaluated the health of Upstate New York freshwater bodies utilizing State of the Lakes Ecosystem Conference (SOLEC) and International Joint Commission (IJC) indicator recommendations.• Worked on preparation of grants for monitoring and remediating Lake Neatahwanta (Fulton, NY) and Sheldon Creek (Granby, NY).• Performed summer research assistantship tasks including sampling, analysis, education and outreach.• Sampled Upstate New York lakes and bays for aquatic cyanobacterial toxins, pigments, and nutrients.• Collected and analyzed toxin, pigment, and nutrient samples.• Collected and analyzed physical parameters utilizing YSI and HydroLab.• Collected algal biomass by lyophilization.• Performed outreach and education including preparation of outreach materials, community outreach and demonstrations at the Sodus Bay Information Day, and presentation of information at 7th Annual Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) Symposium.• Collaborated with Citizens Statewide Lake Assessment Program (CSLAP).• Performed data entry, analysis, and review.

Developed a method for hyperspectral differentiation of microalgal classes, cancer cells, and coral samples using a Headwall Photonics Hyperspec™ VNIR P-Series Imaging Spectrometer.

• Supervised undergraduate and graduate research projects.• Isolated, purified, and tested of bioactive compounds with potential anticancer properties.• Identified polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) concentrations within sediments and Leptogorgia setacea corals in the Aransas Pass Shipping Channel on the South Texas coast.• Characterized and monitored the Nueces Delta and Laguna Madre watershed phytoplankton and benthic algae populations by microscopy and high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC).• Toxic algae identification by microscopy and triple quadrupole liquid chromatography (LC-MS/MS/MS) in a variety of global aquaculture facilities.• Cultivated raceways of multiple microalgal species of potential interest for biofuel development.• Screened for moribund or dead fish and wildlife for a variety of locations throughout North America for algal toxins.• Assisted in the development of a method for the characterization of a novel microalgae toxin, Euglenophycin.• Characterized of growth and secondary metabolites produced in global Euglena species.• Compared fatty acid transesterification by gas chromatography mass spectrometry/flame ionization detector (GC-MS/FID) and lipid extraction methods.• Collected and determined seasonal variation and of local Texas macroalgae lipid and fatty acid compositions.• Quantified lipid and fatty acid compositions of AgriLIFE (Flour Bluff and Port Aransas facilities) microalgae biofuel cultures.• Designed and implemented a field experiment to determine the half-life of Brevetoxin in fish along the Texas coast by LC-MS/MS/MS.• Collected, identified and quantified algae toxin levels found in water samples during algal bloom events in South Texas.• Performed necropsy and toxin presence and concentration in avian, aquatic, and terrestrial organisms during Karenia brevis blooms.• Compiled meta-analysis of freshwater and marine microalgae composition data.• Beta-tested new Ocean Optics dissolved oxygen systems.

• Prepared and standardized a method to detect pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) using a fluorescent derivative for part per trillion detection in natural waters by HPLC and fluorometer analysis.• Prepared and analyzed samples for phosphorus analysis in hatchery fish and fish feed• Prepared and analyzed samples for determination of Escherichia coli levels to determine relationship to phosphorous in Door County, WI, beaches.• Prepared samples to determine arsenic concentrations in chicken thighs by inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometer (ICP-MS).• Completed experiments for the patenting of a biomass-derived lignin for catalytic disassembly.

Proctored laboratories and exams, graded coursework and laboratory reports, and prepared and taught supplemental lessons in:• Life Chemistry• Applied Chemistry• General Chemistry• Organic Chemistry• Quantitative Analysis

Tutored students in:• Life Chemistry• Applied Chemistry• General Chemistry• Organic Chemistry• Quantitative Analysis • Calculus• Principles of Physics• Environmental Science