Michael Araujo Email & Phone Number

Manhattan, New York, United States

Chemical Technician at the East River Station

Allendale, New Jersey, United States

• Working as part of the Quality Control Microbiology team in the manufacturing of blood derived component lots (CAR T-Cell Therapy) in a cGMP/FDA regulated industry; this involves working as a team alongside not only.
• In this role I perform air sampling, personnel sampling, and surface plating in order to ensure that manufacturing of product lots were produced in an aseptic manner up to industry standards
• In order to perform this sampling, I am GMP/aseptic cleanroom qualified and get extensive experience gowning up to the standard of an ISO5 environment
• I also am tasked with analyzing and reading plates after incubation and testing for active air viables, passive air viables and surface viables on the samples that are taken
• This job is shift work working 10 hours a day for 4 days a week so again, I have experience working non-conventional work hours

Summit, New Jersey, United States

• Manufactured blood derived component lots (CAR T-Cell Therapy) in a cGMP/FDA regulated industry using among other techniques: ISO 5 aseptic and gowning technique, tube welding, connections and transfers, weighing and.
• Harvest in CAR T-Cell Therapy processing involves use of bioreactors, Sepax C-Pro Cell Processing machines, ISO 5 hoods, controlled rate freezers, liquid nitrogen tanks, quality control equipment such as viable and.
• Operated and verified according to both paper and electronic batch records following proper Standard Operating Procedures; recording data and information using GDocPs methods; electronic Batch Record and Warehouse.
• Participated in several production ramp ups, an aseptic simulation qualification, a process performance qualification, and electronic batch record test runs
• Qualified MO trainer in CAR T-Cell Therapy Harvest and EM processing and regularly train and qualify new hire manufacturing operators
• Worked in a team under the supervision of Manufacturing Management in conjunction with Quality Control, Quality Assurance, and Training personnel including as a subject matter expert in bacteria testing in the context.

Newark, New Jersey, United States

• Working as a research assistant at the Department of Microbiology, Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics within the New Jersey Medical School under Dr. Nikhat Parveen
• Experience working both independently and as a team on large scale grant-funded research projects into Lyme disease; techniques I have experience with include mice animal models, DNA cloning and mutagenesis.
• Along with these biological techniques, I have experience performing routine lab maintenance including sample submission, stocking inventories, operating an autoclave, preparing buffers and reagents, using a pH meter.
• Working on large grant-funded projects required applying technical and theoretical knowledge learned in university and previous research experience and maintaining detailed records of everything done
• This job has contributed a large part to becoming comfortable and confident in a professional biological laboratory, especially in a team environment

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States

• Working independently on a project investigating enzymes involved in insulin degradation under the advisement of Dr. Benjamin Alper, Ph.D.
• Obtaining expertise on how to operate effectively in the lab
• Knowledge using the scientific method to organize and conduct research in the biomedical field

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States

• Working as a tutor for Sacred Heart University students in the field of biochemistry
• Experience communicating and engaging with others in a professional setting

• Worked as an Emergency Medical Technician for North Arlington New Jersey, where I worked overnight working on a team to transport and care for patients
• Assessed vital signs, blood pressure, and other statuses of body function
• Obtained extensive knowledge on how to interact with patients in both critical and non-critical conditions
• Gained experience on how to better work as a team while in stressful emergency situations