Michael Bates Email & Phone Number

United States

• Quality assurance testing on PET and TPU department products and raw materials• Use of LIMS and SAP to maintain product records• Use of HPLC, NIR, and GC to guarantee product quality and recognize quality problems• Communication of results and product abnormalities with sales representatives and unit operators• Preventative maintenance on laboratory equipment to insure proper function

Wheeling, West Virginia Area

• Use of ICP and IC instrumentation to monitor quality of waste water generated by oil and gas customers• Quality assurance testing of in-house blend products• Communication of results to customers through written reports• Use of geochemical modeling software in order to assist customers in their choice of products• Maintenance of laboratory equipment and general cleanliness to insure maximum efficiency of the laboratory

Wheeling, West Virginia Area

Researcher for a small organic chemistry research project on the synthesis of trans-pterocarpans. Primary functions included: running small scale organic reactions with an overall goal of synthesizing a singular product, operation of NMR and GC-MS instrumentation to verify synthesized products, and documentation of all work performed in the lab.

Morgantown, West Virginia

Primary researcher for a computational chemistry research project on the ability of a peptide, pHLIP, to fold across a membrane in low pH environments. This research project was managed by Dr. Blake Mertz. Primary responsibilities included performing independent experiments on a remote high performance computing cluster in a Linux environment and documenting all progress or work done on the project.