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•Develop, validate, and perform laboratory experiments to aide in organic process development and scale-up alongside senior chemists.o Primary focus on specialty chemicals, including chelants, distillation of process streams, and improvement of various plant processes.• Propose synthetic routes and plant processes for new product development. Test feasibility at lab scale and aide engineers in scale-up efforts.• Design, construct, and operate large scale glass reactors for process… Show more •Develop, validate, and perform laboratory experiments to aide in organic process development and scale-up alongside senior chemists.o Primary focus on specialty chemicals, including chelants, distillation of process streams, and improvement of various plant processes.• Propose synthetic routes and plant processes for new product development. Test feasibility at lab scale and aide engineers in scale-up efforts.• Design, construct, and operate large scale glass reactors for process testing and customer sample generation (5 L – 50 L).• Interface with customers to develop product specifications and guidelines for process and product development.• Closely work with interior as well as external laboratories and vendors to ensure product and feedstocks meet internal and regulatory specifications.• Independently maintain, utilize, and develop methods for analytical instruments in order to support process development and provide plant support.• Perform literature and patent reviews to communicate information to the marketing and sales departments to assist in development of product literature as well as protect intellectual property and proprietary research for company.• Assist Chemical Hygiene Officer in maintaining laboratories to EHS and EPA standards, as well as updating and developing procedures and best practice guidelines. Show less

Austin, Tx

• Assisted professors and teaching assistants in developing and organizing coursework for physics undergraduate teaching labs• Performed yearly inventory of government property for department.• Responsible for maintaining and enforcing EHS standards within several physics teaching labs.• Scheduling and general day-to-day management of student workers.• Rewrote and updated organizational and student training manuals for stockroom.

Austin, Tx

• Independently developed procedures for synthesizing novel Schiff-base ligands.• Used NMR and UV/Vis spectroscopy to characterize and verify organic complexes.• Developed a system to prevent cross-contamination between stock lanthanide salt reagents.• Performed literature reviews using SciFinder as well as other databases to direct future researchefforts.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Chemistry

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