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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.
• 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
• 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.

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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