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Norfolk, Va, Us

Virginia, United States

Norfolk, Virginia, United States

Gumeracha, South Australia, Australia

District Of Columbia, United States

•Maintain relationships with wholesale coffee accounts, serving as point person to help solve any equipment or quality issues.•Seek out new potential wholesale accounts and initiate relationships. •Perform quality control checks on brewed coffee and espresso at client shops using sensory analysis and refractometry. •Assist roaster with general production tasks.

Oregon, United States

Columbia, Maryland, United States

Windsor, California, United States

Assisted lab manager with all wine chemical analysis and general lab upkeep and operations, including:•Performing instrumental analysis and wet chemistry to obtain chemical data. •Performing basic microscope scans for spoilage microbes, yeast viability and bacteria culture density. •Performing field sampling and monitoring of grapes in 15 different vineyards.•Quality control during packaging operations.•Sample labeling and preparation, as well as entering and organizing resultant data. •Assisting in training vineyard sampling crew, other lab interns, and fermentation intern.

Charlottesville, Virginia

Assisted lab manager with all wine chemical analysis and general lab upkeep and operations, including:•Performing instrumental analysis and wet chemistry to obtain chemical data on wine.•Pulled samples from a complicated and dynamic inventory. •Setup taste trials for winemakers and used sensory analysis for verifying chemical parameters.•Monitored inventory, made and standardized reagents, and worked with supervisor to restock. •Practiced general housekeeping, organization, and equipment troubleshooting to keep lab running timely and efficiently.

Windsor, Ca

•Responsible for all microbiological processes in medium sized winery. Prepared, inoculated, and tracked yeast and malolactic fermentations. •Rigorously followed cleaning, sanitation, and workspace organization protocol to ensure food safety•Gained familiarity with industrial food production equipment.

Orkeney Springs, Va

•Practiced soft skills like communication, personal responsibility, teamwork, needs anticipation, crisis management, and accountability.•Managed a team of 3-4 counselors to carry out wilderness backpacking trips for 10-15 children. •Designed and created meal menus for back country trips with food safety in mind.

St. Mary'S City, Maryland

•Practiced meticulous attention to detail in lab equipment cleanliness to obtain trace metal data.•Coordinated with and visited vineyards to collect wine samples for ICP-MS and IRMS analysis.•Presented findings at American Chemical Society 2019 National Meeting.

St. Mary'S City, Md

•Found literature and collaborated with professors and government officials to design method for using Raman microscope spectroscopy to find chemical composition of microplastic particles.

Alexandria, Virginia

•Learned and practiced food safety in a hands on environment. •Learned and practiced sensory analysis techniques from Stumptown Coffee Roasters. •Communicated with team and practiced time management to deliver consistent, quality-focused coffee to hundreds of visitors daily in fast-paced environment, while keeping a clean work space.

Richmond, Virginia Area

Micro internship where I learned about and assisted with manual production and did research for product development.

Bachelor'S Degree, Chemistry, 3.452 Gpa

Activities and Societies: Environmental studies minor, Food and Fermentation club (founder), rowing, rock climbing Completed bachelor's.

Study Aboard Semester, 3.750 Gpa

Activities and Societies: Horticulture Society Study abroad semester to take food science courses not available at home institution

Education record

Certificate, Geographic Information Systems