Ruba Kopp Email & Phone Number

Marlborough, MA, US

Marlborough, MA, US

Marlborough, MA, US

Write and execute raw material qualifications while managing timelines to sustain on-market product health. Regularly collaborate with cross functional teams including quality, regulatory, product development and marketing to produce quality products.

Marlborough, MA, US

Responsible for writing and executing equipment and process validations. Identify areas of improvement with lean manufacturing process principles. Evaluate process abnormalities and variations to prevent and reduce production interruptions.

San Diego, CA, US

San Diego, CA, US

• Manufacture diagnostic lateral flow products while following GMP regulated by the FDA
• Facilitate collaboration with R&D during product transfers and validation while meeting tight deadlines
• Product specialist for five products, and coordinated three validation product transfers from R&D
• Manage process optimizations and troubleshooting activities to maintain sustainable product lifecycle
• Initiate process improvement changes to SOP while incorporating interdepartmental collaboration
• Technically train lab members while displaying knowledge of chemistry and workflow

• Submitted weekly reports, established timelines, and suggested aims for the drug delivery transport system research team
• Co-author of the article published in Nanoscale titled Modulation of Hydrogel Nanoparticle Intracellular Trafficking by Multivalent Surface Engineering with Tumor Targeting Peptide
• Trained to operated a zeta potential particle analyzer to determine size and charge of nanoparticles
• Utilized immunocytochemistry for nanoparticles location identification by confocal microscopy
• Gained experience with mammalian cell culture within biosafety cabinet using aseptic technique

Ann Arbor, Michigan, US

• Selected as graduate student instructor for a 400 level cellular and molecular biology laboratory
• Individually accountable for 24 students during my bi-weekly lab session for 9 hours a week
• Trained students in biology techniques such as tissue culture, recombinant DNA technology, western blotting, and southern blotting while promoting critical thinking. -Graded exams/quizzes, kept track of attendance.

-Competitively selected for a university funded internship in Italy with a $1,200 work compensation -Travelled with 15 students and 2 advisors examining Italians cultural relationship with their cuisine for four weeks by collaboratively working at a refugee shelter, organic farm and culinary school. -Selected to receive a LSA Global Opportunity Scholarship.

Ann Arbor, Michigan, US

-Principle contributor in writing a NIH research grant proposal including two aims and multiple strategies (40 references cited).-Acquired additional laboratory experience in microscopy, western blotting, tissue culture, plasmid construction, transfection, and southern blotting.-*Selected as Graduate Student Instructor for Winter 2012 semester

-Independently utilized zeta potential particle analyzer to estimate nanoparticles surface charge-Applied immunocytochemistry for endosome identification of nanoparticles by confocal microscopy-Gained experience with cell culture, aseptic technique and working inside a biosafety cabinet -Submitted bi-weekly reports to Dr. Kopelman regarding data collected.

-Independently used recombinant DNA technology to insert protein mimic in a expression vector-Investigated rhodopsin protein mimic that compensates limitations of Green Fluorescent Protein

-Investigated quality of Retinal Isomerase Enzyme through UV testing to compute effectiveness-Gained experience in bacteria cell culture, transformation, protein gel-electrophoresis, protein purification by using an anion-exchange column and fast protein liquid chromatography (FPLC)

Masters Of Science In Engineering, Biomedical Engineering; Concentration In Biotechnology

Bachelors Of Science, Cell And Molecular Biology

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