● Training and experience in operating laboratory equipment: centrifuges, autoclaves, and anaerobic chambers. ● Manage bench scale experiments to prepare for pilot plant operations. ● Experience running fermentations at specified conditions and making optimal media for organisms. ● Develop procedures to run self-directed experiments. ● Skilled in laboratory processes including cleaning equipment, preparing experiments, and disposing of hazardous biological waste. ● Train new interns to operate laboratory equipment and follow laboratory protocol. ● Collaborate with cross functional teams to plan and execute experiments and research. ● Proficient in basic operating functions of High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) machines, as well as how to collect and analyze raw data.● Experience monitoring bioreactors and performing root cause analysis to resolve issues.