Interim fermentation engineering team lead through product development stages (design through scale up to CMOs) and quality management system development drafting SOPs, adopting the Labvantage LIMS system for use in CAPA investigations, batch record development and management of change.Day to day operation, commissioning, experiment design and data analysis, troubleshooting, maintenance and automation for 5, 10 and 200L scale fermentations including Sartorius MFCS 3 and 4 algorithm development for in-process calculations, automated set-point adjustments, and task automation.Process optimization by CAPA and in-depth root cause analysis to correct operation issues and improve performance such as reduction in contamination at both scales for new product implementations and existing products.

Eliminated decade old recurring surge and resistance failures on stator and rotor winding production lines through scientific observation, data collection and statistical analysis.Developed spreadsheet-based models to predict physical process and product parameters based on empirical data to aid in new product implementation processes.Applied engineering and lean manufacturing principles to analyze, develop and implement process improvements leading to increase in production flexibility and capacity.

Designed, operated, tested, and analyzed bench scale batch and continuous stirred tank reactor prototypes for applications in bioleaching and biofuel production, providing weekly reports.Managed and trained a team of student interns in the standard operating procedures and engineering calculations involved with the prototypes.

Worked for the Electrochemical Engineering Lab and the Banta Lab at Columbia university under professors Alan West and Scott Banta in diverse projects honing a variety of skills.Applied bacterial cell sterile handling and culturing techniques in combination with electrochemical measurements to experiments involving bioleaching of copper and iron sulfide ores. Crafted electrodes from copper sulfide ore and characterized them via diverseelectrochemical techniques using a potentiostat.Trained undergraduate and graduate students in the basics of operating a potentiostat and rotating disk electrodes.Modelled batch and continuous cell growth using Monod Kinetic Model.Operated and developed bioreactor systems for the continuous growth of genetically modified Acidothiobacillus ferrooxidans acting as a biocatalyst for the conversion of electrochemical energy from iron rich food sources, carbon dioxide and water into isobutyric acid, a four carbon molecule, and the recycling of the iron food sources via an electrochemical reaction with copper metal for the potential application of biofuel production. Characterization techniques included: cyclic voltammetry, rotating disk electrodes, linearsweep voltammetry and amperometry, atomic absorption spectroscopy, gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, UV-Visible spectroscopy, and fluorescence spectroscopy.

Worked for the Nye Academic Center at Texas A&M University assisting student athletes in the subjects of calculus, organic chemistry, physical chemistry, general chemistry, introductory biology, and introduction to C++ programming language. The assistance was carried out by individual appointments and a science help desk exclusively at Nye Academic Center.

Worked for the department of Chemistry at Texas A&M University directing a chemistry 117 laboratory for first year undegraduates in engineering and teaching basic chemistry concepts through presentations and basic laboratory hands on experience. Assisted students in class and office hours on solving questions and problems. Was responsible for the grade book, grading all assignments and exams.

Worked for the D. J. Darensbourg Laboratories Texas A&M University on:The synthesis of bifunctional salen ligands for application in carbon dioxide and epoxide copolymerization catalysis. The synthesis and characterization of copolymers and terpolymers from carbon dioxide and N-(2,3 Epoxypropyl)phthalimide and propylene oxide. The determination of general process for the synthesis of methyl bisamines avoiding the use of catalysts and high temperature/pressure conditions. The synthesis and characterization of metal complexes with methyl bisamines as ligands. The research involved the following characterization techniques: NMR and IR spectroscopy, Gel permeation chromatography, differential scanning calorimetry, silica gel column chromatography, and standard anaerobic laboratory techniques.