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United States

North Carolina

Charleston, South Carolina Area

• Performed quality control analysis using analytical chemistry and instrumentation while working directly with the production plant to improve efficiency and quality of product.
• Used ICP to examine waste for high concentrations of metal impurities before disposal or purification.
• Coordinated with the manufacturing plant to ensure safe intake and material placement.
• Analyzed and updated SOP’s to ensure maximum efficiency and transparency.
• Ensured open lines of communication between plant operators and myself to ensure timely product production.

Charleston, South Carolina Area

• Worked in a dynamic group setting performing quality control testing that safely and efficiently converted hazardous and non-hazardous waste into a burnable fuel source.
• Used the ICP and FIMS mercury analyses to evaluate the metal content of samples obtained from multiple waste generators.
• Coordinated with the manufacturing plant to ensure safe intake and material placement.
• Performed quality control standard testing on ICP, FIMS and GC-MS to ensure the validity of data.
• Aided in the maintenance of instruments and inventory upkeep.
• Used cold pressed filtration to prepare samples for mass spectroscopy analyses.

Charleston, South Carolina Area

• Performed multiple analytical test to verify the quantity and quality of products; includes amine value, total amine value, wheel testing, acid number and Carl Fischer.
• Coordinate with international production plants to align production goals and procedures.
• Lead chemist on the corrosion inhibition product line; includes working closely with colleagues to devise formulations, synthesize formulations, and ran necessary analytical testing.
• Coordinated with waste specialist to ensure the safe disposal of hazardous and non-hazardous waste for multiple laboratories.
• Created in lab regimens that ensured lab quality and efficiency.
• Ensured laboratory safety by developing systems that allowed constant updates of the chemical inventory as well as the SDS’s associated with them.

Charleston, South Carolina Area

• Facilitated the preparation and assembly of undergraduate laboratories; including synthesis of solutions, editing of procedures and verification of applications.
• Coordinated with waste specialist to ensure the safe disposal of hazardous and non-hazardous waste for multiple laboratories.
• Coordinated with multiple chemical companies for maximum inventory maintenance.
• Maintained laboratory equipment, performed minor repairs and acquired experience running support analysis; includes GC-MS, LC-MS, NMR, and IR.

Bachelor'S Degree, Chemistry And Anthropology

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Chemistry And Anthropology, Graduate

Research in Synthesis and Characterization