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Pasadena, California, United States

Utilizing automation to synthesize, purify, and characterize hit drug candidates

Emeryville, California, United States

Synthesized, purified, and characterized biobased monomers for epoxy, polyimide, and other polymer systems.

Emeryville, California

Foster City, California

Developed great tasting products that met client specifications. Focused on innovative and challenging food systems. Sourced ingredients from multiple vendors. Designed and carried out formulations to improve taste and optimize processes. Operated pilot plant machinery in GMP conditions. Analyzed samples with several instruments such as Brookfield.

Greater New York City Area

Contracted to design and formulate edible and home-compostable straws derived from seaweed that exceeded specification guidelines. Improved on data collection procedures and analytical methods to understand the product both quantitatively and qualitatively. Created better benchtop processes to rapidly prototype new formulations.

San Francisco Bay Area

Managing a team in a fast-paced environment by communicating effectively and delegating tasks. Following detailed procedures on preparing ingredients. Constantly promoting a culture of hospitality and excellence. Building and teaching training curriculum to grow fellow employees. Creating nutritional facts for retail products. Scaling up recipes and.

San Francisco Bay Area

Completed customer orders while delivering excellent customer service. Prepared ingredients in an efficient manner. Organized inventory and work space. Trained over 50 employees. Developed and standardized the parameters for a new beverage.

San Francisco Bay Area

Guided over 50 undergraduate students through classic organic chemistry experiments. Fostered growth and improvement for my students by offering feedback and constructive criticism. Enforced and demonstrated lab safety protocols. Received an award for teaching excellence after my first year of teaching.

San Francisco Bay Area

Conducted research in a chemistry laboratory on the novel synthesis of various flavor and fragrance compounds, such as osyrol, dodecalactone, and jasmolactone, while following green chemistry guidelines. Researched sp3 C-H activation using a removable directing group. Operated and interpreted data from NMR, FT-IR, GCMS, and polarimeters. Managed laboratory.

Food And Fuel For The 21st Century

Collaborated with a local surfboard manufacturer to produce a polyurethane surfboard derived from algae oil. Synthesized polyols from unsaturated fatty acids derived from algae. Polymerized algal polyols into polyurethane foam. Tested and manipulated algal polyurethane to desired physical properties. Wrote a senior thesis on the research.

Shurin Lab

Researched the role of algal diversity on biomass production for several candidate algae strains for biofuel production. Quantified results by measuring chlorophyll-a concentrations and cell counting. Managed algae and zooplankton cultures in sterile environments.

Volunteered to be a teaching assistant for an upper division environmental systems course. Taught selected topics in microbiology, physiology, chemistry and earth sciences in weekly discussions. Graded paper assignments and tests in a timely manner.

Worked under the UCSD Police Department to provide public safety escorts for students. Assisted civilians, police, fire fighters, and medics during times of emergency. Communicated efficiently and concisely using police codes.

Identified ways for UCSD to meet carbon neutrality goals. Raised awareness about environmental issues. Presenting to UCSD student organizations, staff, and student government.

Built a biodigestor to convert organic waste from UCSD community gardens into methane gas.

Interned as a Project Pull intern the summers of 2009-2012. Worked in a group to identify and propose solutions to social, public health, and green energy issues in San Francisco. Shadowed electrical, civil, environmental, and mechanical engineers on their day to day responsibilities. Participated in team-building exercises to improve work place relations.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Environmental Systems - Chemistry; Humanities Minor

Activities and Societies: Student Sustainability Collective, Shurin Lab, Food and Fuel for the 21st Century, Engineers for a Sustainable.

Master Of Science - Ms, Organic Chemistry