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◼Gas Chromatography/High Resolution Mass Spectrometry of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in human serum◼Ensured data quality and generated reports using SAS to document results ◼Data Visualization of lipidomics data using R◼Gained substantial understanding of many important concepts relating to public health, environmental toxicology and epidemiology

◼Demonstrated Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act (CLIA) regulations & procedures proficiency and competency knowledge◼Gas Chromatography/High Resolution Mass Spectrometry of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in human serum◼Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) in human serum◼Ensured data quality and generated reports using SAS to document results ◼Optimized throughput to ensure deadlines were met, enabling the analysis of fifty samples per instrument per day by using automated sample handlers ◼Contributed to the development of a new method for analyzing hemoglobin adducts of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in human blood samples(http://dioxin20xx.org/wp-content/uploads/pdfs/2005/05-166.pdf)◼Trained and supervised 10- new employees in the mass spectrometry lab resulting in several large studies completed including National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), contributing to the National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals◼Implemented Excel VBA macros to automate handling and processing of the HRMS data to combine with the sample prep information before loading into the database◼Collaborated with 4- other researchers to develop a novel and highly sensitive method to detect environmental contaminants in very small sample sizes, demonstrating detection of attogram amounts (Published in Journal of Chromatography A, 2011 May 27;1218(21):3274-81. doi: 10.1016/j.chroma.2010.10.084)◼Received Secretary’s Award for Distinguished Service in 2002 and the CDC/ATSDR Group Honor Award for Research - Epidemiology and Laboratory in 2003