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Kirkland, WA, US

Seattle, Washington, United States

• Analytical team lead on multiple projects in both an internally and externally facing role. Key responsibility included authoring IND-enabling documents.
• Supported high-throughput analytical testing (Titer, SEC, HILIC, AAA, CE-SDS, icIEF, IEX) across process development.
• Developed and qualified analytical methods and enabled transfer to QC.
• Performed intact mass analysis for the mass spectrometry team to increase characterization support for early stages of process development.
• As a subject matter expert across assays and instrumentation, onboarded several new-hires and mentored junior team members.
• Led effort with LabKey Biologics to develop a novel electronic laboratory notebook system with improved data integration resulting in more efficient and robust notebooking. Adopted company wide and significantly.

Seattle, WA

Bothell, WA

• Completed small and large-scale conjugation work for in vitro and in vivo studies characterizing ADCs using LC-MS, HIC, RP-UPLC and SEC.
• Worked with a diverse set of drug classes and conjugation techniques with an emphasis on maleimide thiol chemistry.
• Led efforts to streamline methods for batch reductions, re-oxidations and conjugations to effectively increase overall efficiency and team output.

Bothell, WA

• In an effort to find peptide linkers with enhanced properties over existing technology, completed solid phase peptide synthesis, purification using HPLC and subsequent conjugations of ADCs.
• Characterized ADCs using LC-MS, HIC and SEC.
• As part of an immuno-oncologic project, completed small-scale solution phase synthesis and subsequent conjugations of novel payloads with non-traditional mechanisms to target the tumor cell microenvironment.

Greater Seattle Area

• Managed inventory for the pharmacy ensuring the most cost-effective holding capacities.
• Provided customers with their medications, handled customer inquiries/requests and resolved insurance disputes.

Kelowna, BC

Kelowna, BC

Boston, MA

Boston, MA

Boston, MA

Bachelor’S Degree, Medical Biochemistry

Activities and Societies: Member of the Chemistry Course Union & Biochemistry Course UnionThroughout my studies at the University of.

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