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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 reduced company spend. Presented at the 2020 LabKey User Conference.• Developed automated workflows and informatics tools with the software engineering and data science team to increase sample throughput and improve data mining.

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.

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