Oversee operation of Mudslingers Drive-thru Coffee. In charge of business planning, menu development, advertising, marketing, brand development, social outreach, equipment sourcing and repair, and human resources.

I'm starting my first year as a high school teacher. I'll be bringing many years of research into the classroom as I guide students through the basics of biotechnology. I'll be helping them develop the necessary laboratory and communication skills that every biotech company or research lab would love to have in a new hire.

We are currently assessing late-term effects caused by administering a class of chemo-therapeutic drugs called anthracyclines to pediatric patients. Our priority is determining the origin and severity of cardiac damage.Our current studies involve developing mouse models to track the progression of cardiac damage in mice given anthracyclines as juveniles.Several of the techniques we use for quantifying cardiac damage include:Cardiac strain analysisEchocardiographyImmunohistochemistrymiRNA profiling

Responsible for project management of commercial carbon capture technology developmentDesign experiments and validate analytical methodsOversee development of decomposition reactor, fuel cell, bubble column, and silicate demineralization apparatusDetermine thermodynamic balances: mass and energyPlan daily tasks for staff assigned to the projectCreate reports and presentations for the clientManage budget: labor, equipment, suppliesServe as scientific support for Chemical Engineering Department projectsPreviously managed operations for a multi-million dollar fuel development processCreated daily task orders, including safety reviews, for a staff of 12+ operators, assistants, and engineersOrganized priorities for maintenance items and modifications to a fluidized bed reactor demonstration plant.Point-of-contact for chemical waste management and disposalIn charge of environmental upgrades to heavy oil processing unit: photovoltaic array, wind turbines, water generator, and photocatalytic paint application to project buildingsTrouble-shoot process and equipment malfunctionsFrequent leader of monthly safety meetingsExperience in GC, GC-MS, IC, titrimetric analysis, XRF, UV-vis spectrometry, IR and paramagnetic gas analyzers, and distillationComputer experience with Microsoft suite: Excel, Word, Outlook, Project, Visio, Access, PowerpointProcess control experience with DeltaV, iFix, Labview

Ran experiments as directed by a supervisorUsed wet chemistry methods for ASTM and modified analysesAssembled and modified test equipment and lab-scale reactorsStaff member of projects involving carbon capture, heavy oil upgrading, gas-to-fuel technology, and electrochemistry

Thesis project involved developing and optimizing an apparatus for monitoring light from luciferase-catalyzed reactions in mammalian cells: Renilla and PhotinusBioluminescence from different luciferins occur at different wavelengths. It is possible to compare growth rates of co-cultures by modifying each cell type with a different luciferase and monitoring the bioluminescence.Bovine pericytes were chosen due to their ability to stabilize developing retinal capillaries.Responsible for cell cultures: primary bovine, MDA-231, HeLa

Excised corneal tissue from organ donor in a timely, controlled, and precise fashionPrepared medical formsResponsible for corneal recovery from hospitals within a 2 hour radius of San Antonio