Experience

EFCO Products, Inc.

• United States
• Food and Beverage Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Food Technologist

  • Jan 2023 - Present



Premier Nutrition: The Good Energy People

• United States
• Manufacturing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Product Development Lab Technician

  • May 2022 - Nov 2022

  Employed by Ascent. On assignment at Premier Nutrition. • Supported production of small scale R&D products for testing • Conducted chemical and physical testing on samples to assess shelf life capabilities of products • Participated in sensory evaluation of R&D products • Prepared ingredient preweighs for offsite R&D trials • Established new inventory log program of R&D trial products in storage • Created and updated lab SOPs • Optimized communication pipeline between scientists and technicians using Power Automate Show less



University of Wisconsin-Madison

• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Graduate Research Assistant

  • Aug 2019 - Mar 2022

  • Evaluated levels of biogenic amines in commercial cheeses with slits and cracks • Isolated bacterial cultures with positive amine decarboxylase activity • Developed a model system to evaluate amine decarboxylase activity of isolated bacterial cultures • Participated in sensory testing of cheese samples • Evaluated levels of biogenic amines in commercial cheeses with slits and cracks • Isolated bacterial cultures with positive amine decarboxylase activity • Developed a model system to evaluate amine decarboxylase activity of isolated bacterial cultures • Participated in sensory testing of cheese samples



Neogen Corporation

• United States
• Biotechnology Research
• 700 & Above Employee

• Lab Technician

  • Jun 2018 - Jun 2019

  • Arranged samples (hair, blood card, buffer, tissue, etc.) to prepare for DNA extraction • Extracted and purified DNA samples using LGC sbeadex kits • Measured DNA concentration • Organized LGC sbeadex reagents and help restock. • Organized and dry down plates with Internal Controls to ship to overseas Neogen labs • Coordinated with fellow night shift members to meet daily goals • Arranged samples (hair, blood card, buffer, tissue, etc.) to prepare for DNA extraction • Extracted and purified DNA samples using LGC sbeadex kits • Measured DNA concentration • Organized LGC sbeadex reagents and help restock. • Organized and dry down plates with Internal Controls to ship to overseas Neogen labs • Coordinated with fellow night shift members to meet daily goals



The Daily Nebraskan

• United States
• Newspaper Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Photographer and Writer

  • Aug 2017 - May 2018

  • Photographed events covered by reporters for news • Wrote articles for the Arts & Entertainment and Sports section • Interviewed sources for various articles • Photographed events covered by reporters for news • Wrote articles for the Arts & Entertainment and Sports section • Interviewed sources for various articles