Quality Control Specialist- Critical Reagents

• Sep 2020 - Present

Working on the Operation Warp Speed (OWS) and the Coalition of Epidemic Preparedness Innovation (CEPI) backed NVX-CoV2373 vaccine candidate for the fight against the covid-19 pandemic. My role is to acquire, qualify, and supply critical reagents used for the manufacturing and qualification of drug substance and drug product material for the NVX-CoV2373 vaccine.

Associate Scientist III

• Aug 2019 - Sep 2020

Associate Scientist

• Jul 2019 - Aug 2019

Analytical Development Associate

• Feb 2019 - Jun 2019

Biochemical Manufacturing Associate

• Nov 2016 - Jan 2019

• A member of the Biochemical Manufacturing team at MSD that designs, develops, verifies and validates processes for the conjugation of antibodies used in assays developed at MSD.• Completed a design specification requested by the COO to implement an electronic batch record for one of MSD’s major conjugation processes. • Successfully investigated the source of a defective biomarker used at MSD to conjugate antibodies, potentially saving the company $100K+.• Wrote and implemented an… • A member of the Biochemical Manufacturing team at MSD that designs, develops, verifies and validates processes for the conjugation of antibodies used in assays developed at MSD.• Completed a design specification requested by the COO to implement an electronic batch record for one of MSD’s major conjugation processes. • Successfully investigated the source of a defective biomarker used at MSD to conjugate antibodies, potentially saving the company $100K+.• Wrote and implemented an SOP for the calibration of the Biochemical Manufacturing plate reader, as well as the combination of two identical SOPs for the operation of NanoDrop. spectrophotometers. Participated in the company’s collaborative review process before releasing both SOPs.• Ensured that all laboratory assets are calibrated before their calibration expiration dates. • Reviewed production records and product labels for adherence to Standard Operating Procedures and Good Documentation Processes.• Performed Corrective and Preventative Action (CAPA) investigations alongside the QA department to eliminate non-conformities and deviations.• Provided samples for characterization to the QC department.• Performed numerous types of assays to ensure protein purity, protein concentrations and the number of conjugated labels per protein Show more Show less

Study Support Associate

• Jun 2015 - Sep 2016

• A member of Charles River’s Study Support team that assisted in the neuroscience research performed at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Janelia Research Campus.• Primarily supported the aquatics department, where I worked with zebrafish, clownfish, dragonflies and toads.• Performed DNA microinjections on zebrafish embryos to induce fluorescence of neurons. These embryos would later be fluorescently imaged for studies.• Performed in-vitro fertilizations and genetic line… • A member of Charles River’s Study Support team that assisted in the neuroscience research performed at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Janelia Research Campus.• Primarily supported the aquatics department, where I worked with zebrafish, clownfish, dragonflies and toads.• Performed DNA microinjections on zebrafish embryos to induce fluorescence of neurons. These embryos would later be fluorescently imaged for studies.• Performed in-vitro fertilizations and genetic line maintenance of zebrafish.• Created dilutions of DNA and RNA constructs used in genetic manipulations of zebrafish.• Wrote standard operating procedures to accommodate new experiments.• Experienced working in a BSL-2 environment.• Shadowed researchers performing PCR voluntarily after work shift ended. Show more Show less

Student Employee/Lab Assistant

• 2012 - Mar 2015

Lab Technician

• May 2014 - Aug 2014