Experience

Eurofins PSS Insourcing Solutions

• United States
• Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Scientist, Group Leader (2nd Shift)

  • May 2020 - Present



Tanvex Biopharma USA, Inc

• United States
• Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior QC Microbiology Associate

  • Jan 2019 - May 2020



B. Braun Medical Inc. (US)

• United States
• Medical Equipment Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• QC Microbiology Lead (3rd Shift)

  • Jul 2018 - Jan 2019

  ● Scheduling of microbiology testing for production, R&D projects, capital projects, and sustaining projects. ● Write protocols and reports for microbiology validations and studies. ● Review, disposition, and provide technical direction for routine microbiology and LAL endotoxin testing. ● Validate and approve test results in Sapphire LabVantage Explorer LIMS and on controlled data sheets. ● Scheduling of microbiology testing for production, R&D projects, capital projects, and sustaining projects. ● Write protocols and reports for microbiology validations and studies. ● Review, disposition, and provide technical direction for routine microbiology and LAL endotoxin testing. ● Validate and approve test results in Sapphire LabVantage Explorer LIMS and on controlled data sheets.



Abzena

• United States
• Biotechnology Research
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Quality Control Analyst

  • Jun 2017 - Jul 2018

  ● Drive improvements to the existing environmental monitoring program by implementing new equipment, evaluating appropriate sampling sites, authoring new SOPs, and training new personnel. ● Report EM excursions, assess impact on product quality, and trend EM data for quarterly and annual reports. ● CAPA, deviation, change control, and excursion report management through closure. ● Perform environmental monitoring for viable air, viable surface, and total airborne particulates in GMP cleanroom suites up to ISO 5 classifications. ● Provide quantitative data analysis of in-process samples, APIs, drug products, and stability samples. ● Support assay transfer, qualification, and validation of clients' product specific methods. Show less



Eurofins Lancaster Laboratories

• United States
• Biotechnology Research
• 700 & Above Employee

• QC Scientist III, Group Leader, (2nd shift)

  • Jan 2016 - Feb 2017

  ● Supervise a team of two scientists performing the workload of three. ● Collection and testing of Environmental Monitoring (EM) and utility samples in a GMP biologics facility while strictly adhering to Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs). ● Test in-process product, EM, and cleaning validation samples for Bioburden, Endotoxin (LAL), Total Organic Carbon (TOC), and Conductivity while using proper aseptic technique as appropriate. ● Create Excel PivotTables to analyze over 150,000 team performance data points to develop six key performance indicators over two years. These reports were presented to senior management and used to distribute work evenly across four shifts. ● Operate aseptically in an ISO 5 manufacturing area while wearing appropriate gowning. ● Train personnel to perform dynamic in-process EM monitoring during critical open operations including final filling of bulk drug substance. ● Maintain sample chain of custody and record test results using LabWare LIMS. ● Assist in the closure of problem reports including Laboratory Events and EM Events using Trackwise. ● Promoted from QC Scientist II effective September 2016. Show less



National Science Foundation (NSF)

• United States
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Biologist

  • Feb 2015 - Dec 2015

  ● Appointed via the highly-competitive Presidential Management Fellows STEM program (<1% acceptance rate). ● Administrative team-lead for Genetic Mechanisms and Systems and Synthetic Biology clusters. ● Provided portfolio data analysis identifying trends in funding areas to inform future funding decisions. ● Collaborated with other agencies at the White House to encourage young leaders to join public service. ● Administered funding proposal panel review meetings and edited panel summaries. ● Represented the Foundation to the scientific community at national scientific conferences. ● Selected, mentored, and hosted three undergraduate summer interns. Show less



Life Technologies

• United States
• Biotechnology Research
• 700 & Above Employee

• Scientist I

  • 2009 - 2014

  ● Production and quality analysis of Invitrogen’s TOPO technology and gateway vector product lines. ● Operated with strict adherence to FDA, ISO 9001:2008, QSR, and cGMP regulations. ● Lead a Grassroots Safety Team to promote a safety-focused culture change in the work environment. ● Implemented and validated process improvements to automate plasmid purification production. ● Designed training material used to certify operators performing fluorescence spectroscopy. ● Analyzed genetic sequences of plasmids (BLAST) using Vector NTI and Sequencher software. ● Maintained a clean and professional work environment in strict accordance with 5S principles. Show less



University of California, Riverside

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Graduate Research Assistant

  • Jul 2008 - Dec 2008

  ● Ethell lab: Bacterial transformations, bacterial cell culture, plasmid purification, transfection, immunohistochemical staining, tissue culture, and passage mouse embryonic fibroblasts to understand how brain cells die in neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer’s. ● Nugent lab: Yeast transformations, replica plating by “frogging” and hemocytometer-counting cells to understand how telomere-binding complexes function to maintain telomere integrity. ● Ethell lab: Bacterial transformations, bacterial cell culture, plasmid purification, transfection, immunohistochemical staining, tissue culture, and passage mouse embryonic fibroblasts to understand how brain cells die in neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer’s. ● Nugent lab: Yeast transformations, replica plating by “frogging” and hemocytometer-counting cells to understand how telomere-binding complexes function to maintain telomere integrity.



Invitrogen

• Biotechnology Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Production Associate I

  • 2007 - 2008

  ● Production and quality analysis of reagents, components and finished products. ● Handled human and animal source tissue and adenovirus in a BSL-2 laboratory. ● Detailed record keeping including batch data records, problem reports and work order documents. ● Implemented process improvements that improved product yield and reduced costs. ● Production and quality analysis of reagents, components and finished products. ● Handled human and animal source tissue and adenovirus in a BSL-2 laboratory. ● Detailed record keeping including batch data records, problem reports and work order documents. ● Implemented process improvements that improved product yield and reduced costs.