Experience

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  DAP

  • Baltimore, Maryland, United States

  • Senior Scientist

    • Jan 2020 - Present
    • Baltimore, Maryland, United States
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  The Chemours Company

  • Wilmington, DE

  • Technical Service Specialist - Fluorochemicals

    • Jan 2018 - Jan 2020
    • Wilmington, DE

    -Worked closely with Senior Scientist to identify, test and evaluate new coatings additives, optimizing for performance & cost. -Contributed to design and development of next generation coating additives by establishing a new application testing lab and optimizing internal test methods. -Dev...

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  Cristal

  • United States
  • Chemical Manufacturing
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Scientist II - Application Testing & Manufacturing Support

    • May 2015 - Jan 2018

    -Led a plant process improvement effort to improve product quality in the customer coatings application. -Implemented an early warning identification of potential quality issues by modifying the process testing methodology. -Wrote technical reports as well as monthly presentations to the stakeholders. -Provided closure to customer complaints & manufacturing issues in a clear, courteous, and straightforward manner. -Prioritized customer and manufacturing requests by setting specific milestones and planning the necessary experiments. Ensured that clear communication was maintained to all key stakeholders to manage expectations.

  • Gradute Engineer - Technical Service

    • Oct 2014 - Apr 2015

    • Led a commercial development effort which improved product performance characterization methods as well as created a useful "selling tool" for the commercial and sales teams.• Collaborated with commercial team in providing technical support and problem resolution to a variety of customers.

  • Graduate Engineer - Manufacturing

    • Apr 2014 - Sep 2014

    • Improved production yield 20% by utilizing Six-Sigma Tools to troubleshoot and resolve product quality shortfalls.• Introduced manufacturing processes and promoted new technology to minimize customer costs and improve margins.• Secured an increase in efficiency and accuracy by documenting new test installation procedures.

  • Graduate Engineer - Product Development

    • Sep 2013 - Mar 2014

    • Conducted lab studies which improved product performance of a major global product by decreasing the off-quality production with no increase to the manufacturing cost.• Participated in successfully scaling-up the improved product to the US manufacturing site.

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  University of Maryland Baltimore County

  • Baltimore, Maryland Area

  • Undergraduate Research Assistant

    • Jan 2010 - Aug 2013
    • Baltimore, Maryland Area

    -Conducted basic and applied research investigating the secondary structure of HIV-1 RNA and the possible impact in the packaging and activation of the virus.-Optimized a new process method of protein purification and RNA synthesis for Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) testing. -Mentored and t...