Environmental Health Safety Specialist

• Dec 2021 - Present

Environmental Health Safety Specialist

• Aug 2019 - Dec 2021

-Oversee regulatory safety and compliance for 115 research labs throughout the School of Medicine main campus -Assist with implementing and updating COVID safety protocols to support safe research resumption -Interface with regulatory agencies to help promote and upkeep chemical hygiene, fire/life safety, and safe medical/biological research practices for 7 buildings throughout the School of Medicine -Coordinate lab moves/lab deactivations and create decontamination reports for vacated lab spaces -Train lab personnel on research management tools used for chemical inventory management (ChemTracker4) and laboratory self-inspection reporting (BioRAFT) Show less

Field Chemist

• Sep 2018 - Aug 2019

-Collect, segregate, and properly package hazardous waste chemicals for disposal to ensure safety and compliance with DOT and DTSC regulations -Understand Federal/State EPA requirements for hazardous waste storage, transportation, and disposal -Inventory chemicals for proper disposal or for hazardous material business plan (HMBP) -Perform site service for labs at various corporations and Universities throughout the Bay Area -Create and update SOPs with new protocols to ensure safe day to day operations -Identify unknown laboratory chemicals and their hazardous properties/incompatibilities when encountered -Organize and manage waste profile data for clientele -Prepare computer-generated packing lists, labels, manifests, and land disposal restriction notifications Show less

Pilot Engineering Intern

• May 2012 - May 2017

While earning my undergraduate degree from San Jose State University, I engaged in a summer internship program at Siluria Technologies. The responsibilities associated with this position included: -Ran experiments with different types of reactors to optimize yield and selectivity -Performed risk assessment on new reactor designs and test conditions to implement necessary -precautions and create emergency plans of action -Performed monthly safety inspections and internal audits to help implement safe workplace practices and promote employee safety and compliance -Implemented and maintained piping and instrumentation using PFD and P&ID diagrams -Relayed experimental results and offered suggestions to help Catalyst Development team and Pilot -Reactor Engineering team meet benchmarks and company-wide goals -Kept detailed organized data logs of catalyst screening runs -Organized and labelled chemicals in catalyst development laboratory Show less