Experience

REPCO

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

• Chemist

  • May 2023 - Present

  Salina, Kansas, United States



Eurofins Viracor

• United States
• Medical and Diagnostic Laboratories
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Reagent Scientist II

  • Jun 2022 - May 2023

  Lenexa, Kansas, United States Prepare laboratory reagents according to production schedule. Manufacture primer/probe oligonucleotide & DNA/RNA standards with aseptic technique for use in PCR testing. Perform QC on manufactured reagents via pH confirmation & BMR review, alongside analysis of QC data from lab testing to troubleshoot and improve reagent performance. Kept contemporaneous records following GDP & cGMP, as well as adhering to all CAPA regulatory, quality and safety standards such as use of BSCs, dead… Show more Prepare laboratory reagents according to production schedule. Manufacture primer/probe oligonucleotide & DNA/RNA standards with aseptic technique for use in PCR testing. Perform QC on manufactured reagents via pH confirmation & BMR review, alongside analysis of QC data from lab testing to troubleshoot and improve reagent performance. Kept contemporaneous records following GDP & cGMP, as well as adhering to all CAPA regulatory, quality and safety standards such as use of BSCs, dead air boxes and aseptic technique. Perform preventative maintenance on designated equipment/instrumentation. Coordinate with other production members to aid with larger batches & projects, as well as distributing time to resolving emergency orders as needs arise. Coordinate with other lab departments to ensure smooth QC & delivery of reagents in a prompt manner. Show less



Truman State University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Organic Synthesis Undergraduate Research Assistant

  • Nov 2019 - May 2022

  Kirksville, Missouri, United States I worked with Dr. Tim Humphry in a pipeline research lab in collaboration with Dr. Betsy Stone at Iowa State University to develop synthetic routes for sulfate esters that Dr. Stone detected via Mass Spec. These are verified at each intermediate step with nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy and then finally sent off to Dr. Betsy Stone.

• Computational Chemistry Undergraduate Research Assistant

  • Feb 2019 - May 2020

  Kirksville, Missouri, United States I worked with Dr. Stuart Winikoff to run computational jobs with Guassview software to investigate the electronic structure and stability of various Ruthenium-Ligand combination that we proposed to be used in hydrolysis(splitting) of water molecules for hydrogen fuel cell production.



Saint Louis University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• St. Louis University REU Program

  • Jun 2021 - Jul 2021

  St. Louis City County, Missouri, United States Assisted in determining the thermodynamic stability changes of RNA in different alkali buffer solutions using UV-VIS spectroscopy. Assisted in determining the level of RNA degradation in magnesium buffers with HPLC.