Experience

Bausch Health Companies Inc.

• Canada
• Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Scientist II

  • Mar 2023 - Present

  --Development, validation, and execution of analytical test methods for oral dosage and topical drug products, including HPLC, KF, dissolution--Leading analytical development for next-generation oral/solid dosage drug products including products in Phase II/III clinical trials--Designed and executed investigations to identify unknown degradants in drug substances and drug products using LC-MS/MS, preparative HPLC, and NMR

• Scientist I

  • Feb 2021 - Mar 2023



USchemLab

• United States
• Biotechnology

• Senior Analytical Scientist

  • Jul 2020 - Feb 2021

  --First employee of a startup laboratory, carrying out original method development and validation for analytical testing of Hemp/CBD products --Developed and validated an HPLC-DAD method for the separation and quantification of 11 cannabinoids in multiple complex matrices- plant material, processed oils and resins, manufactured food products --Worked on authoring and implementing SOPs and preparing the laboratory for ISO 17205 accreditation --First employee of a startup laboratory, carrying out original method development and validation for analytical testing of Hemp/CBD products --Developed and validated an HPLC-DAD method for the separation and quantification of 11 cannabinoids in multiple complex matrices- plant material, processed oils and resins, manufactured food products --Worked on authoring and implementing SOPs and preparing the laboratory for ISO 17205 accreditation



UC Santa Barbara

• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Doctoral Candidate

  • Nov 2016 - Jun 2020

  PhD Candidate in the laboratory of Alison Butler.--Focus on the isolation and characterization of novel peptide natural products from a diverse range of microbial strains, and paring structural information with bioinformatics techniques to elucidate biosynthetic pathways--Comprehensive hands-on experience with operation of analytical instrumentation: HPLC-UV, LC-MS/MS (ESI-QToF), GC-MS, ICP-MS, NMR, UV-visible absorbance and fluorescence spectroscopy, quantitative titration techniques (acid-base, metal-ligand)--Trained and directed 8 new graduate students, undergraduates, and visiting researchers on analytical instrumentation--Projects have culminated in 3 scientific journal publications as well as 2 oral and 6 poster presentations at scientific conferences,

• Graduate Student Researcher

  • Sep 2014 - Jun 2020



The University of Texas at Austin

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Undergraduate Research Assistant

  • Aug 2012 - May 2014

  Undergraduate researcher in the laboratories of Christopher Bielawski and Keith P. Johnson. --Synthesized and characterized novel conjugated polymers for applications in solar PV materials, and characterized the interfacial properties of polymer-coated iron oxide nanoparticles. --Obtained experience in organic synthesis techniques, NMR spectroscopy, dynamic light scattering, rheology, and emulsion droplet characterization. Undergraduate researcher in the laboratories of Christopher Bielawski and Keith P. Johnson. --Synthesized and characterized novel conjugated polymers for applications in solar PV materials, and characterized the interfacial properties of polymer-coated iron oxide nanoparticles. --Obtained experience in organic synthesis techniques, NMR spectroscopy, dynamic light scattering, rheology, and emulsion droplet characterization.



Sandia National Laboratories

• United States
• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Intern

  • Jun 2012 - Aug 2012

  --Synthesis and characterization of tungsten chalcogenide nanomaterials. --Obtained experience in air-free chemistry, glovebox work, materials synthesis, powder XRD, FT-IR, TGA-DTA analysis, and SEM imaging. --Synthesis and characterization of tungsten chalcogenide nanomaterials. --Obtained experience in air-free chemistry, glovebox work, materials synthesis, powder XRD, FT-IR, TGA-DTA analysis, and SEM imaging.