Adjunct Instructor

• Jan 2021 - Present

Adjunct Lab Instructor for General Chemistry and Biochemistry labs at DSU. Adjunct Lab Instructor for General Chemistry and Biochemistry labs at DSU.

Lab Manager

• Apr 2018 - Present

Manage patient care testing using LC-MS/MS instrumentation, as well as developing and validating methods for drug extraction and detection. Additionally, manage, develop and perform Hematology, Chemistry and Serology testing for Rheumatology and Pain Management clinics. Manage patient care testing using LC-MS/MS instrumentation, as well as developing and validating methods for drug extraction and detection. Additionally, manage, develop and perform Hematology, Chemistry and Serology testing for Rheumatology and Pain Management clinics.

Research And Development Specialist, Chemistry/Toxicology

• Jan 2016 - Apr 2018

Developing and validating methods for all clinical toxicology departments for drug extraction and detection. I mostly work with mass spectrometry with an emphasis on time-of-flight (TOF) and QQQ. Society of Forensic Toxicologists National Meeting/TIAFT - Boca Raton, FL 2017Society of Forensic Toxicologists National Meeting - Dallas, TX 2016(*Leo Dal Cortivo/Young Forensic Toxicologist award for best poster)Agilent Science & Technology Symposium - Salt Lake City, UT 2016Waters: Successful LC Method Transfer and Scaling Meeting - Salt Lake City, UT 2016

Technologist Trainee

• Sep 2015 - Dec 2015

Graduate Student, Ph.D. Candidate

• Aug 2010 - Aug 2015

Graduate Student (2010–2015)Utah State UniversityDepartment of Chemistry and BiochemistryMentor: Sean J. Johnson, Ph.D.My research aimed to understand the structure and function of the cofactors of the exosome, and their involvement in RNA surveillance and processing. Graduate Student (2010–2015)Utah State UniversityDepartment of Chemistry and BiochemistryMentor: Sean J. Johnson, Ph.D.My research aimed to understand the structure and function of the cofactors of the exosome, and their involvement in RNA surveillance and processing.

Undergraduate

• Aug 2006 - May 2010

Undergraduate Research (2009-2010)California State University, ChicoDepartment of Chemistry and BiochemistryMentor: Dan Clark, Ph.D.Undergraduate Research (2008-2010)California State University, ChicoDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Department of AnthropologyMentor: Randy Miller, Ph.D.; Melanie Beasley, M.S. Undergraduate Research (2009-2010)California State University, ChicoDepartment of Chemistry and BiochemistryMentor: Dan Clark, Ph.D.Undergraduate Research (2008-2010)California State University, ChicoDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Department of AnthropologyMentor: Randy Miller, Ph.D.; Melanie Beasley, M.S.