Experience

Crow River Winery

• United States
• Beverage Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Winemaker

  • Aug 2023 - Present



Fountain Hill Winery & Vineyard

• United States
• Beverage Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Winemaker

  • Feb 2022 - Aug 2023



LI-COR Biotechnology

• United States
• Biotechnology Research
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Senior Chemist

  • Oct 2020 - Feb 2022

  • Authoring ISO documentation for new or improved synthetic processes. • Working closely with production team for the transfer and validation of synthetic processes developed in R&D. • Preforming and executing designs of experiments (DOE) to optimize synthetic processes. • Investigation into novel dye scaffolds for new products.

• Chemist

  • Jul 2018 - Oct 2020

  • Synthesis of proprietary dyes on milligram to 200gram scale. • Authoring cGMP documentation for synthesis of custom products followed by the execution of documents in a cGMP environment. • Partnered with customers to synthesize custom conjugated peptides with LI-COR dyes. • Using UV-Vis to perform extinction coefficient measurements.



Iowa State University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Graduate Research Assistant

  • May 2016 - Jun 2018

  • Design and synthesize monomers for RAFT polymerizations for solid phase microextraction applications, including the coating and cross linking of polymers on capillary surfaces. • Application of UV-Vis to track small molecule protein binding assays in real time • Use bioorthogonal chemistry to design and synthesize fluorescent small molecules. • Use UV-VIS and Fluorimeter to perform quantum yield measurements. • Perform routine maintenance/upkeep of UPLC/QDa, schlenk lines, vacuum… Show more • Design and synthesize monomers for RAFT polymerizations for solid phase microextraction applications, including the coating and cross linking of polymers on capillary surfaces. • Application of UV-Vis to track small molecule protein binding assays in real time • Use bioorthogonal chemistry to design and synthesize fluorescent small molecules. • Use UV-VIS and Fluorimeter to perform quantum yield measurements. • Perform routine maintenance/upkeep of UPLC/QDa, schlenk lines, vacuum pump, chemical inventory, and other lab instruments. Show less



ServiTech Inc.

• United States
• Farming
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Lab Technicin

  • Jun 2015 - May 2016

  Hastings, Nebraska • Perform extractions of salts using back titrations to calculate salt concentrations in livestock feed • Determine crude fiber content of feed samples using Ankom fiber analyzer • Determine concentration of lipids through the extraction of liquid feeds • Detection of prussic acid in silages