Experience

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  Convelo Therapeutics, Inc

  • United States
  • Biotechnology Research
  • 1 - 100 Employee

  • Senior Scientist

    • Dec 2019 - Present

  • Scientist - Analytical Chemistry

    • Nov 2018 - Dec 2019

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  Thermalin Diabetes, Inc.

  • United States
  • Biotechnology
  • 1 - 100 Employee

  • Research Scientist

    • Sep 2016 - Nov 2018

    Currently heading the stability and biophysical characterization of our insulin analogs. Includes chemical stability via formulation and physical stability via aggregation/fibrillation.

  • Lab Associate

    • Feb 2012 - Sep 2016

    Currently working in the area of protein purification. Including, but not limited to, prep-scale Reverse Phase HPLC purification development and scale up, analytical HPLC method development, methods in identifying degradation products and analyzing them further using analytical HPLC and LC/MS techniques.

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  Case Western Reserve University

  • Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

  • Graduate Student Researcher

    • Aug 2008 - May 2012
    • Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

    Doing research on protein allostery using various graph-theoretic techniques. Also probed structural dynamics of proteins using hydrogen/deuterium exchange coupled with mass spectrometry. Skills obtained include research practices and ethics, protein purification and activity assays, mass spectrometry and maintenance of mass spectrometer.

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  Kent State University

  • Kent, Ohio

  • Student Worker

    • Jan 2006 - Aug 2007
    • Kent, Ohio

    Worked on maintaining the Materials Science Digital Library (matDL). Helped design the website and administrate the site and attached wiki.

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  Kent State

  • Kent, Ohio

  • Student Researcher

    • Jan 2004 - Aug 2006
    • Kent, Ohio

    Programmed java applets used to teach undergraduate students various physical phenomena.