Experience

Crane Composites

• United States
• Plastics Manufacturing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Senior R&D Chemist

  • Jul 2023 - Present

• R&D Chemist

  • Jan 2022 - Jul 2023

  • Maintained existing business in the form of customer and production support• Developed testing processes of new and existing product/product lines • Worked with composite formulation and manufacturing • Fabricated laboratory samples for testing• Performed analytical testing of incumbent material, prototypes, standard materials and competitive samples• Managed projects and test requests and generated reports and presentations to answer inquiries • Worked with sales and production to keep, capture and expand market shares• Oversaw management of accelerated weathering program • Hosted customers and guests at R&D center to share capabilities of the facility and generated leads for partnerships • Researched and sought educational resources to remain knowledgeable and current in respective technologies Show less



Italmatch Chemicals

• Italy
• Chemical Manufacturing
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Customer Technical Support Chemist

  • Jul 2021 - Dec 2021

  • Provided technical assistance to customers through project-based work and experimentation• Assisted marketing/sales with customer requests and made joint visits as needed to meet existing or new customers’ business• Prepared reports, wrote technical papers and gave technical presentations as appropriate• Identified and implemented modifications to product concepts and formulations• Validated batching of new or reformulated products • Planned and performed laboratory work to develop understanding of properties and uses of all functional products of the corporation• Developed and analyzed prototype samples for customer • Developed hypotheses, designed and conducted experiments to test those hypotheses and observed the results of the experimentation• Formed conclusions from experimentation and developed new hypotheses for further testing• Kept a neat and orderly notebook containing a record of all work done and maintained other records as necessary • Maintained an awareness of the literature and sources of information available to remain current with the industry Show less

• Quality Control Technician

  • May 2020 - Jun 2021

  • Performed laboratory testing of manufactured products against quality control specifications, advising production of corrective additions as necessary, ensuring products released for filling conformed to the agreed sales specification and were of consistent, high quality• Performed laboratory testing of raw materials for manufacturing products against quality control specifications, ensuring raw materials approved for use were of consistent, high quality• Worked with operations to develop production adjustments for products that were not in specification• Accurately reported laboratory test results for products to generate completed certificates of analysis• Recorded and maintained accurate and complete records of test results, calculations and data in accordance with ISO 9001 procedures and Quality Assurance System• Stored and managed both manufactured product and raw material retain samples• Identified manufactured product and raw material specification anomalies to management for corrective actions• Maintained high levels of laboratory cleanliness and tidiness, in line with good housekeeping guidelines• Actively contributed to the day-to-day function of the laboratory service, prepared shared consumables, left instruments and equipment clean and ready for use by the next person, etc.• Maintained stock of all laboratory reagents and consumables to ensure no delays in quality control testing and dispatch of products• Worked on customer technical service (CTS) projects as directed Show less



University of Illinois Chicago

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Undergraduate Student Researcher

  • May 2018 - Feb 2019

  • Performed research on metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and their application as a medium for X-ray crystallography for the Mankad Research Group • Focused on the manipulation of the MOF framework through post-synthetic modification and researched literature on the synthesis of triphenylene-2-carboxamide • Experimented with multi-step synthetic routes and analyzed with H1 and C13 NMR spectroscopy • Conducted air-free chemical synthesis using glovebox and Schleck line techniques • Participated in weekly group meetings to discuss collogues’ work and literature presentations Show less