Experience

Thorne

• United States
• Wellness and Fitness Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Senior Scientist

  • Feb 2019 - Present

  Supporting innovation across Thorne's systems with focus on new dietary ingredient IP, next-gen quality systems, and making omics data actionable for integrative medicine

• Scientist, Biotechnology

  • Jan 2017 - Feb 2019

  R&D position tasked with driving innovation in the natural products environment

• QC Specialist

  • Jan 2016 - Jan 2017

  "What does Quality mean to Thorne Research?"The biggest part of the answer was defining quality standards for our dietary ingredient portfolio. For example, every lot of every botanical ingredient at Thorne is tested for identity by HPTLC, strength/stability by HPLC, and controlled for heavy metals, micro, pesticides, residual solvents, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, and aflatoxins before it is released from quarantine. We routinely reject materials, which to me is the sign of a healthy quality system. Putting this quality initiative into place meant changing every raw material specification, managing root causes of out of specification results, and re-sourcing material that does not meet our now explicit definition of quality. Show less

• Microbiologist

  • Jun 2011 - Jun 2016

  Built a validated microbiology environment practicing pharmaceutical compendial methodology and best practices. Initiated and maintained cleaning validation and environmental monitoring programs. Developed new, untargeted FTNIR spectroscopy model for identity analysis of dietary ingredients.



Nova Aurora

• Brazil
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Scientist

  • Jan 2023 - Jul 2023



Simon Fraser University

• Canada
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Graduate Student

  • Aug 2010 - May 2011

  Research Focus: Asymmetric cell division in C. elegans neural development. Research Focus: Asymmetric cell division in C. elegans neural development.



Washington State University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Graduate Student

  • Jan 2007 - Aug 2009

  Research Focus: Genetic elements of atherosclerosis and heart disease susceptibility, genetic markers associated with meat quality phenotypes in beef cattle. Research Focus: Genetic elements of atherosclerosis and heart disease susceptibility, genetic markers associated with meat quality phenotypes in beef cattle.