Quality Control Assistant

PAUL MARKS

Chicago, IL ? 815-***-**** ? ****.*.*****@*****.***

An IIT Biology graduate with two years hands-on experience designing,

fabricating, and optimizing bioreactors with quality control laboratory

experience.

Applied Lab Skills

Experienced with:

. Bacterial fermentation, aseptic technique, media and buffer

preparation, maintenance of stock culture, bacterial/phage population

counts, UV-Vis, homogenization, centrifugation, sterile filtration,

Class 100K and 10K clean room environmental monitoring, water

monitoring, gas monitoring.

Familiar with:

. Mammalian cell culture growth, titrations, PCR, recombination,

transformation, RT-PCR, co-immunoprecipitation, immunofluorescence, gel

electrophoresis (agarose, SDS-PAGE), Western blot, chromatography,

endotoxin (LAL).

Work Experience

Analyst I, Quality Control

Therapeutic Proteins International, LLC, Chicago IL, March 2013 - Present

. Performed QC activities such as: turbidimetric endotoxin assay testing,

microbial analysis (bioburden), environmental monitoring (viable,

nonviable), water monitoring, gas monitoring

. Worked closely with process/validation/method scientists on their

required materials - sourced/coordinated/communicated purchasing and

inventory through internal purchasing and warehouse departments.

. Works with outside laboratory vendors for quotes/sample shipment -

ensure testing is compliant to USP and/or other required guidelines.

Scientist I / Associate, Intellectual Property Development

Therapeutic Proteins Inc. / Therapeutic Proteins International, LLC,

Chicago IL, February 2011 - March 2012 - March 2013

. Assists and advises Upstream Process Development on batch size scale-up

experiments for bacterial based proteins.

. Manufacturer of cGMP batches: participated in upstream process

including solutions prep, culture prep, bioreactor inoculation,

monitoring, sampling, harvest, homogenization, continuous

centrifugation and resuspension of inclusion bodies.

. Authored SOPs for equipment and have written/executed validation

documentation (URS, DQ, IQ, OQ, PQ).

. Designed and constructed four patented bioreactors; similar to market

alternatives at less than 1/10 the cost.

. Works on design and construction of proprietary bioreactor bags.

. Reports directly to the Executive Chairman for assignments.

. Produces innovative prototypes and performs proof-of-concept

experiments on them.

. Project Lead and contact for all IP Dev endeavors involving external

companies; includes a current $300k+ capital project.

Prototype Manufacturer - Predictek, Inc., Chicago, IL, August 2009 -

October 2009, May 2010

. Constructed five working replicas of the IRisTM ophthalmic imaging

system prototype. Utilized skills in construction, wire soldering, and

circuit diagram interpretation.

. Communicated with supervisor throughout the building process to develop

alternative solutions when unforeseen complications arose.

Lab Worker/Teaching Assistant - Biological, Chemical, and Physical Sciences

Dept., IIT, August 2009 - May 2010

. Characterization of bacterial isolates: isolation and biochemical

testing of over 25 bacterial strains with comparison to known standards

such as Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology.

. Laboratory Exercise preparation: preparation of undergraduate

laboratory exercises including media preparation, maintenance of stock

cultures, laboratory clean up, and pre-testing of experiments to ensure

validity of media preparations such as biochemical activity assay,

plaque assay and conjugation.

. Teaching assistant: Worked as a teaching assistant for the Spring 2010

undergraduate microbiology laboratory. Responsible for lab prep and

aiding in instruction of laboratory concepts to students.

Apprentice Electrician - A.S.ENT.-Electric L.L.C., Genoa, IL, May 2007 -

August 2007,December 2007 - January 2008

. Performed electrical work in both the construction and remodeling

environments - Tasks included the installation and wiring of outlets,

lighting, and fans while working independently or with minimal

supervision.

Education

Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), Chicago, IL

Graduated December 2010

Bachelor of Science, Biology

Coursework focused in microbiology including a graduate level course in

Food Microbiology.

Interprofessional Project - Fab Lab: Creating Design-to-Prototype Learning

Modules at MSI, Spring - Fall 2009

. Worked as part of a multidisciplinary team to develop new ways for the

Museum of Science and Industry to utilize their Fabrication Laboratory.

. Held the roles of Project Group Leader as well as joint-Team Leader.

. Researched current math and science education requirements for K-12

students and applied this information to the creation of educational

projects using equipment within the lab environment.

. Solely designed, built, troubleshot and documented a continuous railgun

device that illustrated concepts in electrical circuitry as well as

physics.

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