Quality Control Manager

Hamza Boukhriss, U.S. Citizen

Home Address: ** *** **** ***# *** Rensselaer, NY 12144

Phone: 407-***-****. Email: **************@*******.***

Objective: To seek a Staff Scientist, QA or QC position in a challenging clinical,

pharmaceutical or biotechnological environment.

Education: Bachelor of Science (B.S.); Dec/2009. GPA: 3.02

Molecular Biology and Microbiology

University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL

Academic Background:

Biology I, II (+ lab), Chemistry I, II (+ lab), Microbiology (+ lab), Genetics (+ Lab)

Human Physiology (+ lab), Immunology (+ lab), Quantitative Biological Methods (+ lab),

Organic Chemistry I, II (+ lab), Molecular Biology I, II, Microbial Metabolism,

Biochemistry (+ Lab), Methods in Biotechnology (+ lab), and others.

Employment: * 02-25-2013- present.

Quality Control (QC) Analyst I

Regeneron Pharmaceutical Inc. Rensselaer, NY

Work Experience and Skills:

• Gather data and documents test results.

• Review test results to ensure compliance with standards; report any quality anomalies.

• Comply with all pertinent regulatory agency requirements.

• Participate in required training activities.

• Maintain laboratory supplies.

• Conduct testing on row materials, in process, product, stability, and/or research samples.

• Write and review control test procedures and SOPs.

• Complete test records and review data.

• Calibrate or verify calibration of instruments/devices prior to use.

• Interact with outside customers or functional peer groups.

• Responsible for maintaining a specific project.

• Devise or develop new analytical methods and techniques.

• Assist in validation of methods.

• Involved in establishing the transfer of methodology from R&D.

* 05-01-2009-To 08-03-2012.

Research Associate Lab Technician

Department of Nano-Science Molecular Biology and Microbiology

Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine

University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816

Work Experience and Skills:

• Supervise students and share Lab responsibilities. Under specific direction, each day, I

perform a variety of routine scientific tasks.

• Aseptically, prepare test specimens working with biological assays using mostly human

blood, breast milk, stool, west water and occasionally intestinal tissue to extract RNA &

DNA and do PCR experiments for each sample to detect the presence of gens.

• Expert in Agarose gel electrophoresis for DNA, RNA and Protein

• I fix PBS, TE buffers, 70% Alcohol and others.

• Record data providing basic analysis and interpretations; perform a limited number of

non-repetitive procedures; and other related duties and tasks as assigned.

• Duties include sub-culturing microorganisms, inoculating microdilution panels which

contain biochemical substrates and/or antimicrobial agents, and visually reading the

panels for turbidity / growth. Microscopic staining and evaluation of bacteria.

I work with the MicroScan instrumentation and research software.

• I am excellent in working with aseptic techniques and have taken different Microbiology

class with labs.

• I provide assistance in a wide variety of routine technical assignments. Assist with

conducting routine tests or investigations pertaining to the development of new designs

methods, materials, or processes; and I investigate possible application of results.

• I obtain, correlate and analyze technical information needed to accomplish routine tasks.

• I provide assistance in preparing reports, charts, graphs, and other documents.

• Expert in PH Meter, Rota vapor, Balance Meter, Nano-drop, The Glassware Gallery,

Schlenk lines, Vacuum Lines, Nitrogen Gas, Thin Layer Chromatography (TLC), UV

Visible, Biotech Plate Reader, Fluor photometer and other machine or instruments.

• Familiar to work with Toxic solutions like Toxin, Doxorubicin, Chloroform and others

• Magnetic Nano-Science particles relaxation measurement and data interpretation

• Fluency in reading/writing of three languages: English, French, and Arabic

• Proficiency in using Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Office Products.

References:

Catherine Liloia

MANAGER – QC BIOLOGICAL TESTING

Regeneron, Rensselaer, NY

*Dr. Saleh A. Naser

Professor and Graduate Coordinator

Molecular Biology and Microbiology, College of Medicine. UCF

Phone: 407-***-****. ******@****.***.***

*Dr. Manuel Perez

Associate professor (Nano-Science department UCF.)

Phone: 407-***-****. *****.************@***.***

*Dr. Husen Zhang

Associate professor (Engineering Department.)

*****.*****@***.***

*Oscar Santiesteban.

Graduate Research Assistant (Nano-Science department UCF.)

Phone: 305-***-****. ********@***.***

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