Quality Assurance Control

Parvathi Viswanathan

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EDUCATION

University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), Chicago, IL Dec 2012

Master of Science in Bioengineering

GPA: 3.83/4.0

Thesis title: Characterization of Endothelial Elastic Properties and Gap Closure under Barrier-Regulatory

Agonists

SASTRA University, Tanjore, India May 2010

Bachelor of Technology in Industrial Biotechnology (Hons.)

GPA: 3.9/4.0

WORK EXPERIENCE

Nano-cytomics, Evanston, IL

Research Engineer Feb 2013 - Present

• Designing and developing SOP’s to achieve FDA approval and establish market standards

• Image acquisition and analysis of samples to determine cancer functionality in a population

• Testing and applying MATLAB based codes for image analysis

UIC- Institute for Personalized Respiratory Medicine, College of Medicine

Graduate Research Assistant Jan 2011 – Dec 2012

• Atomic force microscope (AFM) applied to compare elasticities of Endothelial Cells

• Widefiled Microscopy utilized to acquire time-lapse movies of wound healing processes (migration assays)

• Images analyzed with ImageJ/FIJI tools to determine the rate of wound healing

• Results summarize the possible treatment measures for diseases like Acute Lung Injury (ALI)

Nestle, Franklin Park, IL

Technical and Quality Assurance Intern May 2012- Aug 2012

• Monitored production parameters for effectively meeting Quality Control requirements

• DMAIC project(Six sigma) for Waste management to improve line productivity

• 5S methodology applied to factory Lean processes to improve overall work efficiency

• Continuous Improvement by regulating individual production sites with an opportunity of $20,000

Department of Biochemistry, Vision Research Foundation, Sankara Nethralaya, India

Undergraduate Research Intern Jan 2010 - Mar 2010

• Quantified blood samples using LPLC (Low Pressure Liquid Chromatography) against target molecules

• Analyzed samples using molecular biology techniques- PAGE, Agarose Gel, Spectroscope, Gel Reader

• Summarized possible extraction methodology for glycosaminoglycans

PROJECTS

FDA and ISO requirements for Development and Manufacturing of Medical Devices Dec 2010, Dec 2012

• Defined and developed product parameters for a CSF catheter and bag system

• Product development to market analysis performed for a non-invasive diabetic meter

• FMEA and CAPA applied to product development

Written Proposal Dec 2011

• Force comparison of actins and tubulins using magnetic colloids and SFA (Surface Force Apparatus)

Review paper May 2011

• Magnetic nanoparticles in drug delivery

DAKSH, SASTRA University Mar 2009

• Proposed an idea on ‘Increasing the Virulence of Beauveria bassiana’

TRAINING/COURSES

EUCARE Ltd., a Biopharmaceutical Company In-plant trainee Jun 2008

Modern imaging techniques Bioinstrumentation Process Control and Instrumentation Bioprocess

Engineering Downstream Processing Heat/Mass transfer Molecular and Cell Biology Biostatistics

Drug Delivery and Transport in Living Systems Bioreactor Design Biochemistry

POSTERS/PUBLICATIONS

P Viswanathan, ME Brown, M Cho, Y Ephstein, SM Dudek, JGN Garcia, Characterization of lung

endothelial cell elastic properties and gap closure rates in response to barrier-regulatory agonists

• The Journal of Investigative Medicine, MWAFMR, 2013

• Bruker Seeing at the Nanoscale, NU, 2013 Student Research Forum, UIC, 2012 Medical

Research Forum, UIC, 2012

• CSCR,2013 ATS, 2013

SKILLS

Laboratory: AFM, TIRF, Confocal Microscopy, LPLC, Spectrophotometry

Techniques: Electrophoresis, PAGE, PCR, Western Blotting

Computer: MS Office, ImageJ, Fiji, Minitab, Matlab, C and C++, Statistical tools

HONORS/AWARDS

• Received 2 undergraduate awards for Best Outgoing Student for all four years (2006 – 2010)

• Dean’s List Award, SASTRA University yearly from 2006 – 2010

CERTIFICATION

GMP Documentation and Record Keeping (an Abridged course)

May 2013

BioPharma Institute

ACTIVITIES

American Society for Quality (ASQ) Member Jan 2013-

Present

Society of Women Engineers (SWE) Member Aug 2011 - Present

Colosseum, SASTRA University Organizer Aug 2009

DAKSH, SASTRA University Volunteer, Public Relations Mar 2009

Organizer, Department of Biotechnology

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