Engineering Supply Chain

Victoria Blue Tran

Email: *************@********.***

**** ***** **, ********, ** 94703

408-***-****

Overview

5th year PhD Chemical engineering graduate student with extensive knowledge

and experience with microbial and engineering experimental design. Looking

for an stimulating engineering position.

Work Experience

University of California, Berkeley

Graduate Student Researcher (2006-

Present)

PhD candidate in the Department of Chemical Engineering studying the

mechanisms of which the bacteria Pseudomonas aeruginosa binds to

synthesized hydrogels in addition to creating techniques to prevent

bacteria binding. Managed and overviewed undergraduate project on

interfacial surface properties of soft-contact lenses.

Amyris Biotechnologies

Fermentation Intern (July 2010-

Oct 2010)

Worked in teams and independently on farnesene production scale-up from

shake-flask to bench fermentation to pilot plant fermentation. Work

involved process optimization down stream processing, experimental design,

and data analysis.

University of Massachusetts, Lowell

Undergraduate Student Researcher (2003-2006)

Worked in teams on E.coli fermentation, protein purification, CHO cell

growth and controls. Coordinated with Nova Biochem on CHO cell growth and

controls.

Honors and Awards

National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship (2007-2010)

University of California, Berkeley Chancellor's Graduate Fellowship (2006)

University of Massachusetts, Lowell Trustees' Key (2006)

Engineering Honor Society: Tau Beta Pi

Education

University of California, Berkeley (2006-Present)

GPA: 3.9

Degree: PhD

Advancement to Candidacy: 2008

Department of Chemical Engineering

Certificate: Management of Technology

Advisors: Prof Clayton J. Radke PhD., Prof Suzanne Fleiszig OD, PhD.

Research Project: Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacterial adhesion to soft contact

lenses

Relevant Classes: Biochemical Engineering, New Product Development,

Managing Innovation, Civil Systems and the Environment, Supply Chain

Management, Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry

University of Massachusetts, Lowell (2002-2006)

University Valedictorian

Degree: Bachelors of Science

Department of Chemical Engineering, Biochemical Engineering Concentration

GPA: 4.0

Relevant Classes: Biochemical Engineering, Protein Separation and

Purification, Biopharmaceutical and GMP licensing

Lab skills

Fermentation, hydrogel polymer synthesis, materials surface

characterizations, MALDI-TOFF, sterile technique, bacteria cell culture,

bacterial transformation, PCR, DNA purification, SDS PAGE,

Recommendations: available upon request

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