Engineering Engineer

KELLY (YUNQIAN) WEI

*** ******** **., ***. *** Harrisonburg, VA 22801 Phone: 443-***-**** E-mail: abn1ye@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Pharmaceutical industry experience: GMP and fermentation.

Independent Researcher-Ability to learn quickly; and strong data interpretation skills.

Solid bio/chemical engineering background: Process engineering principles, Chemical process development, Microbiology,

Analytical chemistry, Biochemistry, Molecular biology, Biomedical Engineering. DOE, FDA regulations and GMP.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Merck, Elkton, VA

Process Engineer I Oct 2012 – Present

Work on 15-2,000 L scale batch fermentors- medium prep, sterilization, inoculation, seed propagation, and vaccine harvest.

Proficiently read P&ID and use DeltaV to control fermentation process.

Carry out Design of Experiment (DOE) studies to compare pilot plant fermentation to manufacturing scale.

Aseptic skills in bio safety level 2 lab and GMP environment.

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Tissue Engineering Lab, UMBC, Baltimore, MD

Research Assistant June, 2010-Aug, 2012

Designed affinity cross linkers for hepatocyte growth factor present (HGF) in a way recapitulating in vivo pattern more than

soluble form or covalently immobilized form.

Characterized physical properties (swelling) and mechanical properties (Rheology) of hydrogels after crosslinker incorporation

and proposed possible mechanisms.

Quantified the release of HGF from the affinity hydrogel using ELISA.

Tested cytotoxicity by culturing PC12 cells and NSC 34 cells with or without presence of gels.

EDUCATION

University of Maryland Baltimore County, (UMBC) Baltimore, MD

M.S. in Biochemical and Chemical Engineering GPA: 3.5/4 Aug 2012

Thesis: Polyethylene glycol-peptide hydrogels as affinity growth factor release scaffolds

Zhejiang University, (ZJU) Hangzhou, China

B.S. in Biochemical and Chemical Engineering GPA: 3.7/4 July 2009

National Excellence Scholarship

SKILLS

Analytical: HPLC; Mass Spectrometry; NMR;

Cell related: Aseptic skills; Fermentation; SDS-PAGE; PCR; Western blotting; Fluorescence Microscopy; ELISA.

Purification: Chromatography

CONFERENCES

Poster Presentation, ‘Hydrogel scaffolds to instruct neural stem cell fate,’ SfN 2011 (Society for Neuroscience), Washington

DC, USA, Nov. 2011

Oral Presentation, ‘Hydrolytically Degradable Affinity PEG Hydrogel Scaffolds for Neural Stem Cell Delivery,’ AIChE

2011(American Institute of Chemical Engineers), Minneapolis, MN, USA, Oct. 2011

Poster Presentation, ‘Hydrolytically Degradable Affinity PEG Hydrogel Scaffolds for Neural Stem Cell Delivery,’ BMES

2011(Biomedical Engineering Society), Hartford, CT, USA, Oct. 2011

PUBLICATIONS

Silviya P Zustiak, Yunqian Wei, Jennie B Leach, “Protein-Hydrogel Interactions in Tissue Engineering: Mechanisms and

Applications,” Review. Tissue Engineering. Acceptted.

Sujing Li, Yunqian Wei and Jianguo Huang, “Facile Fabrication of Super hydrophobic Cellulose Materials by a Nanocoating

Approach,” Chemistry Letters, 39 (2010):1

ACTIVITIES

Assisted on campus recruitment as student representative for many companies including GE China, 2007

International student internship exchange program leader in AIESEC, 2007

Member of Society of Women Engineers, 2012

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