Quality Control Assistant

Vivian (Xiaowei) Liu

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North Brunswick, NJ 08902 Email: *********@*****.***

EMPLOYMENT AUTHORIZATION

US Permanent Resident (Green Card)

HIGHLIGHTS

• Analytical chemist with more than three years of experience in method development and validation for small

molecule quantification by using GC-MS, HPLC and LC-MS

• Hands-on experience in operation, maintenance and troubleshooting in a variety of analytical instruments

including GC-MS and LC-MS

• Willing to learn new skills, well organized, and capable of adapting to a broad spectrum of responsibilities

• Great written and oral communication skills

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

Robertet Flavors Inc, Piscataway, NJ

Chemist Intern, Quality Control Department (09/03/2013-11/27/2013)

• Responsible for testing both raw materials and finished products

• Execute GC, GC-MS, LC, LC-MS analysis based on standard operating procedures

• Develop and validate analytical methods for quality control department

Flavor Research and Education Center, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN

Research Associate (09/2009-09/2011)

Identification of bitter peptides in Whey Protein Hydrolysate

• Isolate primary bitter peptides in Whey Protein Hydrolysate by using sensory-guided HPLC system

• Identify and quantify bitter peptides by means of HPLC-MS/MS

Coffee beverage flavor research

• Compare difference of major aroma compounds between regular and treated coffee beans by using GC-MS. This

comparison study also involved using different sample preparation techniques.

Bitter blocker investigation

• Investigate the transformation of bitter phenolic compounds by food reactions using analytical HPLC

• Isolate, elucidate reaction products and evaluate their sensory properties

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Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Chemistry (2004-2009)

• Design, synthesis and screening of enzyme inhibitors to discover drug candidates

• Method development for organic synthesis of quinazolinone derivatives

EDUCATION

• University of Massachusetts Amherst

Food emulsions short course, Nov.2013

• University of Minnesota

Research Associate, Flavor chemistry, 2009-2011

• Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

Ph.D., Chemistry, 2004-2009

• Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China

B.S., Biology, 2000-2004

PUBLICATION

1. Liu XW, Peterson DG. Identification of Bitter Peptides in Whey Protein Hydrolysate. J. Agric. Food Chem.

Accepted

2. Liu XW, Fu H, Jiang YY, et al. A Simple and Efficient Approach to Quinazolinones under Mild

Copper-Catalyzed Conditions. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2009, 48: 348-351

3. Liu XW, Zhang YM, Wang L, et al. General and Efficient Copper-Catalyzed Amidation of Saturated C-H Bonds

using N-Halosuccinimides as the Oxidants. J. Org. Chem. 2008, 73, 6207-6212

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