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Analytical Chemist
Functional Summary Objective: PhD Process Analytical Chemist with 10+ years
industrial research experience in Petrochemical,
Pharmaceutical and Biofuels chemistries. Desires lab
management customer technical service position in industry.
Skills list: Analytical HPLC and LC TOF method development,
documentation, implementation and customer training. FTIR
Process Mass Spec and Laser based trace gas analyses. Has
authored method development protocols and reports, new
equipment operating manuals and developed software for
automated chemical analysis. Strong points are technical
knowledge, excellent verbal and PC skills, proven teaching
ability, customer support and competitive product research.
Has maintained analytical instruments.
Has taught graduate level spectroscopy and biochemistry
classes, undergraduate organic general and physical chemistry
classes.
HPLC, LC TOF, ICP, FTIR Method Development, mass spectroscopy,
capillary gas chromatography, ligand-binding assays, GC / MS,
NMR, IR, FTIR, Raman, UV, Circular Dichroism, spectral
analysis, ion chromatography, size exclusion chromatography,
TLC, dialysis, ultracentrifugation, Chemometrics, partial
least squares, nonlinear modeling techniques as neural
networks, NeuralWare, Galactic Software, CAMO Unscrambler.
CCD Electro optic system design and spectroscopic sensor
implementation. Expert systems development using Gensym g2,
Visual Basic. Skill points are: critical thinking, creative
problem-solving, versatile statistical analyses, strong
technical knowledge, excellent verbal skills, proven teaching
ability. Has authored operating manuals and is computer savvy.
He is able to do clean up as well as perform the duties of
assigned work.
rience May 2010 - July 2012- Coskata Warrenville, Illinois
Senior Analytical Chemist
Reporting directly to the head of R&D: In charge of and
principal operator of Process Mass Spectrometer, FTIR, IR
Diode Laser Gas Analyses, LC TOF, HPLC DAD, FTIR, Headspace
GC/MS, ICP OES of all materials for anaerobic fermentations.
Evaluated syn gas content in relation to treatment for ppm and
ppb levels of gases quantitation, qualitative. Optimized
methods for HPLC time of flight mass spectrometry
determination of trace levels of amino acids. Identified the
need to have in house ICP for process control, replacing
expensive and time delayed external lab analyses. Specified
and recommended ICP OES for trace metals determinations for
Coskata. Identified new metabolites from isolated organisms,
conducted isotopic tracer studies with Headspace GC / MS.
Evaluated Raman and other technologies for gas analyses.
Analytical troubleshooting fermentors, process mass
spectroscopy.
January 2009 - May 2010 - North Park University Chicago,
Illinois
Professor of Chemistry
Teaching of Chemistry classes and labs. Includes twelve hours
classroom time and four hours of laboratory instruction.
Course curriculum design and evaluation design for chemistry
courses.
January 2008 May 2010 - National University of Health
Sciences Lombard, Illinois
Professor of Chemistry
Teaching of Organic Chemistry classes and labs. Teaching of
Pharmacology. Included twelve hours classroom time and four
hours of laboratory instruction. Collaborative research and
program direction. Course curriculum design and evaluation
design for organic chemistry courses.
Aug 2007- June 2008- Elmhurst College Chicago, Illinois
Professor of Chemistry
Teaching of General Chemistry classes and labs. Includes four
hours classroom time and four hours of laboratory instruction.
Course curriculum design and evaluation design for general
life sciences chemistry courses.
March - May 2007 - American Indian Health Chicago, Illinois
Diabetes Coordinator
Community Health / Diabetes Coordinator for American Indian
focused clinic. Co Authored application for certification as
a center for diabetes care for Native Americans to Indian
Health Services. Managed one certified dietitian and one
community health care worker as part of the diabetes team.
Delivered Nursing care for diabetic patients utilizing the
nursing process standards of care and physician orders.
Fall 2006 Resurrection Medical Center Chicago, Illinois
Staff Nurse
Staff Nurse for Emergency Department at Resurrection Medical
Center. Deliver Nursing care utilizing the nursing process of
assessment, planning, implementation, evaluation and adhering
to establish policies procedures, standards of care and
physician orders. Computer entry of physician orders.
Fall 2001 - Spring 2005 East West University, Triton College,
Morton College, Illinois Institute of Technology, Roosevelt
University, Loyola University of Chicago: Chicago area,
Illinois
Adjunct / Part Time Professor of Chemistry
Teaching of General Chemistry, Spectroscopic Chemistry,
Organic and Biochemistry classes and labs. Course curriculum
design and evaluation design for all chemistry courses.
Purchasing and setup of entire laboratory for teaching of
chemistry, organic chemistry and biochemistry. Safe storage
of chemicals and adherence to protocols.
1997-2001 Gensym Corporation Arlington Heights, Illinois
Senior Consulting Engineer
Expert systems development for biochemical and drug
development projects. Worked with Pfizer, Inc. Research and
Development on automated HPLC / spectroscopic methods.
Intelligent software for chiral HPLC Method Development,
fermentation process management and control. Used techniques
of analytical chemistry for structural identification LC-MS,
GC-MS, Fluorescence, Fiber optic Near Infrared, FTIR and UV
spectrophotometry for small molecule isolation and ID.
1990-1996 UOP Des Plaines, Illinois
Project Coordinator: Instrumentation and Control Systems
Worked on a cross functional team concerned with the
optimization of existing UOP pilot plant operations, using
integrated spectroscopic analyzer and control system
development. Extensive use of Chemometric software and
spectroscopic instrumentation for fiber optic based near
infrared, Raman, Near Infrared and FTIR sensing of petroleum
process conditions. Received UOP R&D award for excellence as
a result of this effort.
Education 1985-1990 University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago, Illinois
Doctor of Philosophy, Physical Chemistry
Thesis work in Chiral Compound synthesis and NMR, Raman and
Infrared (FTIR) spectroscopic properties. Designed and
constructed a laser system for determination of Raman optical
activity with Semiconductor Diode array (CCD), pockels cell,
other electrooptic components. Was responsible for chiral
molecule synthesis, isolation and property determinations via
UV CD / 2-D NMR, VOA as FTIR, and ROA.
1983-1985 Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago, Illinois
Master of Science, Biophysical Chemistry
Isolation and spectroscopic characterization of Green Heme
from E. Coli
2005-2006 Loyola University of Chicago Chicago, Illinois
Bachelor of Science, Nursing
Accelerated Bachelor of Science Nursing program Marcella
Niehoff School of Nursing
Special interest areas MICU, ER, Telemetry units.
Publications:
"Intelligent Automation of High-Performance Liquid Chromatography Method
Development by Means of a Real-Time Knowledge-Based Approach", Ting Po I,
R. Smith, S. Guhan, Ken Taksen, Mark Vavra, Douglas Myers, Milton T. W.
Hearn, Journal Of Chromatography A, 972(1) (2002) 27-43 (Issue 10, 10
October 2002)
"Expert System Control of HPLC Method Development" [Tu-14], Myers and
Vavra at Lab Automation '99, Association for Laboratory Automation, Jan 30,
1999, San Diego, Ca.
"Raman Optical Activity of Small Molecules on a Spectrometer Assembled from
Commercially Available Components,"M. R. Vavra, T. A. Keiderling, in
"Eleventh International Conference on Raman Spectroscopy", ed. R. J. H.
Clark and D. A. Long, John Wiley, Chichester, U.K., p. 973-974, (1988).
"Simultaneous Raman and Cyclic Voltammetry Study of the Redox Behavior of
4,4'- Bipyridine on Silver", Therese Cotton, Mark Vavra Chemical Physics
Letters, Vol 106, No. 6, 491-497
"Proton NMR Spectroscopy of Sulfmyoglobin", Russell Timkovich, Mark Vavra,
Biochemistry, 1985, 24, 5189-5196.
"Spectroscopic Studies on Heme d in the Visible and Infrared", Mark Vavra,
Russell Timkovich, Flordeliza Yap, and Robert Gennis, Arch. Biochemistry
and Biophysics, Vol. 250, No. 2,Nov 1, pp 461-468.
Podium Abstracts Tuesday, September 29th Eurolab 1998
Intelligent HPLC Method Development Using Gensym's Lab Expert System
M. Vavra, Gensym Corporation, USA
EuroLabAutomation '98, Cambridge UK.
Metals Analyses
The ICP: Selection, purchase, Installation and commissioning and
operations, method development(s). Course WINLAB32 / ICP OES Optima Optima
Instrument Series with ICP WinLab32 Software-OES Course NO. 5010,
Inductively Coupled Plasma. The Perkin Elmer Optima 7000DV ICP-OES
instrument
The identification of significant savings in ownership and operation of a
ICP unit by company paid for the cost of the instrument in less than one
year. Developed methods for isolation of samples and analysis for [Co, Fe,
Cu, Mn, Zn, W, Mo, S, Na, K] in prepared samples.
Separations
The Agilent Electrospray Ionization LC TOF: Agilent R1874A 6210 LC/MS TOF
Techniques Dec 7 -10 2010, Schaumberg, Il.
Developed methods for vitamin analysis, amino acids quantitation.
Headspace analyzer G1888 (n), 6890N capillary GC, G3170A 5975B VL MSD
Fermentation broth qualitative analysis fermentors
HPLC Stack: Agilent 1200 series: Degasser, Quaternary Pump, ALS sample
injection, TCC heated column compartment, Diode array G1315D, Refractive
Index (RID)
Fermentation broth analysis, natural products analysis
6890N FID capillary GC
Fermentation broth quantitative analysis
FTIR
MKS 2030 LN2 MCT FTIR
Thermo Fisher Nicolet Antaris IGS FTIR
Evaluated process gas scrubbing and treatment for ppm levels of gases
quantitation, qualitative
Mass Spectroscopy:
Thermo Fisher Prima delta B with RMS 64
Quantitative gas component analyses, vital to fermentation controls
systems.
Process Instrumentation
Working with cross functional team of process engineers for the
specification of specialized on-line and at-line instrumentation for
process control for gasification including wood analysis by NIR, process
gas cleanup (as FTIR and process mass spec above), fermentor feed and
nutrient control, fermentor off gas analyses, product purity.
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