Wastewater Chemist

Katarzyna Majewska

**** * *****

Burbank, IL **459

Cell Phone: 708-***-****

E-mail: **********@*****.***

Skills

Able to multitask Microsoft Powerpoint

Analytical Microsoft Word

Committed Organized

Creative pH meter calibration

Detail oriented Polish - fluently

Documenting and presenting results Poster presentations

English - fluently Problem solver

Fast learner Rates and rate constants

calculation

Goal oriented Sample preparation and spiking

Good communicator Spanish - advanced

Independent Thermo NO-NOx-NO2 operation

Inductively coupled plasma (ICP) operation Thermo O3 analyzer

operation

Making down solutions Wastewater filtration

instrumentation

Metrohm 881 Ion Chromatography operation Wastewater treatment chemicals

Microsoft Excel

Accomplishments

Frontiers in Science Symposium (April 2011)

LUROP Undergraduate Symposium (April 2011)

CAURS Undergraduate Poster Presentation (April 2011)

Provost Fellowship for Undergraduate Research Award (March 2010)

Experience

Laboratory Technician/Manager

January 2014 to Present

Liquid Environmental Solutions - Chicago, IL

. Calibrated pH meter

. Overlooked two laboratory technicians

. Wrote Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)

. Was involved in larger projects with the Vice President of Standard

Operations

. Took care of housekeeping

. Translated small treatment dosages into larger amounts

. Calculated treatment cost for customer samples

. Wrote standard operation procedures for making down solutions

. Treated wastewater samples with Alum, Sulfuric Acid, Ferric Chloride,

Lime and polymer

. Ordered lab supplies

. Directed wastewater samples into larger tanks

. Measured metals of samples on the ICP and compared if they are in

accordance with discharge limits set by MWRD

. Speculated adding separate metals on the ICP

. Operation of GC/MS

. Measured COD, turbidity, phenols, sulfides and ammonia

. Checked total organic halogens on oil wastewater samples

. Came up with new treatment methods with an outside chemical salesman

. Treated and filtered a larger volume (5,000 -15,000 gallons) of

wastewater as a batch

. Treated oily waters, coolants, paint, latex, grease

. Contacted other lab managers within the company for comparison in

treatments

. Speculated different ways of treating wastewater

Laboratory Technician

October 2011 to January 2014

Alar Engineering, Inc. - Mokena, IL

* Calibrated pH meter

* Measured water content in wastewater samples by cooking them in petri

dishes in an oven

* Tested the amounts and the kind of chemicals to work in separating

supernate from solids in wastewater

* Worked mainly with wastewaters such as ink, paint, manure, cement,

brick and others

* Tested clays and polymers in enhancing flow of the supernate and

investigating the clarity of the filtrate

* Tested flow rate of the water by a leaf system

* Tested the clarity of the water as well as the flow through different

diatomaceous earth (DE) filter aids

* Determined the most efficient amount of chemicals for separation by

looking at the volume necessary to filter, the cost of chemicals and

the space for the equipment to be placed

* Consulted the treatment needed on every received sample with a

salesman aiming for a flow rate of 20 GPH/ft2 or higher

* Used specific chemical at an optimal amount for removal of specific

chemicals such as cyanide, phosphorous or phenol and others

* Used other chemicals such as oxidizing, reducing agents as well as

carbon where necessary

* Used acid base chemistry to remove metals by going into an optimal pH

level

* Prepared raw and filtrate solutions by placing them in accordingly

preserved containers and called for a pick-up to an analytical lab to

test for metals, BOD, COD, TSS, FOG and others

* Recorded and presented results in a prepared filtration rate report in

a handwritten form as well as entered it into a computer database

* When given, followed instructions for treatment provided by another

chemist or a customer

* Maintained a clean and a safe lab environment at all times

* Calculated how much of a chemical to make down in order to use at the

site

* Made down common wastewater chemicals such as ferric sulfate, aluminum

sulfate, lime and caustic by weight

* Met with customers and provided them with a demonstration on equipment

used to filter their wastewater

Research Assistant

May 2009 to October 2011

Loyola University - Chicago, IL

< Spiked samples

< Set up and gathered weather data using Thermo 49C O3 and 42C NO-NOx-

NO2 Analyzers

< Transferred data from the analyzers onto a computer

< Correlated humidity, temperature and wind speed with NO, NOx, NO2 and

O3 concentrations

< Calculated the rates and rate constants using concentrations gathered

< Compared the resulted rates and rate constants to previously published

data

< Presented results at three symposiums using posters

Education

Master of Science: Inorganic Chemistry, 2013

Loyola University - Chicago, IL 60626

Took these advanced chemistry courses: Biophysical Chemistry, Chemical

Dynamics, Toxicology, Organic Chemistry, Spectroscopy, Metals in Health and

Environment, Enzymology.

Bachelor of Science: Chemistry, 2011

Loyola University - Chicago, IL 60626

< American Chemical Society (Vice President)

< Loyola Outdoor Activity Club (Special Activities Coordinator)

< Loyola Polish Student Alliance Club

< Loyola University International Club

< Two year research in atmospheric/physical chemistry

o "Reaction rates of atmospheric constituents in Chicago Air"

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