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Alicia Rattan ** Anguilla Park, Maraval, Trinidad 1-868-***-**** adhx37@r.postjobfree.com

Career Summary

Environmental Chemist with hands-on experience in the industrial and academic fields. Articulate and creative with good organizational, analytical and interpersonal skills. Project scientist, team player and problem solver with ability to complete a wide variety of projects.

Education

University of New Haven – West Haven, Connecticut, Unites States 2011 Master of Science in Environmental Science

Certification in Geographical Information Systems

University of the West Indies – St. Augustine, Trinidad 2000 Bachelor of Science in Chemistry/Analytical Chemistry Professional Experience

Environmental Scientist 2012 - 2018

Coastal Dynamics Limited, Maraval, Port of Spain, Trinidad Analysis of environmental chemistry data for water and sediment. EIA report writing for the description of the physical and chemical environment. QA/QC and statistical assessment of all laboratory data. Quality Control Coordinator/Analyst 2009 - 2012

EnviroMed Services Inc., Meriden, Connecticut, United States Analysis of air, soil, lead wipe and paint chip samples for environmental lead. Analysis of bulk samples for asbestos. Asbestos project monitoring and lead inspection. Manager of Quality Control in lead and asbestos laboratory. Coordination of laboratory data with the environmental engineering, occupational, medicinal and health and safety consulting departments.

Chemist 2008 – 2009

Environmental Health Laboratories, Cromwell, Connecticut, United States Analysis of samples taken to evaluate worker exposure to various plant and process emissions. Duties included evaluation of soils, paints and air samples for lead and other metals. Fungal spores and asbestos identification and volatile organic compounds analysis.

Research Scientist, Environmental Science – Biogeochemistry 2005 – 2007 University of New Haven in collaboration with US EPA Ecology Division Water quality monitoring which included looking at the effects of water and sediment temperature as well as bioturbation and plankton addition on the release of sulfides and ammonia from sediments in western Long Island Sound. Analysis of water samples for sulfide and ammonia by spectrophotometry. Data analysis performed using various statistical methods.

Research and Development Chemist 2000 – 2001

Synthetic Resins and Adhesives (International) Limited, Morvant, Trinidad 2

Developing new products; revising current product formulations; analyzing data generated by the Production and Quality Assurance Departments and working with the Marketing Department as a Technical Representative for customers. Skills and Experiences

Certificate in Flame AA with AA WinLab 32 Software. Certificate in Asbestos Project Monitoring.

Certificate in Asbestos identification by Polarized Light Microscopy. Certificate in Advanced Asbestos identification by Polarized Light Microscopy. Certificate in ArcGIS – ArcMap, ArcCatalog, Spatial and Network Analyst. OSHA 10-hour Construction Safety and Health.

Microsoft Office – Word, Access, Excel, PowerPoint; NCSS and Multivariate Analysis. Competent with UV/VIS, AAS, GC, ICP-MS, gravimetric analysis and various standard scientific protocols.

Assistant Examiner for the Caribbean Examination Council in Chemistry. Experienced in oral and written communications, research writing and report documentation. Instructor for St. Lawrence School Advanced Science Program – University of New Haven sponsored program.