Kyle Clarke

Professional Summary:

While attending Mohawk College I learned an array of biology and chemicals skills including biochemistry, microbiology, and manufacturing skills like GMPs and HACCP. Some of the core skills I have for this position would be the extensive knowledge I have of aseptic technique, media formulation, and an extensive technical background with chemistry equipment. Microbiological and analytical chemistry are my strong suits in laboratory testing, which gives me familiarity when testing and fixing the laboratory equipment.

September 2020 – April 2023

Mohawk College Hamilton, ON

Biotechnology (Advanced)

Some of the key courses learned at Mohawk would be biochemistry, which was extensively covered in the advanced program. Other beneficial courses learned in biotechnology are good lab and manufacturing practices, analytical chemistry, and extensive work with data collection programs like excel.

September 2019 – April 2020

St. Clair College Chatham, ON

Pre-Health Sciences

Core lab skills were acquired at St. Clair, alongside with general biology and chemistry courses. The fundamentals of chemistry and biology were taught in the lab with the focus on proper data collection and communication in the lab setting.

Volunteer Experience

March 2023

BASEF Science Fair Hamilton, ON

Volunteered as a judge for the BASEF science fair, specifically judging the physics category for grades 7-12. The judging process included accessing the projects, followed by an interview with the student and giving feedback related to their projects.

-Mentor role helping teach and give a better understanding to the students.

-Critical analysis of the projects.

-Communication skills via interviews.

Lab Skills

●Aseptic technique

●Proficient pipetting

●Cell Culture - techniques such as streaking, plating, pouring.

●Ability to set up and run an electrophoresis Gel, and perform western blot / SDS-PAGE experiments.

●Chromatography - Understand and can operate TLC, HPLC, Ion exchange, and affinity chromatography experiments.

●Spectrophotometry - skilled with using UV-VIS spectrophotometer.

●Effectively operate a microscope and a in-depth understanding of microscopy.

●Experience with chemistry-based equipment: flame photometry

●Extra skills I have obtained in lab: PCR, operating bioreactors.

Employment

June 2022 – August 2022

Pardo’s Berry Farm Chatham-Kent, ON

Farmhand / Production / Sales

This position involved assisting in the production and sales of the berries at Pardo’s, while also helping around the farm with tasks, for example: laying and pulling irrigation pipes. Utilized a great deal of UTV and pulling trailers.

May 2021 – August 2021

Medisun Inc. Chatham-Kent, ON

Production Room / Quality Control

Fast movement and quick judgement were essential in this environment, as the product was numerous and moved quickly. Spotting out imperfections and knowing different types of disease or insects was important to maintain quality of the product.

January 2019 – May 2020

Harvey’s Chatham-Kent, ON

Customer Service / Food Preparation

August 2016 – December 2017

Subway Chatham-Kent, ON

Customer Service / Sandwich Artist

Personal Traits

●Critical thinking and problem-solving skills.

●Determined and focused on all tasks.

●Punctual, hard-working, polite

●Computer proficient:

●Organized: I can keep detailed and organized notes in both lab notebooks and electronic documents.

References

Sharon Akrey Karen Bowers

Union Gas Ltd. / Enbridge Union Gas Ltd. / Enbridge

Volunteer Coordinator Reference

Chatham, Ontario Chatham, Ontario

519-***-**** 519-***-****

Brian Walpae

Medisun Inc.

Production Supervisor

Chatham, Ontario

(289) 683 - 9664

6 Bristol Drive, Chatham, ON

N7M 6K1

Phone: (226) 627– 7223

Email: adxz81@r.postjobfree.com

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