Mathew Muhumuza - Resume

Summary of Qualifications

● Mathew has about 8 years of academic experience working in a laboratory environment.

● He has experience using multiple laboratory equipment, performing clinical trials and working in cGMP environments.

● He is proficient in MS Office applications.

● Holds a Bachelor's degree in Biochemistry from UC San Diego Sixth College with one elective subject Ongoing.

● Comfortable working any available shift but the one that takes precedence is the 6 AM to 2:30 PM shift.

● Comfortable lifting up to 50 lbs or more and standing for long hours. Mathew Muhumuza

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San Diego, CA

SUMMARY:

● 6+ years of working experience as Manufacturing, Laboratory Assistant and QC within Pharmaceutical, Medical device and GMP manufacturing Company.

● Responsible for running in-process, stability/calibration, final release, reagent release and experimental devices.

● Experience in QC, packager, kitting, formulation, gowning, cGMP, and SOPs.

● Operating laboratory equipment safely, as trained and directed, in accordance with established practices.

● Co-operator and clinical Trials drug packaging with some quality control tasks.

● Experience in a cGMP environment.

● Labeling and numbering specimens and preparing aliquots.

● General instrument operation and routine maintenance.

● Research in colon cancer aimed at delineating a new role for the chromatin regulatory protein BRD4 as a cofactor for mutant p53 in colon cancer.

● Performing Western Blot, Gel electrophoresis, Co-Immuno precipitation, CHIP Assay, and pertinent molecular Biology Assays and Biotechnology techniques and gowning

● Using laboratory equipment pertaining to chemistry and biochemistry. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

● Maintaining minimum stock levels in laboratories and ordering supplies when necessary.

● Fully vaccinated and can work when required.

Education

● B.Sc in Biochemistry, UC San Diego Sixth College, San Diego, CA 2018 ONLY ONE CLASS, an elective to complete - Ongoing

● A.Sc in Chemistry, San Diego Mesa College, CA 2012 Skills:

● Analytical chemistry techniques

● Flow cytometry

● Microbiology techniques

● Calculus

● Biochemistry

● RNA isolation

● DNA isolation

● Genetics

● Molecular biology techniques

● Bioinformatics techniques

● PCR

● ELISA

● Chromatography

● SpectroscopY

● Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cell

separations

● SDS

● Western Blot\Cell Culture

● Gel Electrophoresis

PUBLICATIONS:

● Johnson JL, Okwera A, Kanost RA, Wu M, Peters P, Muhumuza M, Mayanja-Kizza H, Mugerwa RD, Mugyenyi P, Ellner JJ, Toossi Z. Mechanisms of Apoptosis of T-cells in Human Tuberculosis. J Clin Immunol. 2005; 25:353-364.

HONORS AND AWARDS:

● Outstanding Academic Achievement, Extended Opportunities Programs and Services.

● Outstanding Academic Achievement, Phi Theta Kappa, International Honor Society.

● Chemistry Department Scholarship, San Diego Mesa College.

● UCSD School of Medicine, University Link Medical Science Program.

● UCSD Summer Science Enrichment Creating Scientists Program, Moores Cancer Center. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Currently on bench with Randstad, Volt, Pride, and ActionFiguresConvention, working on part time and seasonal contracts.

Express Employment Professionals, San Diego, CA Oct 2019 - 2022

● A gamut of work assignments including:

● customer service

● industrial assignments

● Hospitality service

● And any other duties assigned.

Millennium Health, San Diego, CA Sep 2021

Laboratory Specimen Processor

● Verified accuracy of client and specimen details.

● Examined specimens for adequacy and appropriateness.

● Captured client and specimen data electronically.

● Sanitized benchtops.

● Labeled and numbered specimens, and prepared aliquots.

● Centrifuged specimens.

● Prepared specimens to be sent to a reference laboratory.

● Complied with applicable laws and regulations, and company procedures and policies. Quidel, San Diego, CA Jan 2021 - Feb 2021

Manufacturing/production/assembly /machine Operator

● Responsible for running in-process, stability/calibration, final release, reagent release and experimental devices.

● Notifies appropriate personnel of results and completes all associated documentation.

● Operates laboratory equipment safely, as trained and directed, in accordance with established practices.

● Supports production goals, timetables, and schedule.

● Responsible for inventory accuracy of all testing related materials.

● Other responsibilities as assigned.

● Carries out duties in compliance with established business policies.

● Perform other duties & projects as assigned.

Reason for Gap- Scheduling non-conducive.

Eurofins Advantar Laboratories, San Diego, CA Jul 2020 - Sep 2020 Laboratory Assistant

● Coordinate stock transfers from/to warehouse Coordinating removal of contained biohazard waste from laboratory areas.

● Washing laboratory glassware and plasticware.

● Maintaining minimum stock levels in laboratories and ordering supplies when necessary.

● Communicate effectively, professionally, and promptly so that all relevant information is forwarded to the appropriate personnel on a regular and timely basis. Reason for gap - Doing part time job.

Express Professionals, San Diego, CA Aug 2019 - Feb 2020 Warehouse Associate

● Material handling tasks.

● Forklift operator.

● Loading/unloading trucks.

● Staging pallets, product.

● Organizing, documentation.

● Packaging, weighing/measuring, and cleaning.

● Performs packaging, manipulative, repetitive, and other non-discretionary tasks.

● Inventory Counts.

● Places products in containers and affixes labels onto containers.

● Performs packaging and repackaging tasks.

● Performs other related duties as assigned.

PCI pharma, San Diego, CA Mar 2019 - May 2019

QC/formulation Technician

● Operator and clinical Trials drug packaging with some quality control tasks

● Experience in a cGMP environment.

● Knowledge of and experience with gowning procedures.

● Ability to read and understand SOPs.

● Inventory and stocking of production supplies.

● Prepare drug products for instrument runs.

● General instrument operation and routine maintenance. Linda Vista Health Care Center, San Diego, CA Aug 2015 - Dec 2018

● Volunteer at the Linda Vista Health Care Center by conducting, floor management, health risk assessment, height and weight, blood pressure, spirometry, and transcription.

● Educate patients about human health issues including risk factors, outcomes of treatment, health interventions, and paradigms of care and health care costs.

● Trained in health care needs assessment, health care disparities, and dynamics of low-income populations. UC San Diego Summer CAMP, AEP Jan 2016 - Dec 2016

● Science presentation, A New Role for the Chromatin Regulatory Protein BRD4 as a Cofactor for mutant p53 in Colon Cancer.

UC SAN DIEGO POSTER PRESENTATION:

● Elena Betancourt, Matthew Hogains, Abdirisak Hussein, Andrew Marshall, Mathew Muhumuza, Paulina Rivas-Roman, Ashley Queja. Micro-purification of Rabbit Phosphofructokinase-1 (PFK-1). 2011

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