Manager Technical Support

Xi (Serena) Chen

Permanent Resident

**** ******* ****, ***. ***, Lewisville, TX 75067

646-***-**** ************@*****.***

EDUCATION

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 05/08

Bachelor of Science: Chemical Engineering

RELEVANT COURSEWORK

Chemical Process Dynamics and Control, Chemical Process Design, Energy Entropy Equilibrium, Molecular Separation, Chemical Engineering Separation, Chemical Reactor Design, Chemical Engineering Lab I & II, Modern Techniques in Chemistry, Heat and Mass transfer, and Structure of Materials

WORK EXPERIENCE

Antibody Lab Supervisor, Biosynthesis Inc., Lewisville, TX 03/09 – Present

• Design potential peptide antigens by analyzing protein sequence and structure for polyclonal antibody production

• Develop and Improve procedures for Bio-Conjugation projects such as Peptide Carrier Protein Conjugation, Enzyme Antibody Conjugation, Small Molecules Conjugation, Antibody Dye Labeling, Antibody Oligo Conjugation, Enzyme Oligo Conjugation, Bbeads Conjugation, Nanoparticle Conjugation and etc.

• Responsible for purification of protein, antibody and post conjugated materials using appropriate techniques such as Affinity Chromatography, Reverse Phase HPLC, Size Exclusion Chromatography, Ion Exchange Chromatography and etc.

• Detect and study antibodies and proteins using Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), western blot analysis, Luminex Assay analysis and SDS-PAGE gel analysis

• Manage and assign projects to lab technicians; Provide technical support to customers; Develop and improve lab procedures and quality assessment plans

• Review and determine feasibility of new requests; Design project procedures and report cost analysis and timeline to sales team for price quotes; Responsible for reviewing daily lab procedures and managing any corrective action that may need to be taken

• Promote and provide supportive data to president for new potential catalog products such as affinity chromatography resins/beads, protein bio-conjugation products and etc.

DNA Lab Tachnician, Biosynthesis Inc., Lewisville, TX 12/08-03/09

• Responsible for small single strand DNA/RNA (oligo) synthesis and purification

• Study and modify synthesis protocols to improve efficiency

• Help and provide support to colleagues for special oligo synthesis, chemical labeling and identification

• Provide technical support to customers

• Help and improve oligo purification using RP-HPLC system and PAGE gel purification and verification of final products using Mass spectrometer (Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI))

Manager, Lucky Restaurant, Brooklyn, NY 05/04-09/04 Supervise food completion and manage three employees. Provided outstanding service in a fast paced environment.

Front Desk Assistant, Manhattan Downtown Hospital, New York, NY 05/04-09/04

Worked as an interpreter for patients and scheduled appointments.

SKILLS

HPLC purification, Affinity Chromatography, Western Blotting, Enzyme Assay, Luminex Assay Development, UV Visible Spectrophotometer, Mass spectrometer (MALDI), PCR, Gene Analyzer, Minitab, Solid-work, Excel, Mat-lab, Aspen,, Visual Studio, Simulink

ACTIVITIES

American Institute of Chemical Engineers(AICE), Society of Women Engineers(SWE), Chinese Student Association(CSA), Chinese American Student Association(CASA), Taiwan Student Association( TSA), Hong Kong Student Association(HKSA)

HONORS

Rensselaer Dean’s List, Women at Rensselaer Mentor Program, Emily Roebling Scholarship, Rensselaer-SEOG Match Scholars

LANGUAGES

Fluent in English, Mandarin and Cantonese

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