Analytical Chemist

Summary

• * years of hands-on experience in a research laboratory

• Proficient in numerous analytical techniques such as GCMS, HPLC, TGA, DSC and FTIR, among others

• Demonstrated ability to design thorough experimental protocols and solve research problems

• Creative thinker who is always eager to tackle new projects

• Strives to achieve high standards and produce high quality, concise results

Employment

Contract Work, 2011 – Present

• QC work for local food packaging manufacturer

Analytical Chemist, Encore Wire Corporation – 2011

• Plastics testing, Chemical analysis, Materials testing

• Patent and literature searches

• ISO 17025, UL compliance testing, ASTM standards, IEC standards

• Instrumentation maintenance, developed maintenance and calibration schedule, maintained instrumentation logbooks.

• Assisted in the implementation of policies and procedures

• Helped develop business plan and lay groundwork for establishing a 3rd party testing facility

• R&D of new products and improvement of existing products

• New laboratory start-up

Research and Development Chemist, Analytical Food Laboratories – 2010-2011

• Design, develop and qualify new analytical methods for various matrices.

• ISO 17025, USP Testing, AOAC testing, FDA Compliance

• Wrote, updated and revised SOPs

• Maintain equipment, equipment logs, IQ/OQ/PQ, and chemical inventory

• Successfully reduced maintenance costs of analytical instruments

• Maintained research notebook

Research Assistant, The University of Texas at Dallas - 2006-2010

• Experimental design, Data acquisition, Data interpretation

• Intstrument maintenance, calibration, verification

• Maintained research notebook, wrote SOPs

• Trained new graduate students and undergraduate lab members.

Education

M.S., Chemistry

The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX

Thesis: “Cysteine-based reversible-cyclic peptides for carbon nanotube functionalization”

B.S., Chemistry

East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN

Concentration in Biochemistry ; GPA: 3.404

Laboratory and Equipment Skills

• FTIR (ATR, FTIR microscopy, TGA-FTIR for evolved gas analysis)

• Raman spectroscopy

• UV/Vis/NIR spectroscopy

• Dynamic Mechanical Analysis (DMA)

• Thermal Analysis (TGA, DSC)

• Scanning electron microscope (SEM) with EDS, SEI, BES, BET detectors

• Gas Chromatography/ Mass Spectrometry/ Flame Ionization Detection (GC/MS/FID)

• Inductively Coupled Plasma – Optical Emission Spectroscopy (ICP-OES)

• Handheld X-ray Fluorescence Spectroscopy (XRF)

• Microwave assisted acid digestion

• High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)

• Nuclear Magnetic Resonance spectroscopy (NMR)

• Matrix Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization – Mass Spectroscopy (MALDI-MS)

• Automated titration

• Circular Dichroism Spectroscopy (CD)

• High speed centrifugation

• Lyophilization/ Freeze-drying

• Micropipetting and all basic laboratory skills

• Microsoft Office products

Published Works

Available upon request

References

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