Chemist/Food Scientist

GUILHERME FILIZZOLA CURY

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Los Angeles, CA 90020

Email: ********@*******.***

EDUCATION

Barton Community College (Kansas) – Pre-requisites

University of West Florida – Bachelor of Science in Chemistry Graduated on May 2007

Mississippi State University – M.S. in Food Science and Technology Graduated March, 2012

EXPERIENCE

Laboratory Assistant Fall 2009 – Present

Mississippi State University Food Science Lab, Starkville, Mississippi

• Masters: Tannic acid activity within catfish fillet (frozen and fresh) and its effect on shelf life

o Fat extraction for antioxidant activity using Rancimat® instrument

o Natural enzymatic transformation of tannic acid to gallic action using HPLC detection

o Effect of tannic acid treated fillets on Listeria monocytogenes and psychrotrophic bacteria count

• Isolate Salmonella from different fish plants, Cat fish and Tilapia fillet in broth media

• Streak plates for isolate colonies using Brilliant Green agar (BG agar), Xylose Lysine Deoxycholate agar (XLD agar); used PCR testing for final determination

• New Product Development: Athletic Whey/Blueberry performance food bar

o Taffy like bar containing whey concentrate and real blueberry fruit juice

o Food Bar net. weight: 55g, where 10g is whey and a minumum of 200mg of

blueberry anthocyanins

o Carbohydrate to protein ratio- 4:1 (recovery ratio for athletes)

Quality Assurance Technician (Q.A.) Aug. 2007 –Dec.2008

Solutia Inc., Cantonment, Florida

• Used analysis such as titrations, Gas Chromatography (GC), X-ray analysis, Ion Chromatography, refractive index, Amount of Nitrogen analysis to analyze nylon salt samples, organic acids especially adipic acid and samples (additives) in the process of making polymers.

Lifeguard May 2007 – Aug.2009

Pensacola Beach Lifeguard (PBLG), Pensacola, Florida

• Protected and educated the public at Pensacola Beach

Laboratory Assistant and Teaching Assistant Aug.2005 – Aug. 2006

University of West Florida Chemical Stockroom, Pensacola, Florida

• Prepared laboratory experiments (pre-lab, setting up unknowns chemicals and chemistry devices to be utilized)

• Teaching Assistant, Concepts of Chemistry

• Evaluated laboratory and field devices

• Stocked and restocked chemicals, gloves, graduated cylinders, hot plates and other chemistry related devices.

Primary Researcher (Professor: Dr. Michael Huggins) Summer 2006

Uni. of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida

• Organic chemistry research involving hydrogen bonding between heterocyclic nitrogenous compounds

• Activity: synthesis in lab; preparing the compound and identifying using proton NMR and GC Mass Spec.

• Plasmine Technology: ran IR samples upon costumer request

AWARDS AND MEMBERSHIPS

• Member of the Food Science Club at Mississippi State University

• IFT member

• Member of Dairy Judging Team

• Received the HACCP Sea Food certification through Mississippi State University

• Member of the American Chemical Society

• Awarded the SAACS (University of West Florida)

• Awarded the Latin American Caribbean (LACC) Scholarship

• Awarded the All Other Funds Guaranteed Foreign Student Tuition Scholarship

• Awarded a Chemistry Department Scholarship

LEADERSHIP

Mathematics Tutor Fall 2003-Spring 2004

Barton Community College, Great Bend, Kansas

• Tutored math up to Calculus I (sophomore year)

SKILLS

• Fluent in English and Portuguese and proficient in Spanish

• Skilled in MS Word, Microsoft Excel, PC Model, and Chemsketch

REFERENCES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST

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