Talk to sales Try for Free
Dorothy Rockwood

Dorothy Rockwood

Organic Chemistry Internship

location of Dorothy RockwoodHampton Roads, Virginia Metropolitan Area

Connect with Dorothy Rockwood to Send Message

Connect

Connect with Dorothy Rockwood to Send Message

Connect

  • Timeline

  • About me

    Operations Manager at Amazon/BS/MS/Six Sigma Black belt

  • Education

    • University of Pittsburgh

      2019 - 2021
      Master of Science - MS Integrative Systems Analysis

      Activities and Societies: I am a breast cancer researcher, focusing on invasive lobular carcinoma. Well versed in wet lab techniques, including dose response, western blot, growth, apoptosis and migration assays. Trained in scripting in python and R, applying computational modeling and biostatistics

    • Penn State University

      2014 - 2018
      Bachelor's of Science Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering

      Activities and Societies: I am a member of the american chemical society (national level), and am involved in the society of women engineers, Pennsylvania State University, and robots. I am an avid researcher in the fields of chemistry, biochemistry and biomedical engineering in regenerative medicine and tissue engineering.

  • Experience

    • Penn State Hazleton

      May 2014 - Aug 2014
      Organic Chemistry Internship

      • Synthesis of photochromic conjugated diarylethene polymers using Suzuki methodology• Development and synthesis of Palladium catalysts• Characterization of photochromic molecules by UV-Vis spectroscopy and IR spectroscopy

    • Pennsylvania State University

      Aug 2016 - Dec 2016
      College of Engineering Research Initiative (CERI) Internship

      - Molecular tagging polio virus- 3 dimensional NMR analysis

    • Pennsylvania State University

      Jun 2017 - Aug 2017
      Multicampus REU

      - Computational modeling using MRI Images through COMSOL to simulate bone grafts- Experimental design and computational analysis- Established and maintained tissue culture cell lines- Designed bone graft with natural polymers

    • Amazon

      May 2018 - Sept 2019
      Area Manager

      • Responsible for training and supervising 50-100 hourly employees• Increased revenue by $20k through quality control of vendor products• Implemented cost saving measures for classifying hazardous materials and reducing waste• Improved productivity and quality metrics across shift’s and departments

    • UPMC

      Dec 2019 - Jun 2021
      Research Assistant

      • Used R to validate data finding in RNAseq, ChIPseq, ATACseq and other big data sets• Understanding and usage of biostatistics and bioinformatics algorithms• Scripting experience with R and python• Maintained and established tissue culture cell lines• Experience with western blots, FACs, apoptosis, growth and migration assays

    • Amazon

      Jun 2021 - now

      responsible for managing salaried employees and driving cost and performance metrics

      • Operations Manager

        May 2023 - now

      • Area Manager II

        Apr 2022 - May 2023

      • Area Manager

        Jun 2021 - Apr 2022

  • Licenses & Certifications

  • Volunteer Experience

    • Animal Care Volunteer

      Issued by Centre County PAWS on Jul 2017
      Centre County PAWSAssociated with Dorothy Rockwood

    • Chemistry Tutor

      Issued by Penn State University on Aug 2014
      Penn State UniversityAssociated with Dorothy Rockwood