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Anna Zink

Anna Zink

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Data Science Specialist at The Dow Chemical Company

  • Education

    • Northwestern University

      2017 - 2020
      Master's degree Data Science

    • Saginaw Valley State University

      2007 - 2012
      Bachelor's of Science Chemistry

      Activities and Societies: Presidential Scholarship recipient, Honors Program member and Chemistry Club member. Honors thesis research: Development of a Method to Measure Lanthionine Ketimine in Urine of Individuals with Down Syndrome  Analytical methodology for characterization of desired compound  Synthesis of Lanthionine Ketimine via precipitation methods  Confirmation of synthesis with HPLC-MS and NMR

    • University of Sydney

      2010 - 2010
      Organic Chemistry

      Activities and Societies: Interned at the Brain and Mind Research Institute in Sydney, Australia where I assisted with sleep studies in an attempt to understand a connection between Alzheimer’s disease and brain waves.

  • Experience

    • Dow

      Jul 2008 - Jul 2012
      R&D Co-op

      • Performed synthesis of rare earth oxide catalysts utilizing inert atmosphere techniques for heterogeneous reactor• Constructed glass synthesis apparatus, including inert atmosphere techniques• Synthesized mixed-metal sulfide catalyst for high pressure fixed bed reactor• Safe sampling of gas phase phenol from high pressure fixed bed reactors• Constructed and installed reactor tubes into fixed bed process reactor• Prepared and loaded catalysts into reactor tubes, including air-sensitive catalysts• Performed calibration and data analysis from GCs (in-line and stand-alone)• Experienced with multiple analytical techniques: XRD, BET, GC, TGA, UV-Vis, HPLC-MS, NMR, Photoluminescence Spectroscopy• Prepared necessary paperwork including procedures for several pre-experimental review walk-throughs Show less

    • Kelly

      Jul 2012 - Feb 2014
      Lab Technician

      • Operated a high temperature furnace within an inert atmosphere to synthesize large grain gallium arsenide for photovoltaic applicationso Characterized starting materials and products via NMR, XRD, SEMo Automated furnace operations using Camile software, leading to a decrease of temperature variability from ±20C to ±5C, improving reproducibility • Optically characterized materials for solid state lighting projectso Performed photoluminescence (excitation and emission) spectroscopy of rare earth phosphors, including excited state lifetime measurementso Determined absolute and relative quantum yield of powder and thin film samples at room temperature and variable temperature (up to 200 °C)• Organized and conducted lab-scale electroless copper plating experiments, which mimic a plant type process, for the deposition of copper interconnects for printed circuit board applications • Equipment installation and setupo Automation programming (Camile) o Documentation of results into Dow databooks, including ELNo MOC documentation for installation and setup of new equipment• Planning of experiments and organization of data using mind-mapping software (Mindjet MindManager) • Developed an optimized method for encapsulating rare earth phosphors and plasmonic metal nanoparticles into elastomeric thin films• Organized a safety scavenger hunt as part of a cross functional safety initiative Show less

    • Dow Performance Silicones

      Feb 2014 - Aug 2017
      S&T Technician

    • Dow

      Aug 2017 - now
      Data Science Specialist

  • Licenses & Certifications