Samiyah Siddiqui

Experience

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  ALOHA Mind Math

  May 2016 - Feb 2017

  Teaching Assistant

  - Assisted children in writing essays, doing arithmetic, answering questions to prepare them for school courses and standardized tests. - Spoke with parents on children's progress and graded classwork as well as homework to ensure academic improvement.

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  PARAGON ASSOCIATES

  Jun 2016 - Aug 2017

  Intern

  - Involved in field data collection, pedestrian and transit counts in the South River area, as well as roadway inventories and traffic signal timings- Assisted in autoCAD drawings- Visited notable sites, such as the Sandy Hook area after Hurricane Sandy impact

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  Target

  Aug 2018 - Sept 2018

  Sales Floor Team Member

  - Assisted in sales, aided customers and kept a clean work environment. Mostly stocked shelves and helped at the checkout lanes/cash register. - Obtained items from the back room to stock new products and answered customer’s questions about the store.

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  HMSHost

  Jun 2019 - Aug 2019

  Station Attendant

  - Maintained a clean work environment, answered customer questions, and prepared food and drinks for Nathan’s Hot Dogs and Auntie Anne’s inside the turnpike rest area.

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  Middlesex County, NJ - County Government

  Nov 2020 - Jun 2021

  Democratic Member of the District Board of Elections

  - Cooperated with other poll workers on Election Day from 5:15am-9pm- Organizes awareness of upcoming elections, increasing political participation beyond the polls -Maintained order in polling locations; setting up tables, chairs, voting machines, etc.

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  Rutgers School of Engineering

  May 2021 - Jul 2022

  Researcher at Chundawat Research Group

  Glycans, Glycoconjugates, and Glycan-Active Enzymes Engineering LaboratoryPI's: Dr. Chundawat, Aron Gyorgypal- Emphasis on yeast expression of PNGase F and protein supercharging, with a focus on continuous biopharmaceutical manufacturing for mAb production in drug development.-Analyzed and assessed data and experiment protocols to produce and purify recombinant PNGase F in Pichia pastoris, including optimization of protein expression, colony PCR, western blotting, SDS page

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  Rutgers University–New Brunswick

  Sept 2021 - May 2022

  Chemistry Teaching Intern

  - Facilitated problem-solving and active-learning workshops for students in the General Chemistry 161 course.- Attended weekly training sessions with instructors and fellow interns for content preparation and discussion on student performance.

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  Paragon Pure

  May 2022 - Aug 2022

  Paragon Pure via Rutgers MBS Externship Exchange Program

  - Completed a semester- long, on-campus, collaborative project facilitated by corporate mentors, and faculty advisors, participated in Leadership Lab sessions, and project meetings. - Completed all project assignments -including designing, creating, and presenting a poster- Worked on researching plant-based fat substitutes for Paragon Pure to see competitor markets in various technologies - Accumulated data on various companies in the market- Presented slideshows on researched data to Paragon Pure leadership along with team - Met multiple times weekly with team to collaborate on research for the plant-based fat market Show less

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  The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson

  Jul 2022 - Sept 2022

  API Large Molecule Co-Op @ Janssen R&D

  BioTherapeutics Development - Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient Dept.Project: Protein A Purification of Anti-Benzonase Immunoglobulin G in Goat Sera- Prepared 11,131 mg of final bulk of anti-benzonase reagent for the benzonase assay in a reduced-scale study by BioTD-API-Proteins.- Ran Protein A Affinity column chromatography (on an AKTA Avant System using Unicorn™ Cytiva software) to purify Anti-Benzonase material, specifically in Goat Sera with anti-benzonase antibodies.- Daily tasks included measuring protein concentration using SoloVPE instrumentation, running UF/DF systems, using ion exchange affinity chromatography to purify solutions, writing technical reports, recording data, etc.- Other work was done on a project with Anti-Horizon HCP resin coupling. Show less

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  Rutgers School of Engineering

  Jan 2023 - Dec 2023

  Undergraduate Researcher

  Principal Investigator: Dr. Maria Silvina Tomassone Project: Computational Studies of Catalyst Impregnation Processes using Discrete Element Methods- Ran Altair EDEM software simulations to improve catalyst dry impregnation of liquid particles for future applications in scale-up batch processes- Objective: using catalyst impregnation to deposit material into porous particles, improving efficacy of drug loading and reducing risk of damaging drug carriers' therapeutic components - Presented findings of simulations/experiments to Dr. Tomassone & team Show less

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  AIChE - American Institute of Chemical Engineers

  Jan 2023 - Dec 2023

  External Vice President - Rutgers University Chapter

  - Oversaw public relations affairs, website creation and general correlations of the Rutgers Chapter of AIChE with other student organizations.- Coordinated and led different programs to engage the ChemE student body (240+ students) with a combination of academic and professional events planned throughout the semester.

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  Bristol Myers Squibb

  Jun 2023 - Aug 2023

  Biologics Development Intern

  • Developed an internal high-throughput capsid titer assay for crude sample preparation by measuring Adeno-associated virus (AAV) capsid concentration• Conducted triple transient transfection into human kidney cells to prepare samples• Executed quantification by operating the Octet Biolayer Interferometry (BLI) system as an alternative to more time-consuming and labor-intensive methods such as ELISA/ddPCR• Tested various sample preparations such as supernatants, clarified lysates and purified samples for two different AAVserotypes as well as testing inter-assay variability Show less

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  Rutgers University–New Brunswick

  Sept 2023 - Dec 2023

  Learning Assistant

  Led study groups for 14:155:309 Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics II

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  Colgate-Palmolive

  May 2024 - Dec 2024

  Laboratory Technician

  - Performed routine stability testing on EltaMD sunscreen formulations and monitors physical, chemical, and microbiological properties of products over time using analytical techniques such as pH meter and viscometer.- Prepared and analyzed samples following established protocols and SOPs, documenting test results and observations accurately.- Assisted in preparing stability reports and summaries for regulatory submissions.- Ensured compliance with Good Laboratory Practices (GLP) and company policies, and collaborates with formulation scientists, quality assurance, and regulatory teams.- Calibrated and maintained laboratory equipment. Show less

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  Rutgers University Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering

  Jan 2025 - now

  Graduate Assistant