Experience

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  North carolina state university

  Aug 1989 - Dec 1991

  Maintain and analyze transgenic tobacco seedlings used by ten researchers and maintain tobacco plants in NCSU Phytotron greenhouse. Design and establish transgenic tobacco seed stock inventory and create efficient procedure for seed inventory. Maintain a detailed laboratory notebook and review results and provide feedback to research scientists. Prepare culture media for laboratory and recruit, train and supervise student technicians. Organize and maintain the DNA clone collection inventory for a molecular biology laboratory. Isolate plasmid DNA to Cesium Chloride gradient centrifugation, transform bacteria using plasmid DNA.Analyze plasmid DNA by restriction digests and gel electrophoresis and quantify DNA by spectrophotometry. Wash glassware and prepare culture media.

  • Research Technician

    May 1990 - Dec 1991

  • Clone Technician

    Aug 1989 - May 1990
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  Nc division of environmental management

  Dec 1991 - Jun 1995

  Culture cladoceran organisms to perform aquatic toxicity and quality assurance tests. Coordinate acute toxicity testing and maintain accurate testing records for Aquatic Toxicology Group. Collaborate toxicity test results, schedule and reports.Write acute toxicity testing SOP's. Document, analyze and enter testing data into Excel database. Investigate and mitigate culture organism problems. Perform microbiological and environmental studies as directed and provide group support as needed for fathead minnow testing and cultures. Assist Environmental Biologist II in laboratory inspections.Train and Show less

  • Environmental Biologist

    Jan 1993 - Jun 1995

  • Environmental Technician III

    Dec 1991 - Jan 1993
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  Cd laboratories

  Aug 1998 - May 2011

  Owner/science instructor

  Provide science laboratories for the local home schooling community, grades K-12. Communicate complex concepts and procedures both orally and in writing. Teach high school students how to perform complex standardized laboratory tests and procedures, analyze experimental results according to the scientific method, and analyze and solve experimental problems. Analyze student achievement and provide relevant feedback to students and parents

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  Nc bionetwork

  Aug 2012 - Oct 2013

  Aseptic operations technician

  Train workers in aseptic operations (filtration, media fill, EM)Train workers in Microbiology/QC procedures (Industrial Microbiology, Chromatography, HPLC, and Riboprinter microbial ID)Designed and oversaw Moodle Aseptic Processing I hybrid class. Teach media compounding laboratory. Lead discussions related to improving student's aseptic technique. Review Batch Records for students and lead discussions to improve student's documentation skill.Assist in teaching the following classes; aseptic connections, aseptic media fill simulation, BSC/Isolator experiments, cell culture simulation, clean room gowning, environmental monitoring, interpreting EM results, endotoxin testing, lyophilization and sterile filtration. Writing Aseptic Operation SOP's. Show less

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  Joule inc. at merck

  Oct 2013 - Feb 2014

  Qa/environmental monitoring

  Support vaccine operations and improve production quality by performing environmental monitoring of personnel, utilities, and production areas.Assist in clean room gowning certification of production personnel.Revise and review SOP's. Assist in Quality Notifications and CAPA's.

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  Novo nordisk

  Mar 2014 - now

  Implement innovative improvements in the QC Department. Manage projects to install robots to perform routine personnel sampling, implement mobile sampling on the shop floor and other improvements across QC department in DFP at site Clayton Perform investigations to resolve nonconformitiesPerform CAPA investigationsAnalyze and report on EM trending dataPerform Systematic Problem Solving investigationsSupport EM techniciansTrain AP and EM personnel to reduce excursionsRepresent QCEM to governing authorities during audits

  • Sr. Process Technical Analyst

    Dec 2023 - now

  • Process Technical Analyst with Novo Nordisk

    Dec 2019 - now

  • Process Area Specialist II

    Feb 2016 - Dec 2019

  • Process Area Specialist-QC

    Mar 2014 - Feb 2016