Lauren Brent

Experience

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  Associated Students, Inc.-Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

  Sept 2011 - Jun 2013

  Frontline Assistant

  • Answered phone, scheduled conference room appointments, sorted mail• Filed, scanned, copied documents• Distributed paychecks• Processed payment request forms• Handled sign ups for student government elections• Handled payments for miscellaneous items

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  Celgene

  Jun 2012 - Aug 2012

  Summer Intern- Analytical Chemistry

  • Mentored by full time employees about the analytical equipment and the pharmaceutical industry• Ran HPLC and LCMS instruments by inputting run logs of up to 96 samples at a time• Developed an experiment to test the orthogonality of 10 different LCMS columns by using over 100 in-house compounds• Determined the effect of polarity, particle size, and preferred solvent for each column in order to serve as a guide for the company to use when attempting to separate different compounds in the future Show less

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  Celgene

  Jun 2013 - Sept 2013

  Second Year Intern- Analytical Chemistry

  • Evaluated samples from medicinal chemists on Agilent and Shimadzu HPLC and prep-scale HPLC instruments to separate desired target molecule from other unwanted impurities.• Proficient in Agilent and Shimadzu software for prep systems, as well as troubleshooting errors on Agilent and Shimadzu instruments.• Maintained solvent levels in all instruments in the chemistry labs.• Aided in cleaning and organizing various labs and equipment.

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  Otonomy, Inc

  Jun 2014 - Sept 2014

  Summer Intern

  • Executed solubility studies on multiple formulations, testing for concentration and purity utilizing Agilent HPLC instruments.• Measured the osmolality of formulations using a freezing point osmometer and measured the temperature at which formulations transitioned from liquid to solid using a rotational viscometer.• Tested the linearity of new HPLC methods using an Agilent HPLC instrument.• Made mobile phases and solvents, as well as maintained solvent levels in all instruments. Show less

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  Catalent Pharma Solutions

  Jun 2015 - now

  Senior Project Manager

  Coordinating OptiForm and Rapid Screen projects led from the Catalent site in San Diego.Previous roles during my time at Catalent have been held in the oral formulation development, analytical development, and preformulation groups.