Robert Harlan MS, C(ASCP)CM

Experience

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  Nutramax Laboratories

  Jun 2001 - Dec 2003

  Lab Technician

  * Responsible for maintenance of tissue explants and cell lines * Performed fluorescent and colorimetric enzyme assays * Operated and maintained capillary electrophoresis

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  Sinai Hospital of Baltimore

  Dec 2006 - Aug 2008

  Research Associate B

  * Small animal surgery: Administration of anesthesia, creation of surgical incisions, and administration of drugs and dietary supplements to animals * Animal Care: Administration of analgesics, wound care, and administration of food and water * Tissue Culture: Created and maintained primary cell cultures, catalogued and cryopreserved passages, designed and maintained tissue culture experiments

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  Johns Hopkins University

  Oct 2008 - Aug 2015

  * LC-MS/MS method development for therapeutic drug monitoring: Tricyclic Antidepressants, Antifungals, and Busulfan * Validation of all method parameters: precision, linearity, carryover, limit of detection, limit of quantitation, matrix effect, patient correlation * Creation of CLSI protocols for implementation in the clinical lab: standard operating procedures of all aspects of sample handling and analysis * Responsible for resulting patient samples from hospital pathology core facility * Implementation of College of American Pathologist regulations in the lab Show less

  • Sr. Labratory Manager, Center for Resources in Innovative Biology

    May 2014 - Aug 2015

  • LC-MS/MS Research Specialist

    Oct 2008 - Apr 2014
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  Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital

  Aug 2015 - Jul 2024

  Research Specialist

  I have managed projects for targeted proteomics, method transfer, clinical method validation, targeted metabolomics, and metabolomics profiling. I have focused particularly on m development and process improvement for operations within the MDC. As the MDC developed, my job became managing client projects, working within a budget, and presenting reports at meetings and to clients, including results with differential absolution quantitation (IDMS) and multivariate analysis.

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  Thermo Fisher Scientific

  Jul 2024 - now

  Field Application Scientist

  I provide customer pre-and post-sales technical and application assistance, including education, training, on-site visits, and remote/virtual support. I also build new customer advocates from newly completed sales and assist with customer demonstrations. I present technical seminars to existing and potential customers as part of the sales process at organized events and deepen Thermo Fisher Scientific’s customer relationships with key scientific and educational leaders. I also assist in developing insightful content; examples include company-hosted websites, videos, seminars, applications reports, eLearning material, etc. Show less