Work History

Nektar Therapeutics as in-house Metrologist responsible for maintenance, qualification and repair of instrumentation to comply with FDA and EU guidelines. Project management experience in implementing a new lab data system to serve the QC and AR&D laboratories. Experience as a Method Development Scientist, responsible for development of GC and GC/MS methods with technology transfer to the quality control laboratory.

Agilent Technologies/Hewlett Packard as Customer Service Representative. Responsible for account management and customer support. Responsibilities included troubleshooting, repair and qualification HPLC, GC and GC/MS systems, software support and on-site custom classes for major customer accounts.

National Psychopharmacology Laboratory as dayshift lab supervisor.

Responsible for supervision of routine sample analysis of human samples for psychoactive drug content. Job requirements included compliance with FDA and NIDA guidelines and routine instrument maintenance. Also responsible for method development and technology transfer for method routine use in the laboratory.

International Technology Corporation as GC and HPLC laboratory supervisor. Responsible for daily operation of EPA/CLP chromatography laboratory for environmental sample testing. Personnel management, workload scheduling and maintenance of instruments to assure continued compliance with regulatory requirements.

National Psychopharmacology Laboratory as a Medical Technologist working in GC/MS sample analysis and method development for therapeutic and abusive drug analysis.

Continuing Education