Resume

• 2014

  Computer Software Engineering

  MakerSquare - School of Software Engineering

• 2011

  English

  Chemistry

  Texas A&M University

• 2009

  Bachelor of Science (B.S.)

  Chemistry

  Portland State University

• 2007

  Associate of General Studies

  Portland Community College

• CSS

  jQuery UI

  Ruby

  Sinatra

  JavaScript

  Student Development

  jQuery

  Ruby on Rails

  HPLC

  AngularJS

  HTML5

  Git

  Furfural reduction mechanism of a zinc-dependent alcohol dehydrogenase from Cupriavidus necator JMP134

  ChulHee Kang

  Robert Hayes

  Emiliano J. Sanchez

  Brian N. Webb

  Qunrui Li

  Travis Hooper

  \nMark S. Nissen

  Luying Xun

  Furfural reduction mechanism of a zinc-dependent alcohol dehydrogenase from Cupriavidus necator JMP134

  Hooper

  Washington State University

  Worldwide Clinical Trials Early Phase Services / Bioanalytical Sciences

  Texas A&M University

  Premier Research Labs

  PeopleAdmin

  BigCommerce

  * Performed research in designing a working model of the eukaryotic cytosolic iron-sulfur cluster assembly (CIA) pathway\n* Successfully cloned

  expressed and developed a purification process for the yeast (S. cerevisiae) CIA protein Cia1 from recombinant DNA in E. coli\n* General chemistry laboratory instructor for engineering students

  Graduate Assistant

  Bryan/College Station

  Texas Area

  Texas A&M University

  * Perform analytical extractions in a GLP lab setting of pharmaceutical compounds from biological matrices (plasma

  blood

  urine) to determine concentration of the analyte in clinical trial samples\n* Validate extraction methods by determining analyte stability at various stages of the extraction method\n* Assist in method development when method encounters issues during method validation

  Production Analyst

  Austin

  Texas Area

  Worldwide Clinical Trials Early Phase Services / Bioanalytical Sciences

  Austin

  Texas Area

  PeopleAdmin is the leader in cloud-based talent management solutions for education and government. Our intuitive software enables organizations to improve operational efficiencies

  minimize risk

  and manage the entire talent management lifecycle.\n\n* Core Team Ruby on Rails developer

  responsible for implementation of new features and bug fixes\n* Tech Used: Ruby on Rails

  Git

  Rake

  RSpec

  Angular

  jQuery and MySQL

  Software Engineer I

  PeopleAdmin

  Austin

  Texas

  Software Engineer II

  BigCommerce

  Austin

  Texas Area

  Associate Software Engineer

  PeopleAdmin

  Pullman

  WA

  * Expressed

  purified and crystallized protein from recombinant DNA plasmids cloned into E. coli\n* Purified protein using a variety of different high-pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC) columns and concentration techniques\n* Successfully crystallized known environmental pollutant degradation enzymes

  PcpB and FurX

  which are utilized in the biodegradation pathway of pentachlorophenol and furfural respectively

  Undergraduate Research Assistant

  Washington State University

  * Perform quality control assays in a GMP lab setting to determine identity

  concentration

  adulteration and impurities of raw material to be used in dietary supplements using a variety of techniques including TLC

  UV-VIS

  PCR

  titration

  and gravimetric analysis\n* Develop and validate analytical test methods for which a published test method cannot be sourced\n* Assist in product development of new or revised supplement formulations

  Analytical Chemist

  Austin

  Texas Area

  Premier Research Labs