Alexys Simmons

• Promotion within less than a year with the company
• Works with Lab Director to ensure lab efficiencies for prioritization, workflow, and sample preparation
• Provides for sample preparation, loading and running of instruments, calibration, standard preparation, and instrument tuning
• Acquires and analyzes data used to perform and report analytical laboratory testing of cannabis products; must be competent in at least one analytical method, as identified by management
• Assists with the validation of test methods and with Research and Development (R&D) related activities
• Prepares reports related to cannabinoid potency, terpene potency, residual solvents, heavy metals, pesticides, microbiological organisms, water activity and mycotoxins
• Performance of Lab Technician duties as needed.

• Prepares and weighs biological/chemical product samples to be further tested in the lab
• Performance of product testing as needed
• Records necessary results and data for documentation
• Completes routine environmental and safety checks
• Participates in cleaning tasks and equipment/instrumentation upkeep
• Performance of Microbiological plating/plate reading
• Performance of serial dilutions of samples
• Handles and adds matrix spikes to needed samples for quality control
• Performance of one-step and two-step qPCR.

• Personal shopper and a delivery driver that communicates in real time with customers to ensure their order is correct and their experience with me is above satisfactory
• 5 Star shopper with 100% positive reviews for communication.

• Drive the elderly and/or disabled to and from their healthcare appointments.

Use of the statistical computer program “R” to analyze data from a current study on Beech Leaf Disease. Data wrangling and visualization was the main focus of the research.