CHARLIE BYRD
LAFAYETTE
Summary
To invest in the personal side of STEM operations, diligently working to most deadlines and communicating with colleagues to overcome challenges and ensure quality of work. Sharing knowledge on any level. Proud curiosity in the natural world, and what can be done to streamline operations and improve quality of life locally and abroad.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
Work History
Lab Assistant
Purdue University
West Lafayette
05.2024 - Current
- Assisted carrying out research for the Young Lab in Weed Science by maintaining projects in controlled environment as well as in the field.
- Engaged in graduate students studies by recording data, transporting materials, and assembling equipment.
- Recorded insertory of herbicides and lab supplier
- Aided in experimental drone applications, and presented findings in a classroom setting
Chemist
Lozier Oil Company
West Lafayette
08.2025 - 01.2026
- Calibrated instruments to measure accurate finding
- Reduced down time on production floor by ensuring optimal fluid concentration
- Kept inventory of chemical products
- Measured concentrations of product to control infection in mechanical systems
- Tested samples in order to determine product defects
Quality Laboratory Technician
Primary Products Ingredients
Lafayette
02.2025 - 08.2025
- Using Karl Fischer titration in order to determine trace amounts of moisture in product.
- Using NIR, in order to determine the amount of starch, protein, and moisture in different phases of corn milling and processing
- Running samples on gas chromatographs to dermine the ppb of acetaldehyde and haraldehyde in various stages of com
- Using different kinds of refractometers to evaluate the refractive index and then determine the dry substance of a sample.
- Microscopy to determine direct counts of year and bacteria in product, as well as incubation to see pathogen growth over time.
- Preparation of lab standards and solutio
- Recording data in programs to be used for adjustments to product facility wide.
- Communicating with other departments when product was out of spec, or to update significant findings.
Crew Member
Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers
West Lafayette
05.2022 - 05.2024
- Offered, genuine, efficient service to customers, manage cash in a till, and maintain a clean environment.
- Work in back of house during busy University sporting events, engaging in a team environment with coworkers to serve
- Train and assist new hires with daily duties and responsibilities, and offer leadership from experience.
Education
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE - AGRONOMY WITH A CONCENTRATION IN INTERNATIONAL AGRONOMY
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IndianaCORE 40 DIPLOMA - HONORS
Chesterton Senior High School
Chesterton, INCOURSES - CHALLENGES IN SUSTAINABLY FEEDING A GROWING PLANET, SOIL FERTILITY
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IndianaSkills
- ICP
- Karl Fischer titration
- NIR
- Gas Chromatography
- Microscopy
- Refractometers
- Troubleshooting
- Data Recording
- Communication
Languages
Spanish
Professional
Timeline
Chemist
Lozier Oil Company
08.2025 - 01.2026
Quality Laboratory Technician
Primary Products Ingredients
02.2025 - 08.2025
Lab Assistant
Purdue University
05.2024 - Current
Crew Member
Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers
05.2022 - 05.2024
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE - AGRONOMY WITH A CONCENTRATION IN INTERNATIONAL AGRONOMY
Purdue University
CORE 40 DIPLOMA - HONORS
Chesterton Senior High School
COURSES - CHALLENGES IN SUSTAINABLY FEEDING A GROWING PLANET, SOIL FERTILITY
Purdue University