MADELYN RIVERA
Worcester,MA
Summary
Improved animal care facility efficiency through effective management of daily operations. Streamlined inventory management and ensured thorough animal observations to enhance husbandry standards. Achieved reliable data collection for dosing, facilitated tissue sampling, and performed necropsies to support research initiatives.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Animal Care Technician and Study Support
Antares therapeutics
Boston, MA
08.2025 - Current
- Perform husbandry activities such as cage changes and health checks
- Maintain clean, orderly, and sanitized workspaces with accurate documentation
- Control supply inventory and restocking
- Support dosing in mouse studies (PO, SC, IP, IV)
- Support scientists with other activities such as tissue collection, blood collection, monitoring, etc
- Interact with pharmacology staff to coordinate study details such as dosing
- Maintain records such as room logs, animal ordering sheets, etc.
Animal Care Tech II
Mispro-Cambridge
MA
04.2024 - 07.2025
- Responsible for daily operational maintenance of the animal facilities
- Providing appropriate daily husbandry to various laboratory animal species in accordance with training, guidelines, regulations, and SOP's.
- Cage changing, cage wash, animal & supplies receipt, inventory control & stocking.
- Performing basic veterinary care/ treatment functions.
- Responsible for document management and compliance with IACUC and governmental protocols and policies.
- Print and manage order forms and create cage cards.
Research Technician I
Charles River Laboratories
Worcester, MA
06.2022 - 12.2023
- Perform daily laboratory operations.
- Perform routine experiments, tests and procedures following well-defined guidelines.
- Reagent preparation including buffers, chemical solutions, complex mixtures and media preparations according to standard test methods.
- Perform tasks using aseptic techniques including work within a biological safety cabinet.
Animal Care Technician II
UMASS Medical School
Worcester, MA
06.2019 - 06.2022
- Observe animal health and behavior, record and report atypical findings of the environment or physical plant. These observations include but are not limited to sick animals, maintenance problems, safety hazards, and reporting animal welfare concerns
- Perform animal husbandry duties; e.g., feeding, watering, cage/pen cleaning of all laboratory species
- Handle, restrain, and sex laboratory animals
- Maintain animal room records; e.g., census, sanitation, enrichment, feeding, and animal identification
- Prepare and distribute routine medications as directed; e.g., medicated drinking water or feed
- Perform routine maintenance and sanitation of rooms and associated equipment within the vivarium
- Operate commonly used equipment including machines used for washing and sterilizing items
- Maintain validation records of equipment and room maintenance records of assigned areas
- Keep assigned work areas stocked with supplies needed for routine operation of the area
- Collect and dispose of waste
- Record accurate documentation necessary for regulatory compliance
- Ensure compliance with all UMMS policies and local, state and federal laws governing the use of research animals
- Performs other duties as required.
Education
Certification - Veterinary Assistant
Quinsigamond Community College
Worcester, MA02-2018
Certification - Holistic Medicine
Gateways To Wellness
Leominster, MA06-2017
High School Diploma -
Bassick High School
Bridgeport, CT06-2002
Skills
- Microsoft Excel
- Animal Care, Restraint Husbandry, and Handling
- Decision making
- Organizational skills
- Time management
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Sanitation
- Data collection
- Teamwork
- Dosing PO, IP and Tissue collection
- Reliable
- Stocking and Inventory
- Blood sampling
- Communication skills
- Record keeping and Managing
Certification
- ALAT
- April 2020 to April 2023
- Continued CEU's keeps certificate active
- Class D
- Driver's License
Languages
English
Timeline
Senior Animal Care Technician and Study Support
Antares therapeutics
08.2025 - Current
Animal Care Tech II
Mispro-Cambridge
04.2024 - 07.2025
Research Technician I
Charles River Laboratories
06.2022 - 12.2023
Animal Care Technician II
UMASS Medical School
06.2019 - 06.2022
Certification - Veterinary Assistant
Quinsigamond Community College
Certification - Holistic Medicine
Gateways To Wellness
High School Diploma -
Bassick High School