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Sophia Kanniainen

Paw Paw,USA

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience

Work History

Lab Technician II

Battle Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant
Battle Creek, MI
09.2024 - Current
  • Day-to-day tasks rotate between 'Solids' and 'Chemistry'.
  • Both jobs include responsibilities that ensure the quality of both the sanitary wastewater and production wastewater that is sampled in the plant.
  • 'Solids' tasks include pH testing, filtering samples and testing for suspended and volatile solids from a variety of waste samples sourced from both the plant and local industries
  • 'Chemistry' tasks include ammonia testing, residual chlorine testing, TKN digestion, and ortho-phosphorus testing.

Entomology Intern

Vestaron
Kalamazoo, MI
06.2023 - 08.2024
  • My day-to-day tasks involved providing support for the full-time entomologists and helping to maintain our greenhouse and lab spaces
  • Weekly I performed a variety of foliar and contact assays on insects from colonies I maintained and plants I helped grow and care for
  • I worked with spray towers and have some HPLC experience

Sales Associate

Dollar Tree
Paw Paw, MI
07.2020 - 06.2023
  • A part-time job where I worked as a cashier and stocker.
  • The average shift was me working as the head cashier while stocking and organizing aisles between customers. On
    stocking days I would help unload the delivery truck and assist in getting products onto the shelves.

Housekeeper

Oak Cove Resort
Lawrence, MI
06.2018 - 08.2018
  • A summer job that involved housekeeping as well as grounds maintenance duties
  • During this position I cleaned cabins and rooms after guests had finished staying in them
  • On occasion I also helped with general groundwork such as watering flower beds, weeding, and raking

Summer Intern

Michigan Department of Transportation
Paw Paw, MI
06.2017 - 09.2017
  • A summer job I had to qualify for that involved rest area and park cleaning as well as weekly college visits across Michigan
  • This job was mostly groundskeeping
  • I learned how to use an edge trimmer, weed whacker, and a pole saw
  • Once a week we would tour a new college as well as have a day centered around building up our skills like communication, multitasking and working as a team

Education

Bachelors - Biomedical Sciences, Minor in Chemistry

Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo, MI
04.2024

Undergraduate Coursework - Chemical/Physical Sciences

Kalamazoo Valley Community College
08.2021

Graduate -

Paw Paw Public High School
05-2019

Skills

  • Willingness to learn
  • Laboratory Skills
  • GLP experience
  • Basic HPLC experience
  • Comfortable working alone or in a group
  • Fast Learner
  • Problem Solving

Timeline

Lab Technician II

Battle Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant
09.2024 - Current

Entomology Intern

Vestaron
06.2023 - 08.2024

Sales Associate

Dollar Tree
07.2020 - 06.2023

Housekeeper

Oak Cove Resort
06.2018 - 08.2018

Summer Intern

Michigan Department of Transportation
06.2017 - 09.2017

Bachelors - Biomedical Sciences, Minor in Chemistry

Western Michigan University

Undergraduate Coursework - Chemical/Physical Sciences

Kalamazoo Valley Community College

Graduate -

Paw Paw Public High School

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