Tracie McGowan
Silver Spring,MD
Summary
Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals. Detail-oriented team player with strong organizational skills. Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
Work History
Bench Scientist
PPD Laboratories
02.2023 - Current
- Performs a variety of complex sample preparation and analysis procedures to quantitatively measure pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical compounds in a variety of formulations and /or biological matrices for stability and analytical testing
- Skilled at working independently and collaboratively in a team environment.
- Consulted with researchers to analyze problems, recommend technology-based solutions and determine computational strategies.
- Work with multiple functional groups to meet business needs
- Plans and organizes work with periodic supervision
- Sets up and maintains analytical instrumentation
- Trains on routine operation, maintenance and theory of analytical instrumentation, SOPs and regulatory procedures and guidelines
- Provide assistance and training to other team members
- Problem solving, either independently or with assistance pertaining to extraction and/or instrumentation problems
- Communicates project status to project leader
- Perform work assignments accurately, and in a timely and safe manner
- Review, interpret, and analyze data for technical, quality and compliance to protocols, methods, SOPs, client criteria and Good Manufacturing Practices
- (GMP) or Good Laboratory Practices (GLP)
- Performs self and peer review of the data for accuracy and compliance with reporting requirements prior to submission to QA and issuance to customers
SENIOR CHEMIST
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
10.2019 - 02.2023
- Knowledge in standard and modified peptides, coupled peptides, and fluorescence labels
- Maintain and operate Symphony to couple amino acids together
- Make cleavage solution and cleave peptides to break away protecting groups
- Experience with peptide synthesis instrumentation, purification and analysis by HPLC and mass spectrometry
- Synthesize target peptides, perform purification and characterization
- Peptide normalization, aliquoting, and pooling fractions from sample to complete purer peptide
- Search relevant chemical and scientific literature with limited supervision
- Excellent communication, organizational and relationship-building skills with customers and coworkers; a great teammate and eager to take on diverse scientific challenges as they arise
- Ordered, troubleshot and maintained laboratory equipment in good working order
- Training new chemist of knowledge of modifying peptide synthesis and purifications.
- Cleaned and organized laboratory and kept supplies well-stocked to save time, money and promote laboratory efficiency.
QC LAB TECHNICIAN
Albemarle
02.2019 - 10.2019
- Carry out assigned analytical techniques and/or performance tests on catalysts and related samples
- Track control sample data for quality assurance purposes
- Document data and make it accessible to customers
- Responsible in performing fundamental laboratory techniques that yield quality data for the customers while operating analytical instruments
- Participate in general good housekeeping of the lab
- Perform the administrative tasks associated with the analysis
- Perform routine maintenance of instruments
- Actively participate in the safety program of the site and R&D
Education
Bachelor of Science - Chemistry
Lane College
Master of Science - Chemistry
Texas Southern University
Skills
- Analytical Experience and expertise
- Sample preparation
- Compilation and reporting of results and data comparison
- HPLC
- GC-MS
- Chromatography
- Safety Standards
- Training and mentoring
Timeline
Bench Scientist
PPD Laboratories
02.2023 - Current
SENIOR CHEMIST
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
10.2019 - 02.2023
QC LAB TECHNICIAN
Albemarle
02.2019 - 10.2019
Bachelor of Science - Chemistry
Lane College
Master of Science - Chemistry
Texas Southern University
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