Willa Conlin
Boulder,CO
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Factory Tour Guide
Celestial Seasonings
Boulder, USA
06.2025 - 08.2025
- Delivered engaging 45-minute tours to groups of up to 30 guests, three times daily
- Guided guests through tasting of 80+ tea varieties, providing product knowledge and driving stronger customer connection to the brand
Laboratory Intern
Umoja Biopharma
Louisville, USA
01.2024 - 05.2024
- Operated and calibrated tangential flow filtration systems to support purification in viral transfection-based immunotherapy drug development
- Assisted drug process development teams by applying lab protocols for vector manufacturing
- Collected biological samples using aseptic techniques to ensure accuracy for commercial research experiments
ICART (Innovation Center Aquatic Robotics Team) Intern
Innovation Center
Longmont, USA
11.2018 - 01.2020
- Designed and prototyped robotic camera systems for aquatic environments, enabling commercial inspection of waterways and infrastructure
- Engineered mobile robotic systems to support client research needs
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology, Biochemistry
University of Colorado At Boulder
Boulder, CO05.2028
High School Diploma -
Longmont High School
Longmont, CO05.2024
Skills
- Aseptic techniques
- Scientific poster presentation
- JMOL (3D chemical modeling)
- Python programming
- SolidWorks and Onshape
- Alto and tenor saxophone
Projects
Discovery of Novel Temperate Mycobacteriophage: TeethMan, Conducted microbiology research identifying and characterizing a new bacteriophage; presented findings at CU Boulder CURE Symposium, Dec 2024
Human Prion Protein: Keep Calm and Prion - the End is Near, Investigated protein misfolding in prion diseases; presented research poster at the ASBMB Annual Conference, Mar 2023, Seattle, WA
Activities
Kappa Kappa Psi National Honorary Band Service Fraternity, 2025-present - Support CU College of Music service projects and foster community through music
Medical Bioscience Academy, 2020-2024 - Completed advanced coursework, research projects, and poster presentations in biomedical sciences
Timeline
Factory Tour Guide
Celestial Seasonings
06.2025 - 08.2025
Laboratory Intern
Umoja Biopharma
01.2024 - 05.2024
ICART (Innovation Center Aquatic Robotics Team) Intern
Innovation Center
11.2018 - 01.2020
Bachelor of Arts - Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology, Biochemistry
University of Colorado At Boulder
High School Diploma -
Longmont High School