Chibuzo Nwachuku

I am a chemistry bachelor’s graduate and have been twice employed in STEM. I am trying to get more experience in chemistry. 

Skills

• Laboratory: TLC, HPLC, ICP-MS, GC-MS, Protein Purification, Spectrophotometry, aliquoting, extraction, decanting, centrifuge, grinders
• Research: analysis of reactions, measurement of concentrations, analysis of a device, data analysis
• Other: graphs, making reports, recording data, calculations

Relevant Experience

Cynet Systems, Sterling, VA                                                                                                                                   March 2022 - April 2022

Lab Technician at Battelle Memorial Institute, Norwell, MA

• Extraction of PFA from soils, tissues and sediment samples, using manifolds
• Vortex, aliquoting
• LIMS
• N-Evap, centrifuge, grinder
• Decanting
• Calibration, measurements of weights

Aequor Technologies, Piscataway, NJ                                                                                            October 2021-October 2021

Lab Technician at Amgen Inc, West Greenwich, RI

• GMP training

Westfield State University, Westfield, MA                                                                                                September 2017 - May 2021

Undergraduate (Academics)

• Obtained comprehensive laboratory experience throughout coursework in Organic Chemistry I & II, Biochemistry I & II, and Analytical Chemistry
• Additional coursework in Inorganic Chemistry, Research Methods, Research Experience, and Physical Chemistry I & II
• Gained hands-on experience with Analytical Chemistry methods, such as HPLC, chromatography, titrations, ICP-MS, GC-MS, reagent preparations, and standardization of solutions.
• Utilized Organic Chemistry techniques, such as recrystallization, distillation, TLC, acid-base extraction, and synthesis.
• Biochemistry laboratory research included protein purification, determination of protein purity, Absorbance
• Spectrophotometry, and determining protein concentration by standard curve.

Westfield State University, Westfield, MA                                                                                                       January 2020 - May 2020

Research Assistant

• Studying the electrochemical system of a glucometer which supposedly detects all carbohydrates and determining what is actually detected.
• Comparing actual glucometer readings every 10 minutes of different carbohydrate solutions with supposed readings as calculated.
• Exploring the reaction of glucose in water.
• Exploring the chemical reactions that occur in the body to understand what concentration the glucometer would actually measure.
• Comparing the calculated concentration of glucose with the actual readings.
• Analyzing graphs and data.

Education

Westfield State University, Westfield, MA                                                                                                                                      May 2021

Bachelor’s of Science in Chemistry