Position:
R&D Development Specialist - BioPharma at Praxair
Work:
Praxair
since May 2010
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R&D Development Specialist - BioPharma
University at Buffalo
Aug 2006 - May 2010
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Research Assistant
University at Buffalo
Aug 2004 - Aug 2006
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Teaching Assistant
Excel Precisions Circuit, Inc.
Mar 2004 - Aug 2004
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Imaging Technician
Xerox Corporation
Jun 1999 - Aug 2002
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Engineering Internships
Education:
State University of New York at Buffalo 2004 - 2010
Ph.D., Chemical and Biological EngineeringDissertation: Developing Computational and Molecular Tools to Engineer the Microbial Biosynthesis of Natural Products
Papers:
Chemler, J., Fowler, Z. et al. Metab. Engr. 2009
Fowler, Z. et al. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2009
Fowler, Z. and Koffas, M. Appl. Microbiol Biotechnol. 2009
Leonard, E., Yan, Y., Fowler, Z. et al. Molecul Pharmacu. 2008
State University of New York at Buffalo 1999 - 2003
B.S., Chemical Engineering
Skills:
E, coli and yeast gene deletions, recombinant gene expression, constraint-based modeling, bacterial fermentations, in vitro protein purification, quantification and analysis, HPLC, phylogenetics and bioinformatics, microbiology techniques
Interests:
biofuels, natural product fermentation, bioremediation
Honor & Awards:
University at Buffalo SEAS Research Symposium - honorary mention (2008), University at Buffalo CBE Research Symposium - best poster (2008), Mark Diamond Research Fellowship Award (2007), Praxair Fellowship Award (2006)