UF Degree: B.S. in Environmental Horticulture, 2003

Employer: CAMAG Scientific, Inc. – Wilmington, NC

Job Description: Orders supplies, maintains instruments, and ensures proper safety precautions are taken when working in the lab. Analyzes samples that are sent from customers around the world using thin layer chromatography techniques. The company's client base includes small labs, herbal companies, and major pharmaceutical companies known around the world. These samples can be analyzed for impurities, concentration, identification, etc.

Personal Statement: I love being able to come to work everyday and know that it will be nothing like the day before. In research type jobs like this, your goals and projects are constantly changing and you learn new skills and techniques almost everyday. I also have the opportunity to collaborate with scientists all over the world who are working on similar projects, and I have an unending supply of knowledge and experience available to me at all times.

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