Glenn  Wall - Msc graduate

Laboratory analyst at Acorn Water

Nationality

Irish

Current location

Ireland

Work category

Pharmaceutical and Science

Education

Masters/PostGrad

The first thing i'd like to stress to any prospective employers is that i extremely an honest, hard working diligent reliable individual with much enthusiasm to bring to the table. Having successfully obtained in 2007 an Honours Bachelors Degree in Biochemistry, I have further achieved a Masters degree in Biotechnology in November 2008. I am currently seeking an entry level position in this field. My laboratory experience has given me a range of diverse skills such as; Gel Electrophoresis (SDS PAGE); Immunoassay; Plant Tissue Culture; Bacterial Culture; Plant Inoculation with Bacteria, Water Analytical Chemistry techniques such as endpoint titrations for alkalinity, hardness, spectrophotometric techniques such as total nitrogen/phosphorous etc, Atomic Adsorbtion spectrophometry, moisture and suspended solids content, BODs, CODs etc

Glenn Wall's Professional Experience

2010 - Present

Acorn Water - Laboratory analyst

Presently i am doing up to 9 months work experience in a water chemistry lab doing various tests which are outlined in my CV. This has also given me some experience with method validation. The most common tests i do are Alkalinity, hardness, nitrates, ph, conductivity, BODs, total phosphorous and total nitrogen tests.

Key Skills
Validation
2010 - 2010

Schering Plough - QC Analyst

Work Experience in Schering Plough in the QC Microbiology, Chemistry, Biochemistry and Bioassay departments. Became familiar with HPLC/ELISA testing, IEF, Cell culture Growth, harvest, filtration product capture,ultra filtration, media and buffer preparation, Cleanroom gowning and in-process support.
Aseptic sampling of loop water points, Water testing for Total Viable Counts and Coliforms, A wide range of Biological assays in a cGMP environment.

Key Skills
2006 - 2009

University College Cork - Biochemistry Laboratory demonstrator

Part time demonstrating of lab practicals to UCC undergraduates in Biochemistry lab practicals. Involved Student Supervision and Maintaining Lab Reports

Key Skills
Biochemistry Reports supervision
2004 - 2004

Eli Lilly - Assistant to Validation Engineer

Information Processing
Maintenance of Quality Control;

Key Skills
Engineer Validation Validation Engineer

Glenn Wall's Education and Qualifications

2008

Masters/PostGrad - Biotechnlogy

University College Cork (UCC)

2007

Bachelor/Degree - Biochemistry

UCC

Glenn Wall's Additional Information

Interests

Hurling and Football with Belgooly GAA Club; soccer; music; swimming; fishing and reading.

Memberships

Belgooly GAA club

Awards

Full drivers licence

Fetac level 5 Microsoft Office/Excel