Elliot Sully

• Quality control laboratory experience:

- Daily chemical analysis of a variety of adjuvant and raw material samples

- Parameters tested: IR spectroscopy, moisture, pH, acid number, turbidity, volatility, viscosity, specific gravity and propionic acid percentage

- Routine calibration and maintenance of analytical equipment (pH probes, KF auto-titrator, spectrometer, turbidity-meter)

- Suspended solid and chemical oxygen demand (COD) testing of discharge water from facility

- Bi-yearly inventory checks

• Data management experience:

- Processing paperwork and archiving results for tested materials

- Reporting discharge water test results to city council

• S.H.E. (Safety, health, and environment) experience:

- Tasked with identifying two potential safety/environmental hazards every month

- Participated in quarterly safety meetings

- Safe handling and testing of hazardous materials (i.e. anhydrous ammonia)

- Safe disposal of lab waste

- Withholding environmental release of discharge water until suspended solid/COD levels are tested

• Quality inspection and product certification experience:

- Fuel-grade ethanol from corn grain (moisture, pH, destiny, proof, sulfates, and chlorides)

- Mycotoxin level testing of DDG cattle-feed byproduct

- Quality testing of corn oil (biodiesel) byproduct

• Microbiology experience: Yeast-cell counts of fermentation tank samples (at various stages of fermentation)
• Routine maintenance and calibration of analytical equipment
• Routine water sample collection and analysis (pH, conductivity, hardness, various titrations)
• Data management experience:

- Recording and organizing analytical data

- Inspecting for anomalies

- Preparing reports for third parties

• Meta-analysis experience:

- Organization of field study data using Microsoft Excel

- Statistical analysis of field study data using SAS- and R-based software

• Wet lab experience: DNA and RNA extraction, gel electrophoresis, enzymatic assays, high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)
• Greenhouse experience: maintenance and care of growing plants
• Field work experience: Mutant plant identification and cataloging

• Assisted with a summer-long research project aimed at enhancing existing and developing new intellectual property for the firm
• Gathered and analyzed data from annual reports and financial statements
• Prepared graphs and charts from gathered data with Microsoft Excel
• Presented findings to board members at the commencement of the project