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Industrial R&D Chemist, 11+ years (MS, Northwestern) | Specialty Chemicals and Technical Writing

Profile Summary

I'm an industrial R&D chemist with 11+ years of experience at a specialty chemical manufacturer, performing synthesis, formulation, testing, structure elucidation, and analysis. I have an MS in Chemistry from Northwestern University and a BS in Chemistry from Washburn University. My day-to-day work includes wet lab work with various materials including surfactants, antimicrobials, and other specialty compounds. I prepare technical documents for varied audiences, including lab reports, executive meeting presentations, and patent applications. I also write graduate-level chemistry content for AI model training and evaluation, including problem sets and fully worked answer keys. I can help with: Literature reviews and technical background research in chemistry Scientific and technical writing: reports, white papers, and explanatory content Editing chemistry manuscripts for clarity, accuracy, and correct terminology I write clearly for both technical and non-technical audiences, and I flag uncertainty rather than overstate conclusions.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Chemical Reagent Development
• ☆ Dispersion Chemistry
• ☆ Natural Product Chemistry
• ☆ Analytical Chemistry
• ☆ Spectroscopy
• ☆ UV Spectroscopy
• ☆ IR Spectroscopy
• ☆ NMR Spectroscopy
• ☆ Spectrophotometry
• ☆ Organic Chemistry
• ☆ Retrosynthesis
• ☆ Applied Chemistry
• ☆ Peer Review
• ☆ Fact Checking
• ☆ Literature Search
• ☆ Technical & Scientific Writing
• ☆ Journal Selection
• ☆ Manuscript & Journal Article Writing
• ☆ Instructional Materials
• ☆ Release Notes
• ☆ Experimental Protocols
• ☆ SOP & Protocol Writing
• ☆ White Papers
• ☆ Spec Sheets
• ☆ Case Studies
• ☆ Textbook Content Writing
• ☆ Science Communication
• ☆ Scientific Proofreading & Editing
• ☆ Proofreading & Editing

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting
• Data & AI

Writing Technical Writing, General Proofreading & Editing

Research Fact Checking, Scientific and Technical Research, Systematic Literature Review

Consulting Scientific and Technical Consulting

Data & AI Data Visualization, Data Processing

Work Experience

Research Chemist

Harcros Chemicals Inc.

June 2015 - Present

Formulations Chemist

Xenometrics, LLC

June 2014 - May 2015

Education

MS (Chemistry)

Northwestern University

September 2012 - June 2014

BS (Chemistry)

Washburn University

September 2008 - June 2012

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Marvin M. Vega, Diana M. Crain, Leah C. Konkol, Regan J. Thomson (2015). Enantioselective synthesis of metacycloprodigiosin via the ‘Wasserman pyrrole’ . Tetrahedron Letters.

Diana Crain, Sean Armstrong, Janet Brunton, Thomas Robben, Shaun E. Schmidt (2013). In Situ Generation of Borane for the Reduction of Nitriles to Primary Amines . Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science.