alexi ball-jones
Regulatory Affairs Specialist at 3M
regulatory laboratory safety
3M
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Regulatory Affairs Specialist
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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San Jose State University
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Chemical Hygiene Officer
• Manage SJSU’s chemical & laboratory safety and laser safety programs, including publishing a new Chemical Hygiene Plan and Laser Safety Manual, and developing the laser safety program from scratch.
• Forged close working relationships with research-active Colleges, facilitating roll-out of new lab safety initiatives and chemical inventory reduction program.
• Service on multiple SJSU safety committees, including the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) and as a founding member of the Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC).
San Jose, CA
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University of California, Davis
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Associate Chemical Hygiene Officer
• Launched Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) workshops to enhance collaboration between EH&S and researchers.  Led 9 workshops, trained over 140 people during tenure. 
• Orchestrated a task force of STEM graduate students and safety professionals charged with developing SOP templates for the University.  Five new templates and a guidance document published since September 2017.
• Leveraged pharmaceutical and chemical data to provide risk assessments for over 80 animal research protocols.
• Collaborated with researchers throughout incident investigations to identify cause and implement change.
Davis, CA
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University of Connecticut
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Chemical Health & Safety Specialist
• Partnered with researchers to achieve safety and environmental compliance via laboratory inspections.
• Created a database to track laboratory inspections, ensuring on-time follow-up.
Storrs, CT
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Science Museum of Minnesota
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Cell Lab Exhibit Interpreter
• Fused storytelling and enthusiasm to aid thousands of visitors explore the wonderful, microscopic world of cells.
Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
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UC Davis
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Contributing Author—SOP Taskforce
• Collaborated with a community of scientists to develop SOP templates for use in all labs at UC Davis.
• Retooled SOP templates reduce average length by 30% (from 10 to 7 pages).
• Translated complex regulations into plain language for laboratory researchers.
Chemical and Laboratory Safety Committee
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UC Davis
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Graduate Student Researcher
• Developed novel nucleoside analogs to improve therapeutic properties of short-interfering RNAs (siRNAs).  Research combined chemical synthesis, RNA characterization, and in vitro biological testing.
• Facilitated collaborations with Scripps Research Institute and Sirna (Merck), resulting in two publications.   
• Mentored graduate and undergraduate students and trained new staff.
• Modernized hazardous waste management system and implemented process and chemical hazard SOPs.
• Presented research at six national and local conferences and published five peer-reviewed publications.
Department of Chemistry
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UC Davis
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Graduate Student Teaching Assistant
• Conveyed complex concepts in general, organic, and pharmaceutical chemistry to undergraduate students in lectures (20-330 students) and office hours. 
• Sought quarterly feedback from students and received high marks for teaching, preparation, and answering questions clearly and effectively (> 4.5/5 for every course instructed).
Department of Chemistry
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UC Santa Cruz
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Undergraduate Researcher
• Elucidated the chemical identities of bioactive natural products identified via high throughput screening. 
• Mentored an undergraduate and a high school student in independent research projects.
• Presented research at three local conferences and published one peer-reviewed publication.
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
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Organic Chemistry
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
University of California, Davis
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Chemistry with an Emphasis in Biochemistry
Bachelor of Science (BS)
University of California, Santa Cruz
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Controlling miRNA-like off-target effects of an siRNA with nucleobase modifications
Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry
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Guide Strand 3'​-End Modifications Regulate siRNA Specificity
ChemBioChem
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cbic.201600453/full
Structure-Guided Control of siRNA Off-Target Effects
Journal of the American Chemical Society
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jacs.6b06137
Base Modification Strategies to Modulate Immune Stimulation by an siRNA
ChemBioChem
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cbic.201402551/full
Short Interferring RNA Guide Strand Modifiers from Computational Screening
Journal of the American Chemical Society
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ja4079754
7-Substituted 8-aza-7-deazaadenosines for Modification of the siRNA Major Groove
Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry
http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2012/ob/c2ob25647a#!divAbstract
Novel Modifications in RNA
ACS Chemical Biology
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Additional Insights on the Bastadins: Isolation of Analogues from the Sponge Ianthella cf. reticulata and Exploration of the Oxime Configurations
Journal of Natural Products
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Animal Welfare
Safe Hands Animal Rescue
Dog Foster and Volunteer
Fostered rescue dogs and cleaned/prepared kennels for animal rescue transportation.
Education
Urban Oasis—St. Paul
Volunteer and Science Advocate
Developed science experiments in the kitchen to demonstrate sustainable and community-focused food system values.
Science and Technology
American Chemical Society—Minnesota Local Section
Chemistry in the Library Exhibit Leader
Helped children with hands-on chemistry experiments at Twin Cities area public libraries.
Social Services
Local Non-profit Organization in Santa Cruz, CA
Team Lead and Translator
Trained and supervised a team of young adults from the US and Mexico to paint, wire electricity, and hang sheetrock for new homes.  Translated between local residents and teammates from Santa Cruz.
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Daniel Gruber
Experimental Magnetic Resonance
Boulder, CO
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Kraig Chin
Attended University of Toronto
Toronto, ON
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Adrienne Bootsma, MBA
Corporate Safety and Training Manager
Woodland, WA
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Daria Waye
Analyst, Loan Sales and Trading  at TD Securities
Greater Toronto Area, Canada
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Hamza H.
Consultant Developer at Capco
Canada
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Inderpreet Kaur
Ph.D. | Research | Pharmaceutical | Sales | Marketing | Customer Service | Neuroscience | Pharmacology & Toxicology
Brampton, ON
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Cory Vu
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Davis, CA
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Loise Perruchoud, PhD
Scientist ★ Post-Secondary Educator ★ Health and Fitness Specialist ★ Dancer & Music Lover
Greater Toronto Area, Canada
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Aniket Duggal
First Year BBA Co-op Student at the University of Toronto | Delegate Development Associate at DECA UTSC
Toronto, ON
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Yuening(Angela) Yan
University of Toronto Scarborough BBA co-op student
Toronto, ON
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Karan Advani
Web Engineer | Quality Assurance Engineer | Certified Scrum Master® | Agile Coach
Chemnitz
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Jr Guzman
Remote Reconditioning Manager for Adesa Portland Vroom
Portland, Oregon Metropolitan Area
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Hina Patel
Engineering Leader at BetterUp
San Francisco, CA
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Jaclyn Kurtela
Strategic AE
San Francisco Bay Area
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Hunter Connell
Co-founder at Terrafuse
San Francisco, CA
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Samantha Bevans
Director of Human Resources
York, PA
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Cindy Drost
Leave Specialist at University of Connecticut
Tolland, CT
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Ayusman Sen
Verne M. Willaman Professor of Chemistry, 
Distinguished Professor of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering
University Park, PA
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Jill James
Chief Safety Officer at Health & Safety Institute (HSI)
Pasco, WA
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Noël Bezette-Flores
Chief Student Experience Officer/Associate Dean at San Diego State University
Greater Houston
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The Medical Alley Association
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UC Davis
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