Career

Experience & education

A path from food chemistry in Montreal to biotech research at Cornell to leading innovation partnerships across North America.

Experience

  1. Upstream Research Manager, NAM External Partnerships

    Mar 2023 – Present

    Puratos · Pennsauken, New Jersey

    • Establish and lead innovation partnerships across North America (Canada, U.S., Mexico).
    • Scout new technologies in the North American market.
    • Apply for grants and funding supporting all three business units: Bakery, Patisserie, and Chocolate.
    • Support formulation development in bakery, patisserie, and chocolate using novel ingredients.
    • Drive cross-departmental partnerships to carry stage-gate projects from Puratos Group down to the local level.

  2. President

    Aug 2024 – Aug 2025

    Philadelphia IFT · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    • Supported event planning for the Philadelphia section of the Institute of Food Technologists.

  3. Doctoral Researcher, Food Science and Technology

    Aug 2018 – Dec 2022

    Cornell University · Ithaca, New York

    • Completed a doctoral thesis on the bioproduction of rare sugars from food industry waste streams.
    • Bioengineered recombinant enzymes.
    • Mentored undergraduate, master's, and junior doctoral students.
    • Minored in Applied Economics.

  4. Teaching and Sensory Evaluation

    2017 – 2023

    Cornell University · Ithaca, New York

    • Co-Lecturer, Food Chemistry Laboratory (FDSC 4190), Jan – Mar 2023.
    • Expert Sensory Panelist in sweeteners and dairy, Jun 2021 – Jan 2023. Evaluated New York State milk samples for the Milk Quality Improvement Program, assessed alternative sweeteners, and helped develop the sensory lexicon for gluten-free pasta.
    • Teaching Assistant, Sensory Evaluation (FDSC 4100), Aug 2019 – Dec 2020. Guided over 40 students through statistical analysis of sensory lab data.
    • Graduate Teaching Assistant, Food Processing, Aug – Dec 2017.

  5. Food Scientist

    Apr 2018 – Aug 2019

    Farther Farms

    • Developed recipes and the initial HACCP plan to help build the company's first manufacturing line.

  6. Master's Researcher

    Aug 2017 – Aug 2018

    Cornell University · Ithaca, New York

    • Research on the immobilization of the enzyme lactase.

  7. Laboratory Intern, QA/QC

    Jun – Aug 2018

    The Kraft Heinz Company · Montreal

    • Verified specification compliance of finished goods on the production lines.

  8. Editor

    Jan 2019 – Jan 2021

    Food Micro Minutes Podcast · Ithaca, New York

    • Recorded, edited, and published a monthly food microbiology podcast.

  9. Undergraduate Research

    May 2016 – Apr 2017

    McGill University · Montreal

    • NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Award recipient. Produced biodegradable chitosan films from lobster waste and characterized them with texture analysis.
    • Extracted carotenoproteins from shrimp and lobster shells and analyzed carotene concentration by spectrophotometry.
Earlier experience
  • President (2016–2017) and VP Communications (2015–2016), McGill Food Science Association
  • Nutritionist Assistant, Carrefour Alimentaire Centre-Sud, Montreal (2017)
  • Undergraduate Intern, Agricultural Product Safety/Quality Inspection and Supervision Center, Guangxi, China (2015). Heavy metal and pesticide analysis by GC-MS / LC-MS.
  • Laboratory Assistant, Guangxi Institute for Food and Drug Control, Nanning, China (2015)
  • Camp Counselor, Brossard Chinese School (Académie Horizon), Montreal (2014–2015)

Education

  1. Ph.D., Food Science and Technology

    2018 – 2022

    Cornell University · Minor in Applied Economics

  2. M.S., Food Science and Technology

    2017 – 2018

    Cornell University

  3. B.Sc., Food Chemistry

    2014 – 2017

    McGill University, Macdonald Campus

  4. DEC, Health Sciences

    2012 – 2014

    Marianopolis College

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