Bio
Beth Fawcett’s background includes a B.S. in both chemistry and molecular biology both with honors. During her undergraduate education, she completed research investigating solvent affinity for complex molecules that bioaccumulate. Afterwards, Beth joined the workforce in a variety of capacities including working as a medical technician and as a high school science teacher. During her time in the workforce, she completed some research investigating the removal process for a self assembled monolayer polymer that was both oleophobic and hydrophobic. Additionally, Beth completed a data science bootcamp over the course of a year and subsequently was hired onto a research and development team investigating the ability to use porosity as a tool in designing completions for oil and gas wells after drilling. Currently, Beth has pivoted back to research investigating molecular structure. She has brought coding skills in python and experience working with complex data structures in order to transition some existing code that allows for programmed temperature control in the electrospray ionization process in mass spectrometry. Specifically Beth is working on the user interface and pipelining the post experiment data analysis. Experimentally, Beth is comparing mass analyzer outputs for protein melting point to those that exist in literature using a differential scanning calorimetry as an analyzer.