Shaina Jackson

Shaina Jackson has over 15 years of experience in the field of analytical chemistry. Shaina began their career in 2005 as an Assistant Scientist at Transform Pharmaceuticals/Johnson & Johnson, where they developed HPLC-UV assays and assisted in analyses involving LC/MS/MS, GC/MS, LC-RI, and fluorescence detection. Shaina then moved to Transform Pharmaceuticals as an Associate Scientist in 2005, where they represented the Analytical group in cross-functional and cross-site drug product team meetings, developed HPLC assays, designed and executed drug product stability programs for inclusion in governmental regulatory filings for clinical trials in the UK, and performed GC-FID and GC/MS analyses using preexisting methods. In 2009, they joined Aurora Algae, Inc. as a Senior Research Associate, where they developed methods to meet analytical needs for biological and chemical engineering R&D, including implementing AOCS and USP standard methods for oil analysis, as well as adapting literature methods to suit analytical needs. Shaina also automated and scaled up these methods on a Tecan Freedom EVO 100 liquid-handling robot and routinely analyzed 50-100 samples per day for fatty acid profiles using a rapid automation-based derivatization method for GC-FID. In 2014, they moved to Intrexon Corporation as a Senior Associate Scientist, where they developed derivatization methods and extraction methods to confirm metabolite identities by GC/MS, implemented enzymatic kit assays to confirm metabolite identities, and ran UPLC-UV and -RI methods for organic acid profiles, and developed key parameters for method accuracy and precision. Finally, they joined Amyris in 2016 as a Scientist 1, where they oversee a small team within High Throughput Screening that develops and runs LC/MS-based high-throughput assays. Shaina has operationalized this technology platform, which has enabled 96-well screening on new molecule types and increased sample throughput 10x within the last year.

Shaina Jackson attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 2001 to 2005, where they earned a Bachelor of Science (BS) in Chemistry.