Jane Fudyma

Jane Fudyma has been with Inotec for four years and currently holds a position of Laboratory Manager. Jane plays a vital role in the overall safety and performance of the laboratory and is responsible for managing the daily operations of the lab.

Since safety is paramount at Inotec's labs, Jane updates and maintains the Lab Safety Plan/Manual and the SDS Manuals, and communicates and enforces laboratory safety rules to everyone working in the lab. She schedules safety training for new lab users and retraining for lab users who are in need of refresher training.

Jane's day-to-day duties include assisting in preparation of testing proposals, writing test reports, and management of data and testing results, including keeping well-maintained records of in-house and outside analytical results. She runs and manages testing programs and R&D projects, and participates in development of testing protocols and lab procedures.

As a Lab Manager, Jane is also responsible for training new lab personnel on the tasks specific to their positions (e.g., bench-scale reactor operation, microbial culturing techniques, in-house analytical methods, etc.). She also ensures lab users have been trained on the correct use of the lab equipment, in addition to mentoring and disciplining lab users for not following safety policies/procedures that have been established for the lab.

Jane holds a Bachelor of Science degree in General Science with focuses in Biology and Chemistry from Seattle University (2013).