Matthew Lucas

Sensory Insights Lead

Wells Enterprises

Present

Senior Sensory Scientist

Wells Enterprises · Le Mars, Iowa, United States

Food Technologist - Sensory and Raw Ingredients

Russell Stover Chocolates · Kansas City, Missouri, United States

Responsible for developing and leading all sensory projects. Frequently utilizing descriptive and consumer testing to ensure the quality and success of current and future products. Creating clear analysis and presentation of data to project leaders and leadership to help guide new product innovation and development. Responsible for onboarding new ingredients and developing specifications to maintain company promiss of using quality ingredients.

Nature Connection Homeschool Co-Instructor

The Living Earth School · Charlottesville, Virginia, United States

Mentoring students, instilling and encouraging a passion for connecting with Nature. Develop lesson plans that encourage a fun learning environment while maintaining safe practices. Encourage curiosity and inspired learning through coyote mentoring and 8-shields teaching methods. Responsible for students safety and well-being. Additionally responsible for maintaining successful COVID precautions.

Nature Connection Instructor

The Living Earth School · Afton, Virginia, United States

Lead and guide campers through educational activities in natural conversation, survival, primitive skills, and wilderness crafting. Develop lesson plans that encourage a fun learning environment while maintaining safe practices. Encourage curiosity and inspired learning through coyote mentoring and 8-shields teaching methods. Responsible for campers safety and well-being. Additionally responsible for maintaining successful COVID precautions.

English Second Language Teacher

Cambly Inc.

Online teacher working with students from around the world learn and develop their English speaking abilities. Specializations: Conversation English, Business & Scientific English

Principal Technician, Global Sensory

Ingredion Incorporated · Bridgewater, New Jersey

Global Sensory Project Support •Design and run Panel sessions on request for regional support globally. Sensory Descriptive Panel Support •Support daily operations for sensory testing programs, sensory datasheet, including reference procurement, preparation using protocols, documentation of preparation protocols, recording of pull dates for commercial products, updating & organization of session lab logs, and restocking supplies & proper storage of products. Support the upkeep of Sensory Laboratory and Sensory Panel Rooms •Support and oversee the Technician set up for each panel session to include following set up logs, sample labeling, delivery of samples & other materials to each panelist and Sensory laboratory and panel room clean up. Oversee panel sample set up according to written procedures •Reviews, updates and maintains descriptive panel schedule and follows up to make sure studies are on track and samples are submitted in time to move projects to successful completion.

Associate Quality Control Analyst

Ingredion Incorporated · Indianapolis, Indiana Area

Responsible for acting as a QC representative for the Grind department. This entailed attending meetings and fulfilling any lab requests/testing needed from the Grind. Responsible for maintaining well organized and accurate records to meet customer, regulatory, and external certification (BRC, ISO) requirements. Responsible for providing needed information and documentation for customer and regulatory audits. Accountable for Managing and overseeing Corn receiving trailer. This included training of Analyst, Analyst, truck through rate, supply levels, equipment, and corn schedule. Achievements: GMO screening process improvement: Working with Envirologix, supplier of the quantitative GMO testing kits, to solve our high false positive rate relating to waxy and waxy-pro corn. I identified the problem being associated to flow rate up the test strips, this was due to the increased Hydro-philic nature of waxy and waxipro corn. I implemented a SOP change locally, based on its success it was imp…

Intern: Lab Technician

National Institutes of Health · Bethesda, Maryland

Responsible for daily lab running, inventory, research, and developing a process to isolate microproteins from mouse serum. Designed protein isolation procedure and validated process through HPLC and mass spectrometer and data collection/analysis. During the internship I worked independently on a number of projects, my primary project was the development and validation of the protein isolation procedure. While doing these projects I also split my time with Dr. Farthing being taught first hand how to operate the HPLC, GC, and Mass spectrometer.

Counselor

Living Earth School · Sugar Hollow, Virginia

Responsible for campers age 5 to 18; Coordinated and managed daily activities by age group; Lead camp activities; Focused on sustainable living and educating campers on how to implement sustainable and native American living philosophies in their day-to-day lives; Taught campers how to differentiate edible and poisonous plants; understand wildlife habits and safety; develop and implement various hand craft skills including: carved spoons, basket weaving, primitive fire making, and wilderness survival; and how to leave a limited imprint.

Lab Assistant

University of Maine

Clean lab equipment and instruments, running quality assurance on leather, and testing volatiles of freshly cut tomatoes.

Office Administrative Assistant

R.E.M Association services

Responsible for packing, labeling, mailing membership renewal letters, updating Microsoft excel spreadsheets, set-up and coordinate meeting sites and luncheons, reorganization of office, and packing and moving old files into storage.