Danica Thomas

Principal Molding Engineer @ Abbott

Country

United States

City

Chicago

Industry

Plastics

Skill

Matlab, Colloids, Light Scattering, Parliamentary Procedure, Data Analysis, Microsoft Office, Rheology, Research, Aspen Plus, Polymath, Rheometer, X-ray Spectroscopy, Agriculture, Neutron Scattering, Leadership, Customer Service, Public Speaking, Materials Science, Wildlife Conservation, Marine Conservation

Experience

Principal Molding Engineer

Abbott

2025-5 - Present · 1 yr 5 mos

Sr. Principal Engineer, Plastics

Baxter International Inc.

2024-2 - 2025-2 · 1 yr 1 mo

Principal Tooling Engineer

Pfizer

2022-9 - 2024-2 · 1 yr 6 mos

Illinois, United States

Senior Molding Engineer

Abbott

2021-9 - 2022-9 · 1 yr 1 mo

Lake Forest, Illinois, United States

Sr. Injection Molding Engineer

Eli Lilly and Company

2017-5 - 2021-8 · 4 yrs 4 mos

Indianapolis, Indiana

R&D Associate

Synder Filtration

2015-9 - 2016-10 · 1 yr 2 mos

Vacaville, California

Research Assistant

National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

2013-12 - 2015 · 1 yr

Tallahassee, Florida Area

Prepared colloidal suspensions formed by silica nanoparticles synthesized via Stöber process. Participated in undergraduate research project and completed undergraduate thesis on structure, dynamics and rheology of depletion gels.

Research Assistant

Argonne National Laboratory

2014-5 - 2014-7 · 3 mos

Darien, Illinois

Prepared depletion gels using varying sizes of polystyrene and previously synthesized colloidal suspensions. Used XPCS to study dynamics of depletion gels under shear.

Server

Marks Prime Steakhouse

2007-11 - 2013-12 · 6 yrs 2 mos

Gainesville, Florida Area

Volunteer

Wildtracks

2011-1 - 2011-4 · 4 mos

Sarteneja, Corozal, Belize

Assisted and provided various aspects of care for orphaned West-Indian manatee and spider monkey, such as bottle-feeding, food prep, and monitoring. Developed and strengthened math skills of Sarteneja school children in preparation for the Belize Math Olympiad.