Taskeen Begum
Thuwal
Summary
An Enthusiastic person offering a positive, can-do attitude to all tasks for exceptional team achievement against research. Flexible and hardworking with the drive to succeed. Looking forward to learning new technologies and methodologies.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
4024
4024
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
Work History
Research Specialist
Reef Ecology Lab, KAUST
Thuwal, Mecca Region
11.2024 - 03.2025
- Manage day-to-day laboratory operations
- Administer laboratory assets, including proposal preparation, purchase, installation, commissioning, and maintenance schedules
- Inspect lab organization, resource management, technical support, and safety matters
- Maintain digital database for record-keeping and manage data workflows
- Assist PI with mentorship of researchers and establish workflow of lab duties
- Collaborate with researchers to plan and analyze research work
- Investigate problems to determine cause and effects, providing prompt solutions
- Ensure regular maintenance and upgrade of laboratory resources
- Evaluate general research needs and optimize supply of consumables and reagents
- Oversee maintenance needs of equipment and standardize operating procedures
- Manage scheduling of research equipment to maximize productivity
- Compile safety documentation of SOPs and maintain safety training records
- Communicate laboratory updates with researchers and PI regularly
- Work closely with Research Safety Team and other support departments to ensure safe lab operations
- Implement and follow Good Lab Practices (GLP)
Research Specialist
Extreme Systems Microbiology Lab, KAUST
Thuwal, Mecca Region
02.2020 - 11.2024
- Worked as Research Assistant (February 2020 – Jan 2021) and got promoted to Research Specialist in Feb 2021.
- Managed laboratory operations and assets
- Administered technical aspects of proposal preparation, purchase, installation, commissioning, and maintenance schedules
- Inspected lab organization, resource management, technical support, and safety matters
- Managed data workflows and maintained digital database for record-keeping
- Assisted PI with mentorship of researchers and established workflow of lab duties
- Collaborated with researchers to plan and analyze research work
- Investigated problems to determine cause and effects, providing prompt solutions
- Ensured regular maintenance and upgrade of laboratory resources
- Evaluated general research needs and optimized supply of consumables and reagents
- Oversaw maintenance needs of equipment and standardized operating procedures
- Managed scheduling of research equipment to maximize productivity
- Compiled safety documentation of SOPs and maintained safety training records
- Communicated laboratory updates with researchers and PI regularly
- Worked closely with Research Safety Team and other support departments to ensure safe lab operations
- Implemented and followed Good Lab Practices (GLP)
Research Technician
Nano-medicine Lab, KAUST
Thuwal, Mecca Region
09.2018 - 02.2020
- Established and tracked lab inventories, chemical and biological consumables, lab equipment, and lab furniture
- Supported Lab Safety Representative with lab safety tracking
- Maintained service agreements of lab instruments and informed necessary service personnel
- Ensured proper lab cleaning, waste disposal, and lab consumables
- Worked with senior researchers to maintain safe attitude within lab according to safety rules
- Learned cell culturing techniques and prepared buffers
Education
Master of Science - Advances Operations Research, Banach Algebra, Complex Analysis, Calculus of Variations
Osmania University
Hyderabad/India 2010 - 06.2012
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics
Osmania University
Hyderabad/India 2007 - 06.2010
Skills
- Laboratory Safety & Inspections
- Standard Operating Procedure (SOP)
- Team Collaboration
- Problem Solving and Critical Thinking
- Time Management
- Laboratory Equipment Maintenance
- Safety Training and Compliance
- Digital Record-Keeping
- Good Laboratory Practices (GLP)
- Teamwork and Emotional Intelligence
- Communication
- Strategic planning and Financial reporting
- Inventory management
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Certification
- KAUST Research Safety Certificate
- PG Diploma in Pre-primary Teacher Training Course with Child Psychology, Classroom Management, Teaching Phonetics, 06/01/24, 02/01/25
- Diploma in Counselling, 10/01/24, 12/01/24
- Pursuing NEBOSH IGC 1&2, 03/01/25
Languages
Urdu
Beginner
English
Beginner
Hindi
Beginner
Telugu
Beginner
Custom
- Data Science Foundations: Fundamentals
- Programming Foundations: Fundamentals
- Understanding Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
- Learning Data Analytics
- Microsoft Teams Essential Training
- SharePoint Online Essential Training: The Basics
- MacOS Mojave Essential Training
- MacOS Catalina Essential Training
- Developing Your Emotional Intelligence
- Office 365 New Features (Microsoft 365)
Affiliations
- Travelling, Making new friends, spending time with kids
Accomplishments
Awarded for scoring 100% in Statistics
Awarded for scoring 100% attendance during graduation.
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Research Specialist
Reef Ecology Lab, KAUST
11.2024 - 03.2025
Research Specialist
Extreme Systems Microbiology Lab, KAUST
02.2020 - 11.2024
Research Technician
Nano-medicine Lab, KAUST
09.2018 - 02.2020
Master of Science - Advances Operations Research, Banach Algebra, Complex Analysis, Calculus of Variations
Osmania University
2010 - 06.2012
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics
Osmania University
2007 - 06.2010
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