Kiana Meinholz

Kiana Meinholz has a diverse work experience spanning several companies and roles. Kiana is currently employed as a Research Specialist II at FUJIFILM Cellular Dynamics since March 2022. Prior to this, Kiana worked at Eurofins, where they held multiple positions. Their most recent role at Eurofins was as an Analytical Chemist I and Assay Team Lead from August 2021 to March 2022. Before that, they served as an Associate Analytical Chemist III from August 2020 to August 2021, an Associate Analytical Chemist II from February 2020 to August 2020, and an Associate Analytical Chemist I from July 2019 to February 2020. In these roles, Kiana contributed to the fat-soluble vitamins team, providing nutrition analysis testing and FDA-approved Nutrition Facts Labels. Kiana also gained experience in running and maintaining UHPLC/HPLC and LC-MS instruments for quantification of vitamins from sample extracts. Prior to Eurofins, Kiana worked as an Undergraduate Research Assistant at the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery from February 2018 to August 2018 and at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Dept. of Plant Pathology from January 2014 to July 2018. Kiana also participated in the BioPharmaceutical Technology Center Institute Youth Apprentice Program (YAP) from September 2013 to May 2015.

Kiana Meinholz received their Bachelor's degree in Biology, General from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the years 2015 to 2019. Kiana then pursued a Stem Cell Technologies Certificate from Madison Area Technical College in the Spring of 2021. In the Fall of 2018, they participated in a Study Abroad Exchange Program at the University of Leeds.