She asked her supervisor if there was a position open at Harpoon, and they quickly offered her a position as a Quality Assurance and Quality Control (QA/QC) Technician. I enjoyed the atmosphere, and they welcomed me into their family, which made a better experience for me." "The experience at Harpoon really helped me in determining where I wanted to be in the future. "My internships were so valuable because not only did they confirm what I didn't want to do after graduation but gave me a glimpse of an area I did want to explore," she said. Months later, nearing her spring 2015 graduation, May applied to jobs all over the country, but she realized she wanted to stay in Massachusetts, and in the brewing industry. In the spring semester of her senior year, May landed an internship as a QA/QC laboratory intern at another Boston-based brewing giant, Harpoon Brewery. May looked through the list and was drawn to food science, so she began looking for jobs in breweries and wineries. Jaworek-Lopes sent her chemistry students some information on the many career paths-including less traditional options-that one can take with a chemistry degree. May credits the late Christine Jaworek-Lopes, an associate professor of chemistry at Emmanuel, with helping her see beyond the bench. As she tackled more courses, she developed a greater interest in chemistry, but through volunteer work at Boston Children's Hospital and an internship at Novartis, May realized she didn't want to work in either a clinical or research setting-and her career path began to change. May didn't always want to pursue chemistry she came to Emmanuel as a biology major with an interest in pre-medical studies. "I love the atmosphere at Trillium, the founders are very hands-on," May said, "I see them on the floor of the brewery nearly every day." She also uses some lab equipment and techniques she was trained on at Emmanuel, including spectrometers, PCR (polymerase chain reaction) and column chromatography. In Trillium's lab, May uses her chemistry acumen for color analyzing and her biology background for yeast counting and micro-sampling. She is part of a four-person team, which also includes a microbiologist, a chemist and a sensory educator, who report to their supervisor on everything from recipe development and testing results to off colors and odors. Since 2015, Emmanuel chemistry alumna May Le has been working hard to ensure some of Boston's best brews are up to the consumer's historically discerning standards.Ī senior quality assurance laboratory technician at the Boston-based Trillium Brewing (the third-best brewery in the world for 2019, according to RateBeer), May works in the brewery's Canton location.
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