Goonay Y. - AI Evaluation Reviewer (Contract)

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Aurora, Canada

Experience

Aug 2025 - Present

5 months

AI Evaluation Reviewer (Contract)

Handshake

Reviewed AI tutoring prompts and model responses for clarity, factual accuracy, ethical alignment, and strict compliance with client guidelines.
Verified single-answer enforceability, checked for hidden ambiguities, and flagged failure modes common to LLMs.
Suggested rubric and prompt edits to boost inter-rater consistency, reduce guessability, and sharpen reasoning requirements.
Documented issues and provided concise, actionable feedback to authors to improve prompt quality and reliability.

Jun 2025 - Present

7 months

Prompt Engineer & Rubric Designer (Contract)

Mercor

Design reasoning-forward prompts across STEM (with emphasis on chemistry) that demand multi-step analysis, data extraction, and verifiable single-answer outputs.
Build granular scoring rubrics (positive and negative criteria) with clear observables to reduce ambiguity and improve reviewer agreement.
Format tasks to client specs (strict answer formats, KaTeX where needed) and ensure they’re non-guessable, safety-aligned, and evaluation-ready.
Iterate on prompts/rubrics using pilot results to increase difficulty, reduce loopholes, and better diagnose model reasoning gaps.

Jul 2020 - Present

5 years 6 months

Analytical Development Analyst III

Piramal Pharma Solutions

Develop and characterize analytical methods for pharmaceutical formulations.
Independently design and execute method development for early-phase drug candidates.
Operate HPLC, UPLC, LCMS, GC, and ICP-MS for raw material, intermediate, and final product analysis.
Prepare detailed technical reports, method protocols, and validation documents for regulatory submission.

Jan 2020 - Present

6 years

Toronto, Canada

Postdoctoral Researcher

Chemistry Department, University of Toronto

Investigated gold nanocluster (Au₂₂) applications in photodynamic therapy (PDT) and radiosensitization.
Conducted in-vitro and in-vivo studies on biocompatibility, biodistribution, and ROS generation.
Characterized nanocluster photophysics using UV-Vis, Fluorescence Microscopy, and Transient Absorption Spectroscopy.

Summary

Innovative analytical chemist and nanomaterials scientist with extensive experience in method development, pharmaceutical analysis, and nanomedicine research.

Adept at analytical instrumentation, GMP/GLP regulations, and R&D experimental design.