{"id":2795,"date":"2026-05-13T16:07:43","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T16:07:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/CDFAInspectionServicesBlog\/?p=2795"},"modified":"2026-05-13T16:07:43","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T16:07:43","slug":"center-for-analytical-chemistry-showcases-future-career-possibilities-during-job-shadow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/CDFAInspectionServicesBlog\/index.php\/2026\/05\/13\/center-for-analytical-chemistry-showcases-future-career-possibilities-during-job-shadow\/","title":{"rendered":"Center for Analytical Chemistry showcases future career possibilities during job shadow"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Center for Analytical Chemistry Environmental Scientist Wendy Huang teaches Folsom High School junior Jayson Thi about analytical instrumentation during a recent job shadow.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Center for Analytical Chemistry Environmental Scientist Wendy Huang was recently shadowed on the job by Folsom High School junior Jayson Thi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jayson is enrolled in Folsom High\u2019s Engineering and Architec\u00adture Program. He is inter\u00adested in the analysis of agrochemicals and is planning to major in environmen\u00adtal science in college.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the job shadow day, Jayson learned the process of agrochemical analysis, in\u00adcluding sample receiving to data production, what tools are necessary to produce reliable data, how the raw data turns into scientific conclusions and what happens when data does not turn out as ex\u00adpected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wendy enjoyed teaching Jayson about the analysis of triazines in groundwater via LC-MS\/MS (liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Such job shadowing activities have the potential to change the career trajectory of the younger generation seeking to learn what is out there for them. These efforts also align with the CDFA Strategic Plan<\/a> goal of empowering a robust and innovative CDFA workforce, as well as the Inspection Services Strategic Direction<\/a> goal of workforce development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Center for Analytical Chemistry<\/a> is a branch of CDFA\u2019s Division of Inspection Services<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Center for Analytical Chemistry Environmental Scientist Wendy Huang was recently shadowed on the job by Folsom High School junior Jayson Thi. Jayson is enrolled in Folsom High\u2019s Engineering and Architec\u00adture Program. He is inter\u00adested in the analysis of agrochemicals and … Continue reading <\/i><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,12],"tags":[141,26,586],"class_list":["post-2795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cdfa-center-for-analytical-chemistry","category-cdfa-inspection-services-division","tag-california-state-scientist","tag-cdfa-center-for-analytical-chemistry","tag-cdfa-chemistry-lab"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/CDFAInspectionServicesBlog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2795","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/CDFAInspectionServicesBlog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/CDFAInspectionServicesBlog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/CDFAInspectionServicesBlog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/CDFAInspectionServicesBlog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2795"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/CDFAInspectionServicesBlog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2795\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2797,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/CDFAInspectionServicesBlog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2795\/revisions\/2797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/CDFAInspectionServicesBlog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/CDFAInspectionServicesBlog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/CDFAInspectionServicesBlog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}