Peter Couture
About Peter Couture
Peter Couture is a Senior Data Scientist at Alkermes in Athlone, Ireland, with a background in chemical engineering and extensive experience in process development and data science.
Current Position at Alkermes
Peter Couture is currently working as a Senior Data Scientist at Alkermes in Athlone, Ireland. His role involves the management of a team of intern developers, and he leverages Terraform and GitLab CICD for deploying data pipelines in AWS. Since 2019, Peter has been building, testing, and implementing applications for a global user base.
Previous Roles at Alkermes
Peter Couture has held multiple positions at Alkermes over the years. He has worked as a Data Scientist for 7 months from 2018 to 2019, and before that as a Lead Development Engineer for 5 months in 2018. He spent 2 years as a Process Development Engineer II from 2016 to 2018. His roles at Alkermes have provided him with extensive experience in the field of data science and process development.
Experience at Pearl Therapeutics
Between 2011 and 2015, Peter Couture worked at Pearl Therapeutics in the Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area. He initially worked as a Process Development Associate for 3 years before being promoted to Process Development Engineer, a position he held for 1 year. His work at Pearl Therapeutics contributed to his foundation in process development and engineering.
Educational Background
Peter Couture studied at North Carolina State University, where he majored in Chemical Engineering and specialized in Nanoscience. He earned his degree after four years of study from 2007 to 2011. Additionally, he studied Physical Chemistry at Zhejiang University in 2010 for 11 months, further broadening his scientific expertise.
Early Career and Internships
Peter Couture’s early career included various internships and roles. In 2011, he gained experience as an intern at Troxler Electronic Laboratories, Inc. He also worked briefly at Cyrco, Inc as an Application Developer in 2010 and served as a Lab Assistant at the Institute for Maintenance Science and Technology for 10 months from 2008 to 2009. These positions provided him with valuable industry and laboratory experience early in his career.