{"id":54760,"date":"2019-04-26T03:46:54","date_gmt":"2019-04-26T07:46:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/utnews.utoledo.edu\/?p=54760"},"modified":"2019-04-23T13:43:57","modified_gmt":"2019-04-23T17:43:57","slug":"building-foundations-recent-utoledo-cosmetic-science-and-formulation-design-grad-lands-dream-job-with-estee-lauder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/04_26_2019\/building-foundations-recent-utoledo-cosmetic-science-and-formulation-design-grad-lands-dream-job-with-estee-lauder","title":{"rendered":"Building foundations: Recent UToledo cosmetic science and formulation design grad lands dream job with Est\u00e9e Lauder"},"content":{"rendered":"

Margaret Gorz was two years into an undergraduate degree at a college in northern Michigan with a tentative plan to go on to medical school, but she was far from certain she was on the right path. <\/p>\n

\u201cI enjoy science, but I felt like something was missing because I can also be a creative person and an artsy person,\u201d Gorz said.<\/p>\n

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UToledo alumna Margaret Gorz stood outside Est\u00e9e Lauder, where she is an associate scientist.<\/p><\/div>That nagging feeling there was something better suited to her interests led to a series of Google searches. Who develops cosmetics? How do you get a job designing makeup? Where can you learn how to make personal care and beauty products? <\/p>\n

Gorz quickly zeroed in on the Cosmetic Science and Formulation Design Program in The University of Toledo College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences \u2014 the only such undergraduate program in the country. <\/p>\n

\u201cWhat really drew me in was that I could mix two of my passions into one career,\u201d she said. \u201cI knew going into the program that this was probably my best shot at becoming a cosmetic scientist.\u201d<\/p>\n

Three months after earning her bachelor of science degree in 2018, Gorz landed a job in New York as an associate scientist for the Est\u00e9e Lauder Companies. <\/p>\n

Established in 2013, the Cosmetic Science and Formulation Design Program teaches students how to design, produce, test and market cosmetics and personal care products. <\/p>\n

In addition to basic sciences, the program teaches pharmaceutical formulation and manufacturing, the mechanisms behind how cosmetics and pharmaceuticals work, and outlines the raw materials that go into cosmetic and personal care products. <\/p>\n

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Gorz<\/p><\/div>\u201cIt\u2019s a mixture of science, art and business. We really train our students with a focus on the industry,\u201d said Dr. Gabriella Baki, assistant professor of pharmaceutics and director of the Cosmetic Science and Formulation Design Program. \u201cI continuously look at job advertisements, and I look at what skills they usually require to ensure we hit those target skills and knowledge set.\u201d <\/p>\n

While there are a handful of master\u2019s programs that offer cosmetic science, the cosmetics industry traditionally looked to individuals with an undergraduate education in chemical engineering, biology, chemistry or biochemistry to fill formulation jobs. <\/p>\n

But Baki said employers are taking note of UToledo\u2019s program, which includes a unique combination of classroom work and laboratory experience. During their studies, students in the Cosmetic Science and Formulation Design Program will create about 60 different cosmetic and personal care products in the lab. <\/p>\n

\u201cEmployers love that our students have these hands-on skills. They can formulate right away,\u201d Baki said. \u201cThat\u2019s something that chemists or chemical engineers are not trained to do, and we are competing against those graduates.\u201d <\/p>\n

Working for one of the world\u2019s largest cosmetic companies was where Gorz envisioned herself eventually ending up \u2014 not starting out just a few months after graduation. <\/p>\n

Now she\u2019s formulating color cosmetics such as lipstick and foundation for brands including Smashbox, Becca, Origins and Aveda.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis job was basically my dream job,\u201d Gorz said. \u201cOur program really gives us a competitive advantage that makes us stand out. We already have some of that super-specific knowledge in things like the raw materials that go into the products.\u201d<\/p>\n

Other graduates of the program have gone on to careers in a variety of formulation, marketing, quality control, and clinical testing roles at companies including Amway, Henkel Beauty Care, Nu Skin, Wacker, Fareva, Active Concepts and KDC\/One. <\/p>\n

As for Gorz, her success stands as a testament to the impact and support of the Cosmetic Science and Formulation Design Program \u2014 and as an example of where UToledo grads can go. <\/p>\n

\u201cThat was something very special,\u201d Baki said. \u201cWhat she\u2019s doing is something that a lot of other students now see as possible, and they\u2019d like to follow in her footsteps.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Margaret Gorz graduated from the Cosmetic Science and Formulation Design Program in the College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences and landed a job as an associate scientist at Est\u00e9e Lauder.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":849,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50,6,42,7],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54760"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/849"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54760"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54760\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54843,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54760\/revisions\/54843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}