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Washington D.C. Metro Area

Clinton, Ny

- Formulated a didactic plan for individual students to expand vocabulary and improve pronunciation. - Assisted French immersion students with grammar and sentence structure exercises, all of whom had conversational French at the end of a five-month period.

Clinton, Ny

- Prepared solutions and materials for General Chemistry, Organic Chemistry I and Organic Chemistry II.- Presented laboratory techniques and theory used in laboratory experiments and helped students with reaction set-up and workup procedures.- Changed lab protocols when reactions did not go according to plan and responded to minor lab accidents.

Clinton, Ny

- Continued to explore the use of N-(1-alkoxyvinyl) pyridinium salts in electrophilic aromatic substitutions.- Screened different catalysts for EAS reactions utilizing N-(1-alkoxyvinyl) pyridinium salts that nearly doubled reaction efficiency.

Paris, France

- Conducted SDS-PAGE electrophoresis, isoelectric focusing and protein staining methods.- Collected samples from common allergens and researched them in the scientific literature.

Clinton, Ny

- Assisted in the optimization of N-(1-alkoxyvinyl) pyridinium salt synthesis resulting in a library of 30+ different salt products and explored its use in organic synthesis, such as electrophilic aromatic substitutions and nucleophilic aromatic substitutions.- Attained proficiency in reaction set-up, reaction workup procedures, purification techniques, use of Schlenk-line and glovebox, thin-layer and flash chromatography, use of microwave reactor and data collection and analysis using IR, 1D and 2D NMR and DART-MS.

Cancer Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil

- Assisted graduate students at the University of Campinas with genetic data analysis.- Responsible for the collection, labeling and storage of genetic samples.

Center For Molecular Biology And Genetic Engineering, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazi

- Collected plasma and serum from blood samples. - Conducted PCR amplification, gel electrophoresis and analyzed data.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Chemistry

Activities and Societies: The Association of Chemistry Graduate Students

Bachelor'S Degree, Biochemistry And Molecular Biology, Dean'S List

Activities and Societies: Sigma Xi, Resident Advisor, Hamilton College Honor Court, French Club, Hamilton College American Chemical.

High School Diploma, Cum Laude