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• Interview and write reports assessing prospective freshman and transfer students to aid in admissions decisions through the Wesleyan Alumni Admission Volunteer Program

Greater Boston Area

• Genotyped mouse tissue samples and administered a colony database to support laboratory experiments• Advised laboratory members on ideal experimental cohorts and coordinated mouse orders, care, and transfer requests• Performed mouse injections, organ dissections, and immunofluorescence staining on sectioned tissue to analyze lung development, injury, and repair mechanisms• Prepared media and employed cell culture techniques to maintain macrophage and basal cell colonies

East Thetford, Vermont

• Harvested, cleaned, and processed organic fruits and vegetables to be sold at the Cedar Circle Farmstand and local farmers markets

• Held weekly office hours at Wesleyan University’s STEM Zone to provide students with academic support in Introductory Physics II• Tutored students one-on-one to improve understanding of material and prepare for exams

Cape Town Area, South Africa

• Collected and analyzed hospital file data and wrote the introduction and outline to a paper on the benefits of community participation in improving maternal health in rural South Africa• Collaborated with two senior researchers to design a research poster that was presented at the 2017 Public Health Association of South Africa Conference

• Co-led an independent project that utilized yeast transformation techniques to eliminate SIT4, TIP41, RP7SB, and RPL22A genes from two yeast strains containing silencing reporter genes • Conducted silencing assays to measure genes’ effect on SIR2 gene silencing and cell growth

Burlington, Vermont Area

• Designed an independent project to investigate the effectiveness of alcohol abuse treatment through the use of an interactive voice response system (IVR)• Analyzed and compared IVR system responses using a statistical software program (SPSS) to deduce trends between age and alcohol consumption, which was subsequently used to help high-risk groups• Submitted an abstract and presented a poster presentation at the 2016 University of Vermont Student Research Conference

Burlington, Vermont Area

• Tutored a broad range of writers including English Language Learners and college faculty• Quickly assessed client needs and developed appropriate and efficient help strategies• Worked with writers on assignments including lab reports, literature reviews, and cover letters

Norton, Ma

• Collaborated with another student to analyze video data for a senior undergraduate’s thesis project regarding the kinematics and muscle activity of freshwater stingrays• Analyzed toad muscle strength through the dissection of Cane Toad forearm muscles• Participated in weekly lab meetings to discuss experiment progress and future deadlines

Norton, Ma

• Performed research and took photographs for a paper on the development of “writing machines”• Searched the Library of Congress photo archives for photographs representing advancements in writing technology