Kenneth Buck, Phd Email & Phone Number

Danvers, Ma

Greater Boston Area

•Working as a member of project teams to conceptualize, draft, review and edit publications for an audience of biomedical research scientists•Editing product datasheets for product updates, and new product release ensuring the highest levels of scientific accuracy, consistency and clarity•Developing scientific communications materials•Acting as a worldwide liaison with other communications professionals and the scientific team to ensure consistent brand voice

•Wrote news stories on new products and programs being introduced into the Healthcare-IT space. •Arranged and conducted interviews with executives / industry thought leaders and edited stories.

New Haven, Ct

•Designed and executed a research program to measure forces generated by actin assembly in living nerve cells during growth. •Developed MATLAB code to control experimental hardware, process video data and extract/analyze motion of particles interacting with cells. •Initiated collaboration with scientists in the Physics-Engineering-Biology (PEB) institute in multidisciplinary research projects. •Co-wrote and edited scientific manuscripts for publication in peer-reviewed journals.•Presented scientific findings at departmental seminars, American Society for Cell Biology Meetings in addition to presenting public science lecture to a nonspecialist audience.•Software experience: Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), EndNote, Adobe Acrobat, GIMP/Photoshop, Canvas, Matlab, ImageJ/FIJI, MicroManager.

New Haven, Ct

•Wrote and successfully applied for independent research fellowship (NIH Kirchstein award)•Designed and carried out research projects using live-cell microscopy, micromanipulation and pharmacological approaches to test the roles of cell signaling and reactive oxygen species (ROS) in growth responses of nerve cells.•Supervision and mentoring of undergraduate and first-year graduate rotation students research activities.

New Haven, Ct

• Designed and carried out research on growth cone motility and collapse using primary cell culture• Collaborated with scientists in the Forscher lab on projects to measure cytoskeletal dynamics

New Haven, Ct

•Co-chaired Whitepaper committee, wrote whitepaper containing background for changes to Yale’s internship policies, enlisted stakeholder groups and met with faculty to negotiate policy development.•Group leader / coordinator for Science in The News public talks “Your Personal Zoo: Microbial Diversity and Our Health” and “Hunt for the Invisible: Our Quest for Dark Matter and the Higgs Boson”; coached speakers and guided crafting of slide presentations, set timetable & benchmarks for content development.•Speaker, Science in the News public talk “What Facebook, Xbox and Extreme Sports Do to Our Brains”; developed a PowerPoint slide presentation to present neurobiology and addiction topics to a general audience in the context of their daily experiences with technology. •As part of a team, designed an infographic for distribution to Members of Congress containing visuals and streamlined text highlighting the critical need to fund a diverse research portfolio.•Wrote newsletter / blog posts, and participated in group discussions on science policy. •Social media manager for the @YSciDiplomats twitter account.

Piscataway, Nj

Conducted graduate thesis research in the lab of James Q. Zheng in the Rutgers-UMDNJ Joint BioSciences program, on axon guidance responses and the role of receptor signalling and microtubule cytoskeleton during axonal growth and motility. Presented research at Society for Neuroscience annual meetings, Cold Spring Harbor Axon Guidance meeting, and published in peer-reviewed journals.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Cell And Developmental Biology

Activities and Societies: Rutgers/UMDNJ Joint Biomedical Sciences Graduate Association

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Molecular Cell Biology

Activities and Societies: Alpha Theta Pi, UConn Symphony Orchestra