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Stockton, Ca, Us

Stockton, California, United States

• Managed 6 graduate organic chemistry teaching assistants.• Organized schedules and redeveloped teaching materials to comply with updated university standards and expectations for pharmaceutical undergraduates.• Coordinated weekly meetings to address procedures, safety concerns, GLPs, grading, management of students, and any other scientific or administrative issues that arose.• Mediated student complaints in an effective and timely manner

Stockton, California, United States

Conducted research aimed at deriving Karplus equations for structure elucidation of carbohydrates using computation and synthetic organic chemistry.• Used Gaussian NMR-GIAO calculations to derive predictive Karplus equations (NMR coupling constants in solution) and Karplus hypersurfaces for two coupled torsion angles.• Conducted carbohydrate specific GLYCAM06 molecular dynamic simulations.• Experimental confirmation of predicated coupling constants via NMR spectroscopy.• Synthesis of β 1-6 linked disaccharides.

Stockton, California, United States

• Maintained a functional and safe workspace for organic chemistry labs of up to 15 students per section. • Reinforced student learning through lectures and quizzes• Observed Student’s laboratory techniques and taught GLP.• Provided feedback in a timely and effective manner to support student learning.

Thousand Oaks, California, United States

• Predict metabolism of common chlorinated phenolic compounds found in pesticides, and analyze and optimized their separation via GC/MS• Development of a method to separate metabolites using capillary electrophoresis. • Develop analytical tools and methods to isolate and characterize the chlorinated compounds and their metabolites found in blood or urine to measure exposure levels.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Chemistry

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Chemistry