Melissa Veldman Email & Phone Number

Objectives:Professional goals include continuing to grow in leadership and knowledge, excel ininnovative technology application and the sciences, interact and share with team members and colleagues, and develop world-class solutions to real world challenges.Experience and Work:Dr. Jianhan C␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣-2010 - Only Undergraduate selected to work with two Postdoctoral students and oneGraduate student under Dr. Jianhan Chen. - Computational and theoretical studies on biologically relevant biomolecularstructures, dynamics and functions with an emphasis on processes such as regulation of transcription and translation, signal transduction and disease- related protein misfolding.- Experience with LINUX/UNIX programming (with an emphasis in Perl language) CHARMM, gnuplot, gmacs and other computational and theoretical computer programs.- Specific area of research conducted on the p53 protein-encoding region of DNA, known as the ␣guardian angel gene,␣ and its interaction with S100B, as well as the folding process of several other Intrinsically Disordered Proteins (IDPs).␣Alpha Chi Sigma, 2004-present␣--- -- -- - --Professional co-educational fraternity specializing in Chemistry. Objectives include striving for the advancement of chemistry both as a science and a profession. Social Chair office 2005-2007. Organized charity events, fundraisers, and all other social events.Developed critical skills in responsibility and organization. Master of Sustenance office, 2008. Organized food and beverage for all Alpha Chi Sigma functions.

• Server

  4 Olives Wine Bar And Restuarant

  May 2006 - Present

  Highly competitive environment in an upscale formal dining establishment with monthly tests over extensive menu and 800+ list of wines. 4 Star Restaurant: the first and only in Kansas, as well as the first and only restaurant awarded the Best of Award of Excellence from Wine Spectator, 2007, 2008, 2009 & 2010. Out of several dozen applicants in May 2006, ten were tested and only three of us were selected as employees. Ongoing competitions and promotions challenged employees to improve sales skills and customer service. In all of the competitions and promotions I placed in the top three and many I won. Our last promotion last 8 months and consisted of selling the Vineyard 29 Cru Cabernet Sauvignon. I won the competition, more than tripling the sales of the three employees which actually visited the vineyard. Many of my personal tasks incorporated assistant manager duties, including training new employees (which began after 8 months of employment), inventory, managing the restaurant when the owner was not present, integrated knowledge of the entire restaurant from serving to working in the kitchen, and often being on call.