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New York City Metropolitan Area

New York City Metropolitan Area

New York City Metropolitan Area

• Instruct and supervise Organic Chemistry labs, grade lab reports, and prepare reagents for experiments• Teach laboratory techniques such as TLC, NMR, IR, rotary evaporation, and mass spectroscopy

Rochester, New York Area

• Leading an experiment investigating aphid gene expression in low and high inducing lines throughout stages of development• Executed a study on the role of arylsulfatase-b RNAi knockdown effects on the aphid wing morphology• Examine prothoracic gland degradation of aphids over time through dissections and microtome analysis• Utilizing video tracking and processing to measure crowding effects on aphid wing morphology and fecundity• Perform RNAi, PCR, qPCR, gel electrophoresis, microinjections, RNA/DNA synthesis, extraction, and purification

Rochester, New York Area

• Studied pre-mRNA splicing in plasmids with a NCBP3 insert and various tags on the N and C terminus ends• Performed cell cloning, restriction digests, gel electrophoresis, PCR, and sequence analysis

Elmira, New York Area

• Assisted hospital staff in same-day-surgery department • Developed a database of repeated emergency room visits• Developed a database of hospital deaths that could have been prevented• Researched sepsis to improve sepsis survival rate, to perfect the SIRS system, and to create a sepsis model

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Molecular Genetics, & Computational Biology, Psychology, And German Minors

High School Diploma

High School