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Seattle, WA, US

Seattle, Washington, United States

• Designed responsive, mobile-first apps using Javascript, React, Node.js, PostgreSQL, HTML, CSS, Git and GitHub, and other technologies, under the personal mentorship of an experienced software developer.
• GitHub profile: https://github.com/sam1cutler/
• Personal portfolio: https://sam1cutler.github.io/Portfolio/Notable projects:What's Next - Full stack app to track shows that you want to watch in the future and log shows that you've already watched, and connect with.
• Created a relational database and RESTful API to support a JWT-authenticated client-side app.
• Built with React, Node.js, Express, PostgreSQL, Mocha / Chai, Jest / Enzyme, JWT
• Live App: https://whats-next-five.vercel.app/ | Client source code: https://github.com/sam1cutler/WhatsNext | Server source code: https://github.com/sam1cutler/WhatsNextAPIHikeTracker - Full stack app to track hiking.

• Delivered lectures, wrote and graded exams, and facilitated online labs.
• Collaborated with colleagues to rapidly adapt an in-person form of the class to online-only in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, including creating digital equivalents of hands-on laboratory experiences.

Seattle, WA

• Taught Principles of Chromatin; Introductory Genetics; and Current Topics in Molecular and Cellular Biology
• Independently designed and taught advanced undergraduate courses on DNA organization in cells (teaching demonstration: https://tinyurl.com/Cutler-BIOL497-Sample) and evolutionary competition (teaching demonstration.
• Used the Canvas online Learning Management System to share lecture recordings, distribute class handouts, communicate news and updates about classes, and administer quizzes.
• Rapidly adapted in-person classes and office hours to an online format so that students could continue their coursework during the COVID-19 pandemic with a minimal loss of educational value.
• Managed 3 teaching assistants, including setting expectations, observing their teaching, and providing feedback.
• From the first to second quarter in which I taught Principles of Chromatin, enrollment increased from 25 to 46 students due to significant demand for the class.

Seattle, WA

• Working in the lab of Dr. Toshi Tsukiyama, I investigated how two major protein complexes regulate the organization of the budding yeast genome.
• Independently designed and conducted experiments, analyzed data, and collaborated with lab group members.
• Communicated the results of my work in published journal articles, including a first-author publication in the journal Genetics, as well as oral and poster presentations at both local and national scientific conferences.
• Wrote Python and Bash scripts to facilitate my lab’s ability to efficiently analyze large data sets, as well as troubleshooting colleagues’ analytical pipelines. Used R to create publication-quality figures.

Greater New York City Area

• Tutored students in the SAT I general test and Biology subject test, as well as academic tutoring in a variety of subjects including biology, physics, pre-calculus, trigonometry, and English.
• Developed original materials used by Ivy Bound to teach the ACT Math and Science sections, and edited materials for the ACT Writing and Reading sections.

• Working in the lab of Dr. Hendrik Streeck, characterized the immune response to HIV infection to facilitate rational design of an eventual HIV vaccine.
• Designed and conducted experiments; collaborated with lab group members; organized lab space, including a Bio-Safety Level 2+ research area; and ordered and organized consumable lab reagents.
• Analyzed data, primarily using Microsoft Excel and GraphPad Prism, to communicate interim results to lab members; help guide research direction; and transform data into publication-ready figures.
• Contributed to articles appearing in, among other journals, Nature Medicine and Science Translational Medicine.

Liuyang, Hunan, China

Taught conversational English to high schoolers.

B.A., Biology

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Molecular And Cellular Biology

Dissertation title: “Isw2 and Ino80 Complexes Regulate the Ribosomal DNA Locus and DNA Break Repair Choice”

Certificate, Full-Stack Software Engineering

Primary focuses on Javascript (especially React and Node.js) and PostgreSQL