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Utica-Rome Area

Utica-Rome Area

Buffalo, New York, United States

Responsible for both designing and teaching the 15-day winter 2023 semester session of Chemistry 101. Created lecture notes, concept videos, and assignments for the remote course through the Brightspace learning platform in addition to holding office hours and review sessions. Reviewed concepts with students such as: nomenclature, stoichiometry, types of.

University At Buffalo, New York, United States

Conducted research under Dr. David Watson towards my MS Thesis. Focused on developing synthesis, optimization, and characterization methods for the production of cadmium chalcogenide quantum dot heterostructures. Explored several ligand exchange methods for optimizing surface coverage of quantum dots with targeted ligands without losing functionality..

Buffalo, New York, United States

Worked as a Teaching Assistant for General Chemistry I, General Chemistry II, and Honors General Chemistry I courses at UB. Responsible for both the recitation review sessions that followed the lecture portion of the course, as well as the in person or online lab sections. Hosted a number of office hours for students during the week for students to receive.

Buffalo, New York, United States

Led workshops for undergraduate students participating in the Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Program at UB and through UB’s partnership with University of Puerto Rico in Cayey. These workshops aimed to prepare undergraduate students to succeed in graduate level courses should they choose to continue on to graduate school by reviewing core.

Rochester, New York Area

Tutored General Chemistry students four to six hours per week one-on-one and in group sessions. During meetings, I reviewed lecture material, walked through practice problems, and answered student questions. Reviewed concepts with students such as: periodic table trends, stoichiometry, nomenclature, inter/intramolecular forces, acids and bases, and.

Rochester, New York

Led a weekly workshop for students enrolled in Organic Chemistry to review practice problems in parallel to the lecture material. Topics covered included kinetics, thermodynamics, resonance, acid-base chemistry, electron pushing, substitution and elimination reactions, aromatics, cycloaddition reactions, and spectroscopy

Rochester, New York Area

Worked on three different research projects and two Professor's undergraduate research groups at Nazareth University. Two research opportunities working with Dr. Kelly Hutchinson-Andersen were focused on science education in the classroom and how to make it more effective through flipped classroom learning. Research conducted with Dr. Sanela Lampa-Pastirk.

Master Of Science - Ms, Chemistry, 3.9

Activities and Societies: ACS Member, Graduate Chemistry Club President, UB Graduate Student Symposium Planning Committee Boars.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Chemistry, 3.9

Activities and Societies: American Chemical Society Member, Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society, Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, Science Club, Campus.