Tzuwei Peng Email & Phone Number

Gainesville, Fl, Us

Alachua, Florida, United States

Working with Dr. Elisa Biondi with the follow projects: *The in-vitro evolution and characterization of catalytic molecules from standard and expanded nucleic acid libraries carrying modified nucleotides from an Artificially Expanded Genetic Information System (AEGIS), to understand sequence dynamics and information requirements during the prebiotic evolution of informational macromolecules. *The study of the interaction between mineral/geological surfaces and RNA molecules in prebiotic environments, including the prebiotic synthesis of RNA precursors and the chiral selection of RNA enantiomers. *The in-vitro evolution and characterization of aptamers and ribozymes from nucleic acid libraries containing modified and expanded genetic alphabets for the development of molecular tools for biomedical and biotechnological applications. *Testing of RNA and DNA polymerases, kinases, and other enzymes evolved/modified to accept non-natural nucleotides from the AEGIS pool.

Gainesville, Florida, United States

Biology lab assistant under the department of Natura Science. Responsible for preparing reagents, specimens, and materials for the experiments, and maintaining the laboratories for General Biology, Core Biology I & II, Zoology, and Botany courses. Following SOP, assisting with inventory management and lab supplies, and assisting professors with their needs.

Fort Pierce, Florida, United States

> Interned at UF/IFAS Indian River Research and Education Center with Dr. Rhaunito Ferrarezi at Citrus Horticulture Lab.> Research Project: Smart System for Automated Irrigation using Internet-of-Things Resources; the project was presented at the American Society for Horticultural Science 2020 conference.> Responsible for calculating volumetric water content and dielectric values from soil moisture sensors calibration, programming the IoT in C/C+/Python computer language, system assembly, conduct experiments, data collecting, and analyzing.

Orlando, Florida Area

Taking care of all the audiovisual systems in the West and North/South building of OCCC. Responsible for system operation, troubleshooting, communicate with clients and maintenance.

Bachelor Of Applied Science - Basc, Biotechnology, 3.81

Activities and Societies: Member of Student Ambassador Leadership Program Member of Organic Gardeners Student ClubStudying the broad area.

Associate Of Arts - Aa, Engineering, 3.78

Activities and Societies: Interned with Dr. Rhuanito Ferrarezi at UF/IFAS IRREC as a research assistant for smart irrigation control.