Steven Labalme

Senior Teaching Assistant at University of Chicago Department of Chemistry
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(386) 825-5501
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, US
Languages
  • French Limited working proficiency
  • English Native or bilingual proficiency

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Experience

    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Senior Teaching Assistant
      • Sep 2023 - Present

      • Oversee 32 graduate-student TAs as Senior TA for 2 sections of General Chemistry I-II-III.• Hold 2 weekly office hours and write problems for both discussion sections and examinations.• Independently design and deliver cumulative midterm and final review sessions to 295 students.

    • Undergraduate Research Assistant
      • Oct 2021 - Present

      • Study the applications of various ultrathin nanoscale lattices to sustainable catalysis.• Optimize the conditions used to run industrially and pharmaceutically important reactions.• Spectroscopically analyze chemical systems using NMR, UV-Vis, IR, PL, GC-MS, LC-MS, XAFS, etc.

    • Teaching Assistant
      • Jan 2023 - Mar 2023

      • Sole TA for Thermodynamics (a course typically taken by fourth-years) as a third year.• Handle 95% of the grading in a 70-student class, write answer keys, and hold office hours.• Boost attendance and collaboration with quick quizzes in lectures and eliminating the curve.

    • Senior Teaching Assistant
      • Sep 2022 - Dec 2022

      • Oversee 20 graduate-student TAs as Senior TA for Comprehensive General Chemistry I.• Write problems for weekly discussion sections as well as for the midterm and final exams.• Independently design and deliver a cumulative final exam review session to over 350 students.

    • TA/Grader
      • Jan 2022 - Mar 2022

      • Graded for Inorganic Chemistry I (a course typically taken by third-years) as a second year.• Handled 20-25% of the grading in an 80-student class and helped design questions for exams.• Held office hours, delivered review sessions, and implemented autograding (saving 70 person-hours).

    • United States
    • Non-profit Organizations
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • ACS Delegate - United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
      • Jul 2023 - Present

      • Represent the American Chemical Society (ACS) at the 28th annual United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference of the Parties (UNFCCC COP28) in Dubai, UAE. • One of 10 undergraduate and graduate students nationally selected for this program. • Enhance climate discourse among my peers by sharing information via blogs and other social media. • Represent the American Chemical Society (ACS) at the 28th annual United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference of the Parties (UNFCCC COP28) in Dubai, UAE. • One of 10 undergraduate and graduate students nationally selected for this program. • Enhance climate discourse among my peers by sharing information via blogs and other social media.

    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Support Specialist - IT Services
      • Nov 2020 - Dec 2021

      • Assisted 50-100 UChicago students, staff, and faculty weekly with computer issues and questions. • Worked in-person and virtual TechBar shifts, and as the sole student employee of the Canvas team. • Spearheaded special projects, including brainstorming ITS blogs and updating aging documentation. • Assisted 50-100 UChicago students, staff, and faculty weekly with computer issues and questions. • Worked in-person and virtual TechBar shifts, and as the sole student employee of the Canvas team. • Spearheaded special projects, including brainstorming ITS blogs and updating aging documentation.

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    • Greater Pittsburgh Region
    • Founder
      • Jun 2013 - Sep 2021

      • Created a profitable (approximately $5000/year), three-season lawn mowing business. • Advertised around my community by knocking on doors and designing and printing flyers. • Hired and managed an assistant to tend to the physical duties while I was at my first year of college. • Created a profitable (approximately $5000/year), three-season lawn mowing business. • Advertised around my community by knocking on doors and designing and printing flyers. • Hired and managed an assistant to tend to the physical duties while I was at my first year of college.

    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Math REU
      • Jun 2021 - Aug 2021

      • Participated in the Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) summer program. • Learned math not usually taught in the classroom through lectures and problem sessions. • Wrote a final paper on the applications of group theory to inorganic chemistry, available below. • Participated in the Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) summer program. • Learned math not usually taught in the classroom through lectures and problem sessions. • Wrote a final paper on the applications of group theory to inorganic chemistry, available below.

Education

  • University of Chicago
    Bachelor's degree, Chemistry and Mathematics
    2020 - 2024

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