Experience

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  University of California, Berkeley, College of Chemistry

  • United States
  • Higher Education
  • 100 - 200 Employee

  • Graduate Student Instructor

    • Aug 2023 - Present

  • Summer Visiting Researcher

    • Jul 2023 - Aug 2023

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  Kenyon College

  • United States
  • Higher Education
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Lead Tutor for Introductory Chemistry II

    • Aug 2022 - May 2023

    Through my role as a lead tutor, I was able to assist 25+ students with in-class activities, hold regular office hours, and aid with class preparation.

  • Senior Admissions Fellow

    • Aug 2022 - May 2023

    Experienced Senior Admissions Fellow with a successful track record in higher education. Dynamic presenter and interviewer, skilled in hosting engaging information sessions, conducting interviews, and providing personalized guidance to prospective students and families (50+ information sessions and 20+ interviews). Recognized for exceptional interpersonal skills and commitment to fostering an inclusive environment. Passionate about shaping the future of talented individuals at Kenyon College.

  • Lead Tutor for Organic Chemistry I-II

    • Jan 2022 - Mar 2023

    Assisted the professor during lecture hours by explaining challenging concepts of organic chemistry. Held evening hours for students to clarify any questions they had about the material. Organized review sessions. First semester topics include Sn1, Sn2, E1, and E2 reactions, hyperconjugation, stereochemistry, spectroscopy (IR, NMR), nomenclature, etc. The second semester focused on the reactions of ketones, carboxylic acids, ethers, esters, amines, amides, etc.

  • Lead Tutor for Calculus III

    • Aug 2021 - Jan 2022

    Explained confusing concepts to Calculus III students, guided them through problem sets, advised them on how to best approach mathematical problems. Specialty topics include vectors, contour diagrams, 3D surfaces, polar coordinates, parametric equations, triple integrals, etc.

  • Material Science Researcher - Summer Science Scholar 2021

    • Jun 2021 - Aug 2021

    I was selected as a Kenyon Summer Science Scholar to research the molecular geometry of perylene-diimide (PDI) in Dr. Catherine Mauck’s lab. I spent 40+ h/week working on an independent project, seeking how PDI end-chain substituents affect IR absorption peaks.

  • Lead Tutor for Calculus I

    • Jan 2021 - May 2021

    Helped the students with understanding the material from lectures, holding hours for student questions, facilitating learning of calculus.

  • Lead Tutor for Introduction to Chemistry

    • Jul 2020 - Dec 2020

    Weekly office hours and review sessions. Helped students with homework questions and study materials. Explain complicated topics that were mentioned in lectures.

  • Biophysical Modeling Researcher - Summer Science Scholar 2020

    • May 2020 - Aug 2020

    I was selected as the Summer Science Scholar to create the first biophysical model of the D-serine synthesis pathway. I wrote 100+ lines of code and differential equations to model the transition of glucose to L-serine to D-serine as well as the movement of the aforementioned molecules from neurons to astrocytes. I was able to create the first biophysical model of the serine shuttle metabolism pathway.

  • Microbiology Research Assistant

    • Sep 2019 - May 2020

    Preparing media and solutions, autoclaving, running growth curves, using the FACS machine, bacteria culture maintenance.

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  Columbia University in the City of New York

  • New York, New York, United States

  • Visiting Researcher - Prof. Xiaoyang Zhu Lab

    • May 2022 - Aug 2022
    • New York, New York, United States

    For 10+ weeks, I was fortunate to experience the dynamic environment of the XYZ Lab at Columbia University's Materials Research Science & Engineering Center.While in the lab, I worked on three projects:1. I was able to learn microscopic sample preparation of TMD samples using Scotch tape mechanical exfoliation (Geim & Novoselov, 2004), monolayer stacking, and characterization. I exfoliated over 200 chips, found tens of monolayers, got certified on the AFM, and assisted with creating trilayer samples. This project was supervised by Yiliu Li. 2. On top of creating nano-sized samples, I learned to make macroscopic samples (~1cm size) using a technique developed by Fang Liu et al. (2020, XYZ lab). I aided with sample preparation for various collaborators, as well as XYZ group members. This project was supervised by Nicholas Olsen.3. Finally, I had a personal project where I used macroscopic bilayers of TMDs to observe changes in their energy levels. This work is ongoing, so I don't want to give too many details but let's just say it's very exciting! :) This project was supervised by Nicholas Olsen, in collaboration with Anthony Calderon.Under the mentorship of Professor Xiaoyang Zhu, as well as Ph.D. students and post-doctoral researchers, I learned an immense amount of knowledge. I can now confidently say that the field of 2D van der Waals materials is one of the most exciting fields of quantum/condensed matter physics and nanomaterials. Working with leading researchers in this field, on top of having access to such spectroscopy techniques as SHG, PL, AFM, ARPES, etc., has truly been eye-opening.