Experience

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  Drew University

  • Desk Attendant

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  Drew University

  • United States
  • Higher Education
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Desk Attendant

    • Feb 2017 - May 2017

    - Checked students ID as they enter the dorms - Registered guests if necessary

  • Campus Ambassador

    • Jan 2016 - May 2017

    - Usher Students and parents around campus - Facilitate parking and greeting at each admissions event - Call prospective students in order to ensure their attendance at each admissions event

  • Research Assistant

    • Jun 2015 - Jul 2016

    - Worked with Dr. Vincent Gullo, a RISE fellow, on synthesizing analogs of a new antibiotic known as Teixobactin in order to improve its pharmacokinetics - Constructed a synthetic scheme to create, isolate, purify, and characterize the desired analog- Ran multiple small and large scale reactions with the natural product - Used LCMS in order to determine whether the reaction was successful or not- Used ethyl acetate extractions to separate reactants and the desired analog - Used 1H and 13C NMR to characterize the desired analog - Used S. aureus to test the analogs antibacterial activity - Daily activities were neatly logged into a scientific notebook

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  Rutgers University

  • Rutgers University New Brunswick, 164 Frelinghuysen Road, NJ 08854

  • Research Assistant in the Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy

    • Jun 2012 - Aug 2012
    • Rutgers University New Brunswick, 164 Frelinghuysen Road, NJ 08854

    - Worked closely with a graduate student in Dr. Minden's lab on determining the role of P21 Activating Kinase 4 (PAK4) in heart development - Transfected C2C12 muscle tissue cells with the enzyme - Analyzed the levels of PAK4 as the C2C12 cells differentiated through a western blot

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  Rutgers University

  • Rutgers University New Brunswick,164 Frelinghuysen Road, NJ 08854

  • Research Assistant in the Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy

    • Jun 2011 - Aug 2011
    • Rutgers University New Brunswick,164 Frelinghuysen Road, NJ 08854

    - Worked closely with a graduate student in Dr. Minden's lab determining the role of P21 Activating Kinase 4 (PAK4) in breast cancer - Engineered/Modified two RNA vectors: one containing a sequence that will silence PAK4 and the other containing a controlled sequence that deactivates PAK4- Infected two breast cancer cell lines MDA-MB-231 and MCF-7- Cell counting- Maintaining/Feeding cell lines