Resume

• 2014

  Doctor of Philosophy - PhD

  Organic Chemistry

  University of South Florida

• 2010

  Bachelor of Science - BS

  Biochemistry

  FSU Honors Program

  Florida State University

  Lab Safety Officer

  University of South Florida

• 2006

  High School Diploma

  Graduated Magna Cum Laude\nAP Scholar\nBasketball Team\n

  Niceville Senior High School

• Original MCAT Score: 28\nTranslated into new scoring system: 504\n(67th Percentile)

  Verbal: 161 (88th Percentile)\nQuantitative: 162 (79th Percentile)\nAnalytical Writing: 4.0

  Synthetic Organic Chemistry

  High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)

  Laboratory Skills

  Research and Development (R&D)

  OSHA Certified

  Drug Discovery

  Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)

  Pharmaceutical Research

  Chemical Research

  Gas Chromatography

  Research

  Medicinal Chemistry

  Chemical Purification Methods

  Spectroscopist

  Mass Spectrometry

  Laboratory Animal Medicine

  Interdisciplinary Teaching

  Teaching

  Parallel Synthesis

  Chemical Synthesis

  Williams

  Michael

  VistaPharm

  Inc

  Jacobs

  Scivation

  Florida State University

  University of South Florida

  Tallahassee

  Florida

  United States

  Worked under and reported directly to Dr. Yanchang Wang (Professor of Cell Biology

  Department of Biomedical Sciences

  College of Medicine)\nResponsibilities included:\n- Studied signal checkpoint proteins in yeast cells as a model for human cells in order to determine chromosome segregation errors

  Directed Study

  Florida State University

  Eglin Air Force Base

  Florida

  United States

  Worked directly under and reported to Sam Burkett (Vice President and General Manager of the TEAS Group of Jacobs Engineering)\n- Competitively selected for co-op program in nation's premier High Explosives Research and Development Facility\n- Performed research and presented results on the effects of physical sample preparations and the sample consistency on the coefficient of thermal expansion in various compounds

  Research Contractor

  Jacobs

  Tampa

  Florida

  United States

  Taught chemistry laboratory classes to undergraduate students; included using Microsoft Excel for grading and calculations.

  Chemistry Laboratory Teaching Assistant

  University of South Florida

  Largo

  Florida

  United States

  Worked under and directly reported to Abhijit More (Director Analytical Services)\nResponsibilities included:\n- Assisted in formulations and and synthesis of a multitude pharmaceuticals to be used in medicinal drugs\n- Collaborated with several laboratories to collect and submit data for FDA (Food and Drug Administration) approval of pharmaceuticals

  Research And Development Intern

  VistaPharm

  Inc

  Tampa

  Florida

  United States

  Worked under and directly reported to Donna Herber

  PhD (Senior Licensing Manager

  Life Sciences)\nResponsibilities included:\n- Synthesized the mono- and diester forms of these compounds to be tested as a dietary supplement for patients with epilepsy and forms of brain cancer\n- Analyzed and refined the process of esterification of 1

  3-butanediols using tert-butyl acetoacetate through distillation

  Research Assistant

  Scivation

  Tampa

  Florida

  United States

  Taught Organic Chemistry each semester to four classes of 30 students each. Responsible for lesson planning

  presenting

  and holding office hours throughout the week.

  Organic Chemistry Teaching Assistant

  University of South Florida

  Tampa

  Florida

  United States

  Working under and directly reporting to Dr. Edwin Rivera\n(Director of USF Interdisciplinary NMR Facility)\nResponsibilities include:\n- Perform routine maintenance and oversee eight Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Spectrometers ranging in strength from 300 MHz to 800 MHz.\n- Prepare

  run

  and analyze samples using a variety of one dimensional (1D) and two dimensional (2D) NMR experiments for external clients

  personal research

  and additional USF laboratories.

  Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Spectroscopy Senior Teaching Assistant

  University of South Florida

  Tampa

  Florida

  United States

  Working directly under and reporting to Dr. Edward Turos (Research Chemistry Professor)\nResponsibilities include:\n- Synthesize ketogenic polypeptides to improve their effectiveness as dietary treatment for epilepsy and brain cancer\n- Analyze compounds using NMR Spectroscopy

  HPLC

  and Mass Spectrometry\n- Synthesize derivatives of the common antibiotics benzylpenicillin and ciprofloxacin to improve the biological activity against the ESKAPE pathogens\n- Study the effects of the addition of sulfur-based functional groups on piperidine derivatives as it pertains to its biological activity against tuberculosis in order to determine the effect it might have on rifabutin and it's derivatives

  Graduate Research Assistant

  University of South Florida

  Tallahassee

  Florida

  United States

  Worked directly under and reported to Dr. Stephanie Dillon (Director

  Freshman Chemistry Laboratories)\nResponsibilities included:\n- One of only 16 undergraduate students at FSU that semester to teach General Chemistry Labs\n- Responsible for instructing 48 students in college level chemistry including

  teaching

  conducting labs

  grading

  and hosting office hours

  General Chemistry Labs - Teaching Assistant

  Florida State University

  English