Cheng-Ping Kuo

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EDUCATION

University of California, Berkeley May, 2014

Berkeley, California

Bachelor of Science, Chemical Biology

Pasadena City College June, 2012

Pasadena, California

Associate in Art, Natural Science

Associate in Art, Engineering and Technology

Kaohsiung Medical University Sep, 2006 – June, 2007

Kaohsiung City, Taiwan

One-Year Freshmen in Medicinal and Applied Chemistry

Municipal Kaohsiung Senior High School June, 2006

Kaohsiung City, Taiwan

High School Diploma

WORK AND VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE

Army, Taiwan Mar, 2008 – Mar, 2009

Commander’s orderly and driver private

Chinese American Association of Chino Hills, California Sep, 2011 – June, 2012

Part-time Tutor for High School Student in SAT preparation of Math, Chemistry and Biology

Burbank Elementary School, California Feb, 2010 – July, 2010

Volunteer Teaching Assist and Chinese Teacher

Teaching and Learning Center at Pasadena City College, California Sep, 2011 – June 2012

Volunteer Math Tutor for Students in Math-Path Program

ORGANIZATION

Member of American Chemical Society

EXCELLENCES

Capable of Hard-work; Ability of Fast-learning Solid Communication Skills in Teamwork

Ability of Independent Work Responsible and Industrious in Work and Duty

Fluent in English and Mandarin (including Taiwanese) Proficient Writing Skills in English and Chinese

SKILLS AND CERTIFICATIONS

Computer Information Technology and Computer Maintenance: IT Certification of CompTIA A+

Application Suites: Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

Laboratory Related Software: ChemBioDraw, Pymol, Various Bioinformatics Databases

Language: English, Mandarin, Taiwanese

Operating System: Windows, iOS, Android

HONOR & SCHOLARSHIP

Dean’s Honors in Calculus Dean’s Honor in Mathematics Yat-Pant Liu Scholarship

Superior Achievement in Laboratory Courses

LABORATORY EXPERIENCE

Laboratory Work at University of California, Berkeley

General Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Laboratory

– Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) and Reverse-transcriptase-PCR (RT-PCR)

– DNA Cloning and DNA Sequence Analysis

– DNA and RNA isolation and manipulation

– Protein Purification, Enzyme and Protein Assays

– Protein and Nucleic Acid Gel Electrophoresis (Gel Staining / Immunoblots)

– Fluorescence Microscopy and Structure-Function Analyses

– Genetic Manipulation and Phenotypic Testing

Physical Chemistry Laboratory

– Basic Physical Chemistry Laboratory Methods

– Data Acquisition and Optimization

– Spectroscopy : FTIR Spectra, Electronic-Vibrational Absorption and Magnetic Susceptibility

– Kinetics and Thermodynamics : Physical Adsorption of Gases and Fluorescence Quenching

– Condensed Phase Structure and Dynamics X-Ray Diffraction and Fluorescence Recovery After Photobleaching

Organic Chemistry Laboratory

– Fundamental Organic Chemistry Laboratory Methods

– Spectrum Interpreting : H-NMR, C-NMR, IR, Mass Spectroscopy

– Organic Chemistry Synthesis

– Purification Methods – Recrystallization, Distillation, Extraction

Analytical Chemistry Laboratory

– Quantitative/Qualitative Chemical Analysis:

Gas Chromatography, Mass Spectroscopy, Column Chromatography, Spectrophotometry, Concentration Determination by Electropotential

– Data and Error Analysis

Laboratory Work at Pasadena City College

Introductory Molecular Biology Laboratory

– Karyotyping and DNA Isolation

– Plasmid Mapping

– DNA Fingerprinting (Southern Blot)

– ELISA

– Bioinformatics

General Chemistry Laboratory

General Biology Laboratory

General Physics Laboratory

RELEVANT COURSEWORK

General Chemistry Organic Chemistry Biophysics

General Physics Inorganic Chemistry Physical Chemistry Laboratory

Physical Chemistry Physical Chemistry Polymer Science & Technology

Chemical Biology General Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Laboratory Computer Information Science

ACTIVITIES AND INTERESTS

Activities

Two-year President of Rock Music Band Club at Municipal Kaohsiung Senior High School

Coordinator of Freshmen Orientation Camp at Kaohsiung Medical University

Two-year Active Member of AGS Honor Society Pasadena City College

Interests

Golf, Basketball and Snowboarding

Guitar and Jazz Drum Playing

Books and Magazines Reading

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