Jay Dipak Shah

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EDUCATION

Michigan State University

Masters of Science, Chemistry

August 2008 May 2013

G.P.A: 3.7

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Bachelors of Science, Chemistry Minor: Mathematics

August 2004 May 2008

G.P.A: 3.7, Cum Laude

HONORS/AWARDS

• University of North Carolina at Charlotte Academic Chancellors List Fall 2004 Spring 2005, Fall2005

• University of North Carolina at Charlotte Academic Deans List Spring 2006, Fall 2007,Spring 2007

LABORATORY EXPERIENCE:

Michigan State University: (August 2008 May 2013)

• Teaching and research experience in 1H NMR, FT IR, UV Vis Spectroscopy, Spectrophotometry.

• Synthesized dicyclopentadiene derivatives and characterized purity and composition of samples using Gas

Chromatography, Mass Spectrometry, and HPLC.

• Experience using Thin Layer Chromatography and Column Chromatography to aid in separation of

mixtures.

• Built a home made oil free Time of Flight Mass Spectrometer.

University of North Carolina at Charlotte: (August 2004-May 2008)

• 3 courses taken on acquiring and deciphering of 1HNMR, FT-IR, 13C-NMR, and Mass Spectrometry of

complex molecules to gain structural information.

• 2 courses taken exploring diverse set of analytical instruments such as Cyclic Voltammetry, Bomb

Calorimetry, Laser Spectroscopy, Gas-Chromatography, and Scanning Electron Microscopy.

• Well versed in organic techniques such as re-crystallization, column chromatography, liquid extraction,

and solid extraction, regular and fractional distillation.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

Teaching Assistant, August 2008 May 2013

Michigan State University

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• Taught 200+ undergraduate students laboratory practices using the basic principles of chemistry and

quantitative analysis.

• 5 years experience in educating undergraduate students how to maintain proper documentation of research

data and laboratory notebooks.

• Mentored 5 undergraduates and with diverse skill sets, mentored 2 junior graduate students, as well as 2

high school students from the High School Honors Science Program (HSHSP).

• 5 years experience tutoring Organic Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, General Analytical/Inorganic

Chemistry, Quantum Chemistry, Calculus and Algebra.

Courses Taught:

General Inorganic/Analytical Chemistry Laboratory Fall 2008

• Taught basic chemical methods such as redox titrations, spectrophotemetric and gravimetric analysis,

statistical data analysis, and analysis of coordination complexes such as nickel, iron and cobalt.

Quantitative Analysis Summer 2009

• Focused on basic statistics with emphasis on statistical error propagation and its applications to various

chemical techniques and data analysis.

Analytical and Physical Chemistry Laboratory Spring 2013

• Taught solution NMR theory and experiment, which aimed to quantify the relative amounts of keto enol

tautomers in 2,4 pentadione and its various derivatives at variable temperatures to determine

thermodynamic properties including enthalpy and entropy change.

INTRUMENTATION PROFICIENCY

• Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry, Ultrafast Ti:Sapphire lasers, Liquid Chromatography, Gas

Chromatography, Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometry, Cyclic Voltammetry, Spectrophotometry,

UV visible Spectroscopy, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Scanning Electron Microscopy, Microsoft

Office.

Graduate Research Assistant, August 2008 June 2013

Michigan State University

Molecular Dynamics and Gas/Liquid Phase Laser Induced Dynamics Studies

• Led laser spectroscopy experiments coupled with Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry to explore gas phase

chemical dynamics of acetophenones and its derivatives which resulted in a peer reviewed publication in

the Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters (2011).

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• Studied the Optical fluorescence response of IR 144 Dye to gain understanding of fluorescence and

stimulated emission and the time scale of ultra short processes which resulted in a peer reviewed

publication in the Journal of Physical Chemistry (2012).

• 5+ years experience studying spectroscopy of substituted acetophenones and dicyclopentadiene derivatives

using FT IR, UV Vis, NMR, Mass Spectrometry and Laser Induced Dissociation.

• 1 year experience in synthesizing and characterizing substituted acetophenones and dicyclopentadiene for

use in chemical dynamics studies.

PUBLICATIONS:

1) A. Konar, J. Shah, V. V. Lozovoy and M. Dantus, Optical Response of Fluorescent Molecules Studied by

Synthetic Femtosecond Laser Pulses, Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 3, 1329–1335 (2012).

2) X. Zhu, V. V. Lozovoy, J. D. Shah and M. Dantus, Photodissociation dynamics of acetophenone and its

derivatives with intense non resonant femtosecond pulses, Journal of Physical Chemistry A 115, 1305–

1312 (2011).

ORAL PRESENTATIONS:

1. Electronic Coherence following Strong Field Excitation/Ionization in Dicyclopentadiene, Departmental

Seminar, Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University, January 22, 2013.

POSTER PRESENTATIONS:

1. “Strong Field Dissociation of Polyatomic Molecules” (2011) Shah, Jay D.; V.V. Lozovoy; Dantus, Marcos

Nonlinear Optics at 50 symposium, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor October 24,

2. “Strong Field Ionization/Dissociation of Polyatomic Molecules” Shah, Jay D.; V.V. Lozovoy; Dantus,

Marcos, Quantum Control of Light and Matter, Gordon Research Conference, July 31, 2011

VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCES:

UNC Charlotte:

Relay for Life: 2006 2009

• Held fundraisers and dissipated information regarding cancer related diseases and their affects.

• Attended numerous 12 hour charity walks, in support for those who have lost someone to a cancer related

disease.

Disability Note Taker for Biological Sciences, Fall 2004

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Michigan State University

Michigan Science Olympiad State Examination, Coordinator/Judge 2010.

• Coordinated and judged experiment based examinations in the field of Environmental Science: Soil

Chemistry.

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