Khalid Azizi

Phone: 760-***-**** Email: ab3gf5@r.postjobfree.com

EDUCATION

University of California, San Diego (UCSD)

Graduated June 2013: B.S. in Human Biology and B.A. in Biological Anthropology

RELEVANT COURSEWORK:

• DNA Recombinant Lab

• Pharmacology

• Human physiology

• Molecular Biology

• Metabolic Biochemistry

• Animal Physiology Lab

EXPERIENCE

A) Biological Science Lab Assistant- Internship (non- pay)

VA Medical Research Foundation (May 2010 – June 2013)

• Job duty: Working under the supervision of Dr. Lai Ngai and Principal Investigator Dr. Kirk

Hammond, I have been working on a heart failure study using gene therapy. Learned

molecular biology lab techniques and rodent surgery and anesthesia. Animal husbandry (lab)

and animal care.

B) Teaching Assistant – Scripps Institute of Oceanography & Jacobs School of Engineering

UCSD Jacobs School of Engineering- COSMOS Program- (July, 2012-August 4, 2012)

• Job duty: Provided help and assistance for high school students involved in an interactive, 4

week program situated at the Scripps Institute of Oceanography working on experimental

projects in relation to marine biology and marine ecosystem.

C) Medical Research Associate– UCSD School of Medicine

UCSD Family and Preventative Medicine – (August 2012- June 2013)

• Job duties: As part of the UCSD Family and Preventative Medicine, I have been working on

an epidemiology project by scoring CT scans via advanced medical software (MIPAV) and

selecting for subcutaneous, visceral fat, and muscles. Through my job as a research assistant,

I learned about CT scans, human anatomy, and more experience gained in using Microsoft

Excel and Microsoft Word.

D) ER/ ICU unit Volunteer --Scripps Memorial Hospital. La Jolla, CA (February 2010 - March 2011)

• Job duty: (120 hours of volunteer work) Keeping check of stock and inventory materials for

the pathology lab, running errands to and from lab for blood and specimens, picking up and

delivering charts, reporting important information regarding patients to nurses, and being of

assistance to both patients and hospital faculty members.

Special Skills: Rodent surgery and anesthesia, histology, Microscopy (LSM Confocal) and light

microscopy, Bioinformatics, preparing buffers, DNA purification and cloning, cell transformations,

organizational skills. Animal husbandry and animal care as a part of my lab experience in both the VA

Hospital as well as a temporary summer assistant for the psychiatry lab in the UCSD Hillcrest Medical

Center. Other experiences include running gel electrophoresis, PCR, and use of spectrophotometer.

References:

1) Matthew Allison, MD. (Principle Investigator) email: ab3gf5@r.postjobfree.com

2) Lai Ngai, Ph.D (Supervisor); email: ab3gf5@r.postjobfree.com

3) Cindy Morgan (M.S. Research Associate) email: ab3gf5@r.postjobfree.com

Khalid Azizi

Phone: 760-***-**** Email: ab3gf5@r.postjobfree.com