Assistant Engineer

Abuzar Ahmed

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San Marcos, TX (USA) -78666

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Career Objective: To obtain a full-time research position in a field related to biochemistry or biotechnology

Education:

Master of Science in Biochemistry, October 2013 (expected)

Texas State University, San Marcos, TX

Master’s Thesis: “Pegylation of Chitosan for Functional Gene Silencing”

Advisor: Dr. Walter E. Rudzinski

Bachelor of Engineering in Biotechnology, July 2009

B.M Sreenivasaiah College of Engineering, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Undergraduate research: “Validation of SSR markers for aroma in rice genotypes”

Advisor: Dr. Savithri Bhat

Research Experience:

Research Assistant, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Texas State University, January, 2011- Present

Adviser: Dr. Walter E. Rudzinski

Research Focus: Reduce the expression of the beta-catenin protein using pegylated chitosan as a delivery vector in colon cancer cells. For this purpose I have synthesized copolymers of chitosan with poly (ethylene glycol) (PEG), used them to form nanocomplexes with siRNA, and evaluated their effect on protein expression using colon cancer cells.

Independent Study Research, Department of Biotechnology

B.M. Sreenivasaiah College of Engineering, February, 2009- May- 2009

Advisor: Dr. Savithri Bhat

Research Focus: Identifying molecular markers for indirect selection of aroma trait in rice. For this purpose rice varieties were screened with SSR markers for aroma using PCR and Agarose gel electrophoresis.

Teaching Experience

Graduate Instructional Assistant, General Chemistry I lab, August- 2011-August 2013

Texas State University, San Marcos, TX

• Lecture about the theory behind the experiments

• Led students in completing lab work and discussions

• Graded experimental data, assignments and quizzes related to the lab

• Collaborate with other lab assistants and course coordinator on a weekly basis to standardize grading, discuss student progress and troubleshoot laboratory problems

Graduate Instructional Assistant, Quantitative Analysis lab, January-2012- May 2012

Texas State University, San Marcos, TX

• Supervised the experimental procedure followed by the students

• Lecture about the calculations in the experiments

• Collaborate with Professor Ji on a weekly basis to standardize grades

and discuss student progress.

Professional Experience

Assistant System Engineer Trainee, December-2009-October-2010

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Chennai, India

I was working in the fraud department. My company was responsible for testing and maintaining the online portal for a client. I was responsible to detect defects in the software which would otherwise prevent its normal function. Maintain the back end of the server for the fraud department. Collaborate with the onsite personnel to ensure a quick and seamless process so that the software can be ready to be used online.

Skills and Expertise

• Scanning Electron Microscope

• Nuclear Magnetic Resonance

• Confocal Microscope

• Infrared Spectroscopy

• Western Blotting

• Cell Culture

• PCR

• Gel Electrophoresis

Award

Certificate of Merit, Reynolds India, 2004

Science Quiz competition- Won an inter-college Science quiz competition. 2004

Presentations

“Breakthrough in Stem cell therapy” Presented as part of an academic requirement in BMS

College of Engineering.

COMPUTER SKILLS

• Trained in Java technology

• Microsoft office – (Power point, Excel, Word)

• SQL

• JavaScript

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