|Brian J. Berger Jr. |

|**** El Mundo St. Apt *** Houston, TX 77054 832-***-**** |

|abgiz3@r.postjobfree.com |

|Education |University of Houston Clear Lake, Clear Lake, TX |

| |August 2012 - |

| |In progress Masters Chemistry |

| |Relevant courses: |

| |Math and Physics in Chemistry |

| |Contaminate Fate and Transport |

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| |University of Houston, Houston, TX |

| |August 2010 - May 2012 |

| |Masters Chemistry (incomplete) |

| |Relevant courses: |

| |Organic Synthesis and Reactions |

| |Organic Structure Determination |

| |Physical Organic Chemistry |

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| |Mechanisms |

| |Chemical Analysis |

|. |Organometallics |

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| |Electroanalytical Chemistry |

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| |University of Houston, Houston, TX |

| |August 2005 - May 2010 |

| |Bachelors of Science, Chemistry |

| |Minor in Medicine and Society |

| |3.3 overall GPA |

| |Relevant courses: |

| |Organic I/II (Labs) |

| |Analytical (Lab) |

| |Physical I/II (Labs) |

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| |Instrumental Analysis (Lab) |

| |Inorganic II (Lab) |

| |Advanced Organic Chemistry |

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| |Biochemistry |

| |Polymer Chemistry |

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|Experience |Glycos Biotechnologies, Inc. |

| |July 2012 - November 2012 |

| |Research Associate |

| |Responsible for creation and running of |

| |adsorption/desorption experiments, distillations |

| |and scale-up for these processes. |

| |Assist in laboratory safety meetings, inspection of|

| |fire extinguishers, chemical waste disposal. |

| |University of Houston, Houston, TX |

| |August 2010 - May 2012 |

| |Graduate Student Teaching Assistant |

| |Oversight of 24 undergraduate chemistry students in|

| |a laboratory setting. |

| |Teaching techniques including simple and fractional|

| |distillation, extraction, recrystallization, |

| |reflux, thin-layer chromatography, infrared |

| |spectroscopy, and nuclear magnetic resonance |

| |spectroscopy. |

| |Writing and grading of organic chemistry laboratory|

| |reports, laboratory quizzes and examinations. |

| |Proctoring and grading of organic chemistry lecture|

| |examinations. |

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| |University of Houston, Houston, TX |

| |October 2009 - June 2012 |

| |Graduate Student Research Assistant |

| |Synthesis of various diruthenium compounds, |

| |nitrogen based ligands |

| |Study of electrochemical properties through cyclic |

| |voltammetry and uv-visible spectroscopy. |

| |Study of structural properties through infrared |

| |spectroscopy, nuclear magnetic resonance |

| |spectroscopy and mass spectroscopy (MALDI-TOF). |

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| |University of Houston, Houston, TX |

| |January 2007 - August 2010 |

| |Student Office Assistant- Residential Life and |

| |Housing |

| |Responsible for providing information about the |

| |University of Houston to residents and guests. |

| |Use of Word, and Excel to combine data on various |

| |residence halls in the United States. |

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| |University of Houston, Houston, TX |

| |August 2006 - September 2008 |

| |Resident Assistant- Residential Life and Housing |

| |Manage a floor with 50-70 students living in |

| |suite-style housing. |

| |Provide programs that help with the social, health,|

| |academic, spiritual, and cultural growth of |

| |students. |

| |Maintain a productive learning environment for |

| |students through occupancy checks and on-call |

| |rounds. |

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|Interests |Solving complex problems, working as a member of a |

| |team to complete a task, teaching others. |

|References |References are available on request. |

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