Quality Control Assistant

Jason R. Unrath

*********@*****.***

** ****** ***** ****, *********, PA 19055 ● 267-***-****

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, May 2011

Concentration: Biochemistry

Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania: Shippensburg, PA

GPA: 3.415

Honors

• Dean’s List: Fall 2007, Spring 2009, Fall 2010, and Spring 2011 semesters

• Board of Governors’ Scholarship

• Class of 1920 Award in Sciences – Chemistry

• Cum Laude

CAREER OBJECTIVE

To obtain a quality control or research and development position for work in a pharmaceutical laboratory

REASEARCH EXPERIENCE

Analysis of Tetrodotoxin Production by the Red-Spotted Newt, Notophthalmus viridescens, in South

Central Pennsylvania, September 2010 – May 2011

• Using ELISA to develop a method of quantification of tetrodotoxin in extracts from a population of

N. viridescens.

• Presented findings at 241st National Meeting of the American Chemical Society (March 29, 2011)

LABORATORY SKILLS

Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, protein conjugation, atomic absorption spectroscopy, infrared

spectroscopy, gel filtration chromatography, gas chromatography, liquid chromatography, thin layer

chromatography, affinity chromatography, HPLC, gel electrophoresis, fluorescence microscopy, fluorescence

spectroscopy, potentiometric and complexometric titration, bomb calorimetry, mass spectroscopy,

organometallic synthesis, protein activity assay, kinetic analysis, chemical analysis and identification of

unknown compounds, organic synthesis, crystallization, simple and fractional distillation, extraction,

metallacrown synthesis, western blot, northern blot, southern blot, and nuclear magnetic resonance

spectroscopy.

Language: Proficient reader, writer, and speaker in both English and Spanish

CAMPUS & COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

• Shippensburg University

o Chemistry Club, Member August 2007 – May 2011

President, August 2010 – May 2011

• Organized several educational and recreational events to promote education

in the field of chemistry and various subfields therein

o Shippensburg Scapegoats Ultimate Frisbee Club, Member August 2007 – May 2011

• St. Michael the Archangel Church

o Teen Catholic Youth Organization, Member June 2006 – June 2007

President, June 2006 – June 2007

• Organized several community service events for a group of 15+ teenagers

• Re-organized the C.Y.O. to facilitate the growth of the organization

• St. Timothy Award, June 2007

PREVIOUS WORK EXPERIENCE

• Waiter, Friendly’s Restaurant, Langhorne, PA January, 2007 – August, 2010

• Line Cook, Taco Bell Restaurant, Tullytown, PA March, 2005 – June, 2006

• Warehouse Assistant, Neshaminy Electrical Contractors, Inc., Bensalem, PA June 2004 – Dec. 2006

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