Assistant High School

MANDEEP K. VIRDI

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EDUCATION Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

MA, Chemistry, expected November 2011

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge, MA

BS, Chemistry, May 2007 GPA: 3.97

Phi Beta Kappa, 2007

Alpha Chi Sigma Award- for distinguished scholastic achievement,

originality, and breadth of interest in chemistry, 2007

AMITA Senior Academic Award Honorable Mention, 2007

ACS Division of Analytical Chemistry Undergraduate Award, 2006

SKILLS Instrumentation: HPLC, GC, GC-MS, LC-MS, IR, UV-VIS, NMR

Programs: Agilent Chemstation, ChemDraw, Scifinder Scholar, Microsoft

Word, Excel, Powerpoint

Techniques: aqueous/organic separations & extractions, distillation,

column chromatography, recrystallization, thin-layer chromatography

RESEARCH

EXPERIENCE Graduate Student- Organic & Organometallic Cambridge, MA

01/08 - 06/11 Chemistry

Harvard University- Professor Tobias Ritter

Developed reaction chemistry to achieve fluoride umpolung, or the

synthesis of an electrophillic fluorination reagent from nucleophillc

fluoride

Leader of research subgroup focused on the development of novel

transition metal fluorination reagents

Coauthored major grants to successfully attain NIH funding

Presented Research at Industry and Public Symposia

Novartis Organic Chemistry Symposium, April 2010

AstraZeneca Excellence Awards Poster Session, March 2010

Smith Family Awards Program for Excellence in Biomedical Research

Scientific Poster Session, May 2009

Recipient of Novartis Fellowship in Organic Chemistry for Minorities

& Women, 2010

02/04 - 06/07 Undergraduate Researcher- Synthetic Organic

Chemistry Cambridge, MA

Massachusetts Institute of Technology-

Professor Rick Danheiser

Worked on the application of iminoacetonitrile Diels-Alder chemistry

to the total synthesis of Quinolizidine 207I

Presented Research at Industry and University Symposia

MIT Chemistry Department UROP Symposium, May 2007 & May 2006

Pfizer SURF Symposium, Pfizer, Groton, CT, October 2006

Recipient of Pfizer Summer Undergraduate Fellowship in Synthetic

Organic Chemistry, 2006

Awarded Outstanding Undergraduate Thesis Award, 2007

06/01 - 09/01 Simons Fellow- Medicinal Chemistry

06/02 - 09/02 SUNY Stony Brook- Professor Iwao Ojima Stony Brook, NY

Worked on the synthesis of taxoid-porphyrin conjugates for selective

drug delivery

Received national recognition for research in high school science

competitions

Intel Science Talent Search Semifinalist, 2003

Davidson Fellow Award for Achievement in Science, 2003

Intel International Science and Engineering Fair Finalist, 2002

TEACHING

EXPERIENCE Teaching Assistant Cambridge, MA

Harvard University

09/08 - 12/08 Chem 30- Organic Chemistry II, Professor Tobias

02/08 - 05/08 Ritter

Chem 135- Advanced Experimental Organic

Chemistry, Allen Aloise

Received Student Rating of 3.8/4.0

09/06- 12/06 Teaching Assistant

Cambridge, MA

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Chem 5.12- Organic Chemistry I, Kimberly Berkowski

LEADERSHIP

EXPERIENCE Safety Officer- Ritter Group

07/08 - 06/11 Harvard University Cambridge, MA

Led yearly departmental safety inspections

Ensured proper labeling and disposal of

hazardous waste

09/06- 06/07 President Undergraduate Chemistry Club

Coordinated and designed "magic shows" for Cambridge, MA

middle school students to encourage interest in

the science

Planned and organized study breaks and

professor dinners to build a stronger MIT

undergraduate chemistry community

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