Xiaohan Cai

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Summary

• Master’s degree in analytical chemistry

• Strong analytical skills with LC-MS, mass spectrometry for small molecular

quantification and protein characterization; 2+ years experience with HPLC

• Hands on experience with protein essays including SDS-PAGE, western blotting and wet

chemistry skills

Education

Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio 2007-

Master of Science Degree in Chemistry; expected in fall of 2009, GPA: 3.90

Huazhong University of Science & Technology, Wuhan, China 2006

Bachelor of Science Degree in Pharmacy, GPA: 3.40

Professional Experience

Research Assistant, Dept. of Chemistry, Cleveland State University 2007-

Project: Analysis of bile acids composition for inflammatory bowel disease using LC-MS

(collaborating with Cleveland Clinic, Center for Inflammatory Bowel Disease)

• Developed and validated a LC-ESI-MS method for bile acids quantification

• Extracted bile acids from intestinal fluid by liquid-liquid extraction and solid phase

extraction methods

• Applied this method for the quantification of potential biomarker of Inflammatory Bowel

Disease in clinical samples

• Maintained and calibrated a triple quadruple mass spectrometer and Waters HPLC

Project: Proteomics profiling for biomarker discovery of ovarian cancer

• Isolated low molecular weight peptides from human serum by protein precipitation and

characterized the LMW peptides by SDS-PAGE

• Performed in-gel and in solution trypsin digestion for LMW proteins and LC-MS analysis

for protein identification

Analytical Chemist Intern, Shanghai Jiaotong Biopharmaceutical Lab Inc. China 2006-2007

• Employed HPLC to monitor the in-vitro release of therapeutic protein drug from polymer

based microspheres under the GLP environment

• Managed the purchase orders and troubleshoot basic problems of lab instruments

Teaching Assistant, Dept. of Chemistry, Cleveland State University 2007-

• Taught wet chemistry and analytical techniques in the General Chemistry Lab

Honors and Awards

• Teaching Assistantship for graduate study in Cleveland State University 2007-

• Excellent graduated student award of Huazhong University of Sci. & Tech. 2006

Publications

Zhang CL, Cai XH, Xiang M. A study of immune tolerance induced by subcutaneous administer-

ation of autoantigen insulin in mice with IDDM. Herald of Medicine 2006; 25(6):495-498

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