Assistant Technician

DERICK A. FORCHA

* ********* **** • Greensboro NC 27407• ******.******@*****.*** • 919-***-****

M.S. Chemistry graduate with a solid background and research in Analytical and Inorganic Chemistry

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Extensive research background with knowledge on Instrumentation such as Single X-ray diffraction, UV-

VIS, IR, Luminescence and absorption spectroscopy, and also NMR, GC, GC-MS, HPLC experience

amongst other instrumentation techniques.

Knowledge on various software programs, including excel, words, shellex, mymathlab. Etc.

Bilingual – fluent in English and French

EDUCATION

MASTERS OF SCIENCE CHEMISTRY March 2013

Concentration: Research in Analytical and Inorganic Chemistry

North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University Greensboro, NC

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE CHEMISTRY December 2010

Outstanding academic achievement award 2010, 2011

Dean’s List for 3 successive years

North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University Greensboro, NC

HAZMAT CERTIFICATE WMI – Greensboro, NC

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Research Assistant/Graduate Teaching Assistant January 2010 to present

North Carolina A&T University Greensboro

Process coatings Application Specialist Oct. 2004 to July 2011

PPG Industries Inc. Greensboro, NC

Responsible for the production of high quality Urethane coatings – Verify the accurate measurement,

mixing, extrusion, grinding and testing of various powder coatings, including QC responsibilities.

Earned multiple company awards including fifth year achievement award.

Certified Pharmacy Technician November 2005

RESEARCH

Presently doing research on the complexation of lanthanides, with both Organic ligands and transition

metals, with the potential for dual donor sensitization- Assefa Research Group.

PUBLICATION

Luminescence, absorption and Stern-Volmer studies of cerium chloride and nitrate compounds in acidic

and neutral aqueous and non-aqueous solutions. Spectrochemica acta, part A: Molecular and

biomolecular spectroscopy. November 2012. (second author).

Photoluminescence, Dual-donor Energy Transfer and Single X-ray Crystallographic Studies of

Eu3+ and Tb3+ complexes with pyridines and triazaphosphaadamantane oxide ligands. (Peer

review)

AFFILIATION

Senior member of the American Chemical Society of North Carolina A and T State University Chapter

VOLUNTEER WORK

Contributed more than 500 hours of volunteer work to educate and empower young people in Africa on

a wide range of issues ranging from their reproductive rights and responsibilities to their role in creating a

more vibrant civic society through various poverty alleviation NGOs programs.

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