Chemist

SARAH-MARIE SAATORI

**-** ***** ******, ******* NY, 11432

917-***-**** ac08iy@r.postjobfree.com

EDUCATION:

St. John’s University, Queens, NY

Master of Science, Chemistry, Thesis track, GPA 4.0 October 2017 Bachelor of Science, Adolescent Education, English concentration, Minor in Chemistry, GPA: 3.92 May 2015 President’s Society, St. John’s Academic Scholarship RELATED COURSEWORK:

Microscopic Physical Chemistry, Macroscopic Physical Chemistry, Advanced Inorganic Chemistry, Quantitative Analysis with lab, Instrumental Methods of Analysis with lab, Advanced Organic Chemistry, Advanced Organic Synthesis, Organic Spectroscopy, Chemical Thermodynamics, Computational Biology and Chemistry, Natural Products, Master's Research TECHNICAL SKILLS: HPLC, NMR, FTIR Spectroscopy, IR Spectroscopy, UV/Vis Spectroscopy, computational molecular modeling, LCMS, GCMS, Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy, DSC, pH meters, lyophilisers, rotary evaporators, titrations, chromatography, Microsoft Office, ACS ChemWorx, Adobe Photoshop, DropBox RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:

Graduate Assistant Chemistry Department, St. John’s University Aug 2015 - Present

- Run 40+ NMR samples per week and train students in instrumentation of the HPLC, NMR and the NMR auto sampler

- Tutor undergraduate and graduate students in general, organic, micro and macro physical, instrumental, and analytical chemistry

- Assistant teach and grade pre-labs for honors organic chemistry lab, 12-15 hours per week

- Meet biannually with professors to discuss improvements to the honors organic chemistry lab experiment sequence

- Co-ordinate with other GAs to keep inventory of chemicals and prepare solutions and standards for experiments

- Resolve instrumentation scheduling conflicts

- Participate in the annual St. John’s University Chemistry Department summer research program, attending weekly seminars

- Place orders for chemicals and equipment for the research laboratory PRESENTATIONS:

Saatori, S. Graham, S. Synthesis and solution structure study of cADPR and three of its analogues. To be presented at the August 2017 254th American Chemical Society National Meeting, Washington, D.C. Saatori, S. Graham, S. Synthesis and solution structure study of cADPR and some analogues. Presented at the June 2017 Gordon Research Symposium and Gordon Research Conference, Salve Regina University, Newport, RI. Saatori, S. Perez, T. Graham, S. Chemical challenges in the synthesis of 8-bromo AMP and 2’deoxy NAD. Presented at the April 2017 Student Research Day, St. John’s University, Queens, NY. CONFERENCES

William H. Nichols Award Symposium March 2017

Middle Atlantic Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society June 2016 Eastern Analytical Symposium Nov 2014

LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE:

Resident Assistant, Residence Life, St. John’s University Aug 2013 – May 2015 DASA Operations Manager, School of Ed. Dean’s Office May 2014 – June 2015 Head Scholar, Dean’s Scholars May 2013 – May 2015

Tutor, America Reads* America Serves Nov 2011 – May 2013 Co-chair, Events Review Committee, Student Government Sept 2013 – May 2014 Representative, School of Education, Student Government Jan 2012 – May 2014 Mentor, School of Education Mentorship Program Sept 2012 – May 2015 eBoard Member, Kappa Delta Pi Honor Society: Kappa Eta Chapter April 2012 – May 2013 HONORS:

ACS member, attend weekly seminars Sept 2014 - Present Kappa Delta Pi Education International Honor Society April 2012 - Present Omicron Delta Kappa Leadership Honor Society Feb 2014 - Present Sigma Tau Delta English Honor Society Oct 2014 - Present Phi Eta Sigma National Honor Society Sept 2012 - Present

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