Assistant Chemistry

Sarah L. Summerlin

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EDUCATION

M.S., Chemistry, University of North Carolina Wilmington, May 2019

GPA: 3.58

Thesis title: “Biofuel Impacts on Atmospheric Cycling of Ethanol and Butanol”

Advisors: Dr. Megumi Shimizu, Dr. Robert J. Kieber, Dr. Ralph N. Mead, Dr. G. Brooks Avery, and Dr. Joan D. Willey

B.S., Criminal Justice, cum laude, University of North Carolina Wilmington, May 2015

SKILLS

Analytical methods:

GC-IRMS

GC-MS/MS

GC-FID

Software:

MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

GC IsoLink II

LC-MS

UV-Vis spectroscopy

pH analysis

Varian MS Workstation

Bruker Compass Data Analysis

EXPERIENCE

Research Assistant, University of North Carolina Wilmington, May 2016 – May 2019

Created a set of standards and samples to determine VOC concentrations utilizing instrumentation including GC-FID and GC-MS/MS.

Maintenance of instrumentation including source cleaning, column changing, and troubleshooting when necessary.

Utilized GC-IRMS to determine carbon isotopic composition.

Aided in taking apart, moving, and putting instrumentation back together after hurricane caused the UNCW campus lab to become inhabitable.

Collected and analyzed rain samples for pH, DOC, peroxides, ethanol, anions, and Gen X.

Teaching Assistant, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Jan. 2015 – Dec. 2017

Taught 2 to 3 general chemistry labs of up to 24 students each semester

In charge of lab preparation for general chemistry labs 101 and 102.

Aided in creating new lab activities and moving lab equipment to new lab spaces for college students after hurricane.

Chemistry Camp Coordinator for forensic and general chemistry May 2017-May 2018

Create general chemistry and forensic based lab activities for kids 7-14 years old.

PRESENTATIONS

Summerlin, L.S., Shimizu, M., Mead, R.N., Kieber, R.J., Avery, G.B., Willey, J.D. “Biofuel and Biogenic Contributions of Ethanol in Rainwater.” Poster presentation at the Breathe, NC yearly conference held in Wilmington NC, April 2019.

References available upon request.

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