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Yuan (Kenny) Zeng, Scientist

*** **** ******, *** **** King of Prussia, PA 19406 484-***-**** acatb9@r.postjobfree.com

Scientist

A highly qualified and motivated candidate, with GMP and GLP as well as experience in

pharmaceutical/research laboratories, is looking for a chemistry/biology related position

Laboratory Techniques

Microbiology: aseptic techniques, tissue extraction, gram stain, toxin assays, biochemical tests,

cell culture, anaerobic chamber, antibiotic test (MIC), API tests, microscopy, morphology

characterization, phylogeny tree construction, culture/agar/media preparation

Biochemistry: PCR, gel-electrophoresis, protein activity assays, DNA/protein

purification/extraction, molecular cloning, sequencing, plasmid transfer, Southern blot

Analytical Chemistry: pipetting, pH, serial dilution, titrations, distillations, HPLC, GCMS

Computer skills: excellent in working with computer software including Microsoft Office,

Minitab, Adobe Photoshop. Matlab programming, and DNA analyzing tools

Work History

Volunteer (7/13) at American Society for Virology Conference, Penn State University

Duties: Assisted presenters in setting up presentations. Performed IT duties in resolving and

troubleshooting software issues and compatibility.

Research Technician (5/12 ~ 5/13) at Penn State Animal Diagnostic Laboratory

Duties: Worked with animal tissue cells. Performed enrichment methods to help detect and

isolate for bacteria cell of interest and maintained cell lines. Performed biochemical

assays to confirm the bacteria at species level. Performed gel electrophoresis on extracted

DNA. Purified and sequenced DNA for gene alignment and classification.

Lab Technician (5/08 ~ 8/08 and 5/10 to 8/10) at Sanofi-Aventis, Great Valley R & D

Duties: Performed and assisted in analytic assays that detected chemical composition of

pharmaceutical substances. Helped perform impurity and dissolution testing for

potentially hazardous product. Acquired training in pharmaceutical GMP and instrument

operation, i.e. HPLC, Mass Spec, chromatography systems

Education

Pennsylvania State University University Park, PA

Bachelor of Science, graduated in 2012

• Majored in Microbiology, and Immunology and Infectious Disease (IID)

• Course Highlights: Enzyme kinetics, Epidemiology, Biochemistry, Toxicology, Genetics,

Statistics, Public Speaking, and Scientific Literature Study

• Laboratory (~ 1.5 years) in Protein, Nucleic Acids, Molecular Epidemiology, Medical

Microbiology and Molecular Cloning(cell)

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