Quality Assurance Assistant
Resume:
*** **** ******* **. ****** Cyphersmith (***) *** – 4156
Roswell, GA 30076 ***********@*****.*** www.cyphersmith.com
Expertise: Single Molecule Spectroscopy, Fluorescence, Spectroscopy, Optics, Microscopy,
Polarization, Physical Chemistry, Live-cell Imaging, Programming, Confocal, TIRF, Wide-field,
Statistical Analysis, NSOM, AFM, Two-photon, Cell culture, Matlab, LabVIEW, Igor Pro, ImageJ
Education
Ph.D. in Chemistry, University of Massachusetts Amherst (2008-2012)
o Investigation of the Orientation Dependence on Chiroptical Properties of Single
Molecules, University of Massachusetts Amherst Ph.D. Thesis (2012)
B. Phil in Chemistry and Physics - cum laude, University of Pittsburgh (2004-2008)
Professional Skills
University of Massachusetts Amherst, Research Assistant, (August 2008 - September 2012)
Built and refined a microscope for circular polarization resolved experiments.
Designed and performed experiments to probe the orientation and chiral properties of
single molecules via wide field fluorescence microscopy.
Programmed in Igor Pro to process and analyze fluorescence images of single molecules.
Programmed in LabVIEW to modulate a voltage controller using CCD camera triggers.
Performed statistical analyses on large data sets.
Managed and trained undergraduate and graduate students to complete projects.
Taught undergraduate analytical chemistry lab and physical chemistry.
Experience with mode-locked lasers, NSOM, AFM, CD spectrometer.
Georgia Institute of Technology, Postdoctoral Fellow, (October 2012 - September 2013)
Built a two-photon TIRF microscope for improved signal to noise in tissue imaging.
Programmed in MATLAB and ImageJ to track and analyze particle trajectories.
Used a confocal microscope to track intracellular lysosome transport.
Experience with culturing BSC-1 cells and sterile lab environments.
Experience using a spinning disk confocal microscope.
Princeton Instruments, Internship, (September 2013 – March 2014)
Designed experiments to replicate product failures and improve product performance.
Facilitated a project to improve product repair turnaround times.
Collected and analyzed data to develop strategies for improved quality assurance.
Provided technical applications support and equipment training to customers.
Communication Experience
Published 5 articles in peer-reviewed journals. Publication list at www.cyphersmith.com
Won 3M Award for Most Outstanding Poster – UMass Research Fest (2012)
Reviewer for Applied Physics Letters (2010 – present)
Regularly presented research findings to groups of 10-50 people.
References
Richard Finlayson Prof. Michael D. Barnes Prof. Christine Payne
Princeton Instruments University of Massachusetts Georgia Institute of Technology
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