MICHELLE L. BARON
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EDUCATION:
University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California) Fall 2011-Present
GPA: 3.4
Biological Sciences & Political Science Bachelor of Arts, Anticipated Spring 2014
Relevant Coursework (Biological Sciences): General Biology I & II, General Chemistry I & II,
Organic Chemistry I & II, Molecular Biology, Physics I, The Nature of Human Health and
Disease, Evolutionary Biology and Ecology, Biodemography of Aging.
University of Hawaii at Manoa (Honolulu, HI) Fall 2009- Summer 2011
GPA: 3.7
Biology & Political Science
National Pingtung University of Education (Pingtung, Taiwan) Summer 2010
GPA: 4.0
One of 30 students selected from applicants nationwide to act as a US-Taiwan ambassador in the
TUSA Ambassador Program. Relevant Courses: Mandarin Chinese, Taiwanese Politics
Roosevelt High School (Honolulu, Hawaii) Graduated June 2009
GPA: 3.83 (Top 5% of Class)
Extracurricular: LD Debate Captain, National Honor Society, Science Club VP, Swim,
Associated Student Body Leader, National Young Leaders Conference.
Relevant AP credits earned: Statistics, Calculus AB, Calculus BC, Psychology.
WORK EXPERIENCE:
USC Norris Cancer Hospital Intern Spring 2013- Present
Provide help with simple tasks for patients and staff at the day hospital. Duties include: serving
food to patients and family members, delivering paperwork, distributing warm blankets, listening
to patient and staff concerns, submitting staff and volunteer suggestions/complaints to hospital.
UH Ka Leo Newspaper Political Opinions Columnist (Fall 2010- Summer 2011)
Wrote weekly articles for political column in school paper
ACADEMIC CLUBS AND ACTIVITIES:
Dance (Ballet, Modern, Hip-hop): March 1995 – Present
Hapa SC- Director of Community Service Aug 2011- Present.
Mixed Marrow Project Coordinator -Coordinated bone marrow match drives seeking
mainly to find matches for those of mixed race
Relay for Life Captain- (Planned team events and handled fund raising for a relay for
life team)
SKILLS: Alpha amylase production, Analyze 1H and 13C NMR, Analyze IR Spectroscopy,
Analyze mass spectral data, Assay of antibodies and antigens, Bacterial culture identification,
Cytoplasmic RNA extraction, Distillation, Enzyme assays and kinetics, Gel electrophoresis, In
vitro transcription, IR, Recombinant DNA technology, PCR, Southern blotting, Western
Blotting, Sequencing, Titration, Powerpoint, Excel, HTML, Drupal, PC, Animal Lab Certified