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Jay Dipak Shah
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EDUCATION
Michigan State University
Masters of Science, Chemistry
August 2008 May 2013
G.P.A: 3.7
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Bachelors of Science, Chemistry Minor: Mathematics
August 2004 May 2008
G.P.A: 3.7, Cum Laude
HONORS/AWARDS
• University of North Carolina at Charlotte Academic Chancellors List Fall 2004 Spring 2005, Fall2005
• University of North Carolina at Charlotte Academic Deans List Spring 2006, Fall 2007,Spring 2007
LABORATORY EXPERIENCE:
Michigan State University: (August 2008 May 2013)
• Teaching and research experience in 1H NMR, FT IR, UV Vis Spectroscopy, Spectrophotometry.
• Synthesized dicyclopentadiene derivatives and characterized purity and composition of samples using Gas
Chromatography, Mass Spectrometry, and HPLC.
• Experience using Thin Layer Chromatography and Column Chromatography to aid in separation of
mixtures.
• Built a home made oil free Time of Flight Mass Spectrometer.
University of North Carolina at Charlotte: (August 2004-May 2008)
• 3 courses taken on acquiring and deciphering of 1HNMR, FT-IR, 13C-NMR, and Mass Spectrometry of
complex molecules to gain structural information.
• 2 courses taken exploring diverse set of analytical instruments such as Cyclic Voltammetry, Bomb
Calorimetry, Laser Spectroscopy, Gas-Chromatography, and Scanning Electron Microscopy.
• Well versed in organic techniques such as re-crystallization, column chromatography, liquid extraction,
and solid extraction, regular and fractional distillation.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
Teaching Assistant, August 2008 May 2013
Michigan State University
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• Taught 200+ undergraduate students laboratory practices using the basic principles of chemistry and
quantitative analysis.
• 5 years experience in educating undergraduate students how to maintain proper documentation of research
data and laboratory notebooks.
• Mentored 5 undergraduates and with diverse skill sets, mentored 2 junior graduate students, as well as 2
high school students from the High School Honors Science Program (HSHSP).
• 5 years experience tutoring Organic Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, General Analytical/Inorganic
Chemistry, Quantum Chemistry, Calculus and Algebra.
Courses Taught:
General Inorganic/Analytical Chemistry Laboratory Fall 2008
• Taught basic chemical methods such as redox titrations, spectrophotemetric and gravimetric analysis,
statistical data analysis, and analysis of coordination complexes such as nickel, iron and cobalt.
Quantitative Analysis Summer 2009
• Focused on basic statistics with emphasis on statistical error propagation and its applications to various
chemical techniques and data analysis.
Analytical and Physical Chemistry Laboratory Spring 2013
• Taught solution NMR theory and experiment, which aimed to quantify the relative amounts of keto enol
tautomers in 2,4 pentadione and its various derivatives at variable temperatures to determine
thermodynamic properties including enthalpy and entropy change.
INTRUMENTATION PROFICIENCY
• Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry, Ultrafast Ti:Sapphire lasers, Liquid Chromatography, Gas
Chromatography, Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometry, Cyclic Voltammetry, Spectrophotometry,
UV visible Spectroscopy, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Scanning Electron Microscopy, Microsoft
Office.
Graduate Research Assistant, August 2008 June 2013
Michigan State University
Molecular Dynamics and Gas/Liquid Phase Laser Induced Dynamics Studies
• Led laser spectroscopy experiments coupled with Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry to explore gas phase
chemical dynamics of acetophenones and its derivatives which resulted in a peer reviewed publication in
the Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters (2011).
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• Studied the Optical fluorescence response of IR 144 Dye to gain understanding of fluorescence and
stimulated emission and the time scale of ultra short processes which resulted in a peer reviewed
publication in the Journal of Physical Chemistry (2012).
• 5+ years experience studying spectroscopy of substituted acetophenones and dicyclopentadiene derivatives
using FT IR, UV Vis, NMR, Mass Spectrometry and Laser Induced Dissociation.
• 1 year experience in synthesizing and characterizing substituted acetophenones and dicyclopentadiene for
use in chemical dynamics studies.
PUBLICATIONS:
1) A. Konar, J. Shah, V. V. Lozovoy and M. Dantus, Optical Response of Fluorescent Molecules Studied by
Synthetic Femtosecond Laser Pulses, Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 3, 1329–1335 (2012).
2) X. Zhu, V. V. Lozovoy, J. D. Shah and M. Dantus, Photodissociation dynamics of acetophenone and its
derivatives with intense non resonant femtosecond pulses, Journal of Physical Chemistry A 115, 1305–
1312 (2011).
ORAL PRESENTATIONS:
1. Electronic Coherence following Strong Field Excitation/Ionization in Dicyclopentadiene, Departmental
Seminar, Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University, January 22, 2013.
POSTER PRESENTATIONS:
1. “Strong Field Dissociation of Polyatomic Molecules” (2011) Shah, Jay D.; V.V. Lozovoy; Dantus, Marcos
Nonlinear Optics at 50 symposium, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor October 24,
2. “Strong Field Ionization/Dissociation of Polyatomic Molecules” Shah, Jay D.; V.V. Lozovoy; Dantus,
Marcos, Quantum Control of Light and Matter, Gordon Research Conference, July 31, 2011
VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCES:
UNC Charlotte:
Relay for Life: 2006 2009
• Held fundraisers and dissipated information regarding cancer related diseases and their affects.
• Attended numerous 12 hour charity walks, in support for those who have lost someone to a cancer related
disease.
Disability Note Taker for Biological Sciences, Fall 2004
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Michigan State University
Michigan Science Olympiad State Examination, Coordinator/Judge 2010.
• Coordinated and judged experiment based examinations in the field of Environmental Science: Soil
Chemistry.
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