Tianzhen (Tia) Han
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EDUCATION
New York University, New York, NY, US Master of Science, Biotechnology, May 2013
Hefei University, Hefei, Anhui, China Bachelor of Engineering, Bioengineering, July 2011
Areas of study
Probability and Statistics, Biostatistics and Data Process, Advanced Mathematics, Linear Algebra.
Accounting and Finance, Business Concept for Bioscience Entrepreneur, Marketing, Management.
Biotechnology and the Pharmaceutical Industry, Biotechnology and Health Care, Biosensors and Biochips,Material in Medicine, Biochemistry, Chemistry, GMP etc.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Junior Researcher Scientist, NYU College of Dentistry, 01/2014-Present
Associate Professor Shoshana Yakar. Study insulin-like growth factors (IGF's) in tissue and skeleton.
Understanding in life science, biotechnology and pharmaceutical areas. Detail orientated, multitasks.
Research Assistant, NYU College of Dentistry, 03/2012-12/2013
On-campus internship. Professor Joseph B. Guttenplan.
Nutaceuticals and tobacco affect on gene expression on human and rodent tissues.
Manage the whole lab and keep overall operation in order. Contribute in the oncology study as below.
Submitted Fund: Joseph B. Guttenplan, Wieslawa Kosinska, Tianzhen Han etc. Effects of black raspberry components
(BRB), BRB extracts and related compounds on mutagenesis induced by the tobacco carcinogen, dibenzo(a,l)pyrene and its
metabolites in cultured rat oral fibroblasts. Article: Joseph B. Guttenplan, Peter Sacks, Tianzhen Han. Comparative
transforming effects of ultra low tar (ULT) and full flavor low tar (FFLT) cigarette smoke particulate extracts on human
oral epithelial cells. AACR Annual Meeting 2014, April 5-9 in San Diego, CA. Article: Peter G. Sacks, Wieslawa Kosinska,
Mitaliben Contractor, Tian-Zhen Han, and Joseph B. Guttenplan. Effects of a combination of resveratrol and sulforaphane
on mutagenesis and DNA adduct formation in rat mammary tissue and a rat mammary fibroblast cell line. Annual Meeting.
2013. April 6-10,2013,Walter Washington Convention Center, Washington,DC. American Associate for Cancer Research.
Lab Technician, Hefei University, 11/2008-05/2011
On-campus researcher. Study bacterial fermentation and enzyme application in food, beverage and environment industry.
Thesis: The development of Xylooligosaccharides-rich Bran Biscuits. Conduct experiment from upstream through
downstream. Begin with culture bacterial, ferment, purify enzyme, and optimize enzymatic, to finally bake bran biscuits.
Further and establish direct understanding of food industry.
ACTIVITIES
Entrepreneurs Challenge Competitor, NYU Incubator, 05/2012-08/2012
Build a business plan for an app of fast pay. Conduct marketing research. Based on the study, I drew the conclusion to make our app target small and middle-sized local store. To be a niche app, it provide customized serveries to help build database for the store to optimizing management decision with cash flow, cost, inventory and so on.
Vision and innovation, perseverance and tenacity, the sprites of entrepreneurship mark deep down.
Graduate Student Orientation Leader, New York University, 08/2012
Work in the orientation team. The role is to support projects and assigned to handle outburst events.
Help students with paperwork; check in dormitory and deal with their problems in the process.
Salesperson, Zhicheng LLC., Hefei, Anhui, China, 2008-2011
Record clear ledge book. Persuasive salesperson.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Skills: Microsoft Offices (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint), AutoCAD, English, Chinese, Shanghai Dialect.
Honors: Dean’s Scholarship, Excellent League Member.