Yishu Wang
**********@*****.*** ; 315-***-****
*** ***** ***** **, ***.V, Chapel Hill, NC 27514
EDUCATION
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
BS in Chemistry, May 2014
Syracuse University 09/2009-05/2011
Completed 52 transferable credits; Dean’s list: 4 semesters
SKILLS
Instruments:
X-ray Diffraction Fluorescence LC GC NMR Pulse NMR
Atomic absorption spectroscopy HPLC UV IR FT-IR Capillary GC
Rotating disk voltammetry MS GC-MS PCR CE Gel electrophoresis
Software: Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint), Chemdraw, Virtual substance, Mathcad, SpinWorks_3
languages: English, Mandarin
WORK EXPERIENCES
Eshelman School of Pharmacy, UNC-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 01/2012-01/2014
Research Assistant in Dr. Michael Jarstfer’s lab
• Assisted in the Direct telomerase assay of the investigation of human telomerase activity and various
antibiotic inhibitors’ effects on it
• Conducted research on the kinetics of the hydrolysis reaction of N-methylindoxyl acetate in H2O and D2O
• 04/2013: poster of research work conducted in Dr. Michael Jarstfer’s lab: “Antibiotic and Hsp90 Inhibitor
Novobiocin Prevents Telomerase Activity” presented in the annual undergraduate research symposium at
UNC-Chapel Hill
Honors Research Lab, Chemistry Department, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, 08/2010-12/2010
Lab Technician
• Successfully synthesized a Pyrophosphate-Bridged Ruthenium/2,2’-Bipyridine Complex with a group of
five students
• Participated in conducting the research plan and writing of the proposal and final paper
• Gained intensive amount of practice using various characterization and analytical chemistry instruments.
• Successfully completed group presentation and oral defense at the end of the research.
Physics Department, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, 08/2010-12/2010
Coach
• Assisted in teaching the general physics I recitation section for Syracuse University department of Physics
Coil Coating department, Nippon Paint, Langfang, China, 05/2010-08/2010
Lab technician
• Assisted in color matching and solution development at the coil coating department of Nippon Paint
Presentation from Symposium Abstracts:
• Shobair, M; Wang, Y; Jarstfer, M.B. “Solvent Kinetic Isotope Effects on 2’-Acylation of RNA: Biophysical
Society 58th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, February 14-19, 2014.
• Wagner, L; Wang, Y; Sekaran, V; Jarstfer, M.B. “Antibiotic and Hsp90 Inhibitor Novobiocin Prevents
Telomerase Activity”: the annual undergraduate research symposium, UNC-Chapel Hill, NC, April, 2013
Leaderships & Achievements
National Society of Collegiate Scholars, 01/2010-present
Membership
Friendship Association of Chinese Students and Scholars (UNC-CH), 09/2011-05/2014
Secretary, Events director