Quality Control Assistant

Tianming Zhu

***A Millwood Drive • Millbrae, CA *4030

CELL 650-***-**** • E-MAIL ***********@*****.***

EDUCATION Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry, May 2014

Occidental College, Los Angeles, California

American Chemistry Society Certified

EXPERIENCE

Laboratory Preparation • August 2013 - May 2014

• Prepared chemical solutions for 15+ lab classes in batch processes.

• Foresaw potential mishaps and placed fail safes to prevent lab work from being interrupted.

• Provided quality control for equipment and chemicals provided to labs.

• Recorded the procedures and supplies for each of the labs for future prep workers.

Teacher’s Assistant • August 2013 - May 2014

• Conducted a general chemistry lab of 30+ students by teaching them how to use instruments and

conduct basic chemistry techniques.

• Taught students the mechanics and principles behind each lab.

• Maintained an orderly and safe lab workspace.

Stockroom Assistant • August 2012 - May 2014

• Organized and inventory the chemicals, laboratory equipment and miscellaneous items in the

stockroom, basement storage, and outside storage.

• Supplied materials to classroom labs, research labs, and other departments while keeping detailed

records of supplies.

Directed Research • May 2012- August 2014

• Performed wet lab, organic synthesis, and electrochemical research

• Utilized a range of equipment and techniques such as thin layer chromatography (TLC),

ultraviolet–visible spectroscopy (UV-Vis), nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), oxidation reduction cycles

(ORC), and gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC-MS).

• Troubleshot problems in synthesis, data measurement, and verification whereby created a faraday

cage, fixed a Schlenk line, fixed an argon line, and organized a large number of equipment and chemicals.

• Served on a research team of two students that synthesized a chemical linker for cytochrome

protein, and analyzed the purity and structure of synthesized chemical.

• Led a team of three students to analyze the electron transport between two cytochrome proteins

via oxidation reduction cycles.

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