PETAR MILJKOVIC - Curriculum Vitae
Mailing Address E-mail : ********@********.***
**** **** ******* **** **. Cell Phone : 701-***-****
Fargo, ND 58103 Home Phone: 701-***-****
CAREER To work in science-related business in the private sector, preferably in chemistry,
INTERESTS biotechnology, or biochemistry.
PERSONAL Date of Birth: 04/20/1992
INFORMATION Place of Birth: Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA
Citizenship: US
EDUCATION B.S. General Science-Chemistry Concentration,
Grinnell College,
Grinnell, IA May 2015
Science/Math Courses completed: Intro Statistics; Experimental Design; Calculus I &
II; Intro Biology with Lab; Cell and Molecular Biology with Lab; Animal Behavior;
Intro Chemistry with Lab; Organic Chemistry I (with lab); Organic Chemistry II (with
lab); Environmental Chemistry (with lab); Advanced Inorganic Chemistry (with lab);
Physics I & II (Calculus Based, with lab); Intro Computer Science.
High School,
Fargo South High School,
Fargo, ND June 2009
EXPERIENCE Biosystems Engineering Lab Project Assistant
Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering Department,
North Dakota State University
Fargo, ND Summer 2014
Duties: Process modeling for biofuels and renewable products.
Supervisors: Dr. Dennis Wiesenborn and Dr. Darrin Haagenson.
Plant Pathology Lab Project Assistant
Plant Pathology Department,
North Dakota State University
Fargo, ND Summer 2013
Duties: Genetics and molecular biology of cereal disease resistance.
Supervisor: Dr. Robert Brueggeman
Organic Chemistry Lab Assistant
Chemistry Department,
North Dakota State University
Fargo, ND Fall 2011
Duties: Synthesis of naturally occurring organic compounds.
Supervisor: Dr. Vesela Ugrinova
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Ecology Lab Assistant
Biology Department,
North Dakota State University
Fargo, ND Summer 2010
Duties: Behavioral interactions among individuals to act as a mechanism for density
dependence in populations of wetland birds.
Supervisor: Dr. Mark Clark
FINANCIAL Summer Intern
SALES JOBS FIMA Investment Company,
Belgrade
Serbia Summer 2011 &2012
Duties: Data Management; preparation of power point presentations for lower and
mid-level managers; translation of documents and memos from Serbian to English;
participate in developing marketing plans for various FIMA clients.
Supervisor: Mr. Mladen Jevtic.
Sales Consultant
BestBuy,
Fargo, ND. Septembar 2014 - January 2015.
Duties: Consult people on sales.
ACTIVITIES Competitive Swimming
• Grinnell College swimming team (2009- now)
• 3 times North Dakota individual swimming champion (50 and 100 breast stroke;
and 100 individual medley); once North Dakota individual swimming vice-champion
(200 individual medley)(200-2009)
• Ranked as Platinum in League of Legends for Season 3 (Top 1.5% to 0.1% in
North America) and Gold ranked in seasons 2 and 4 (Top 13%-1.5% in North
America)
Medical Programs and Volunteering
• Volunteered at Merit Care Hospital in Fargo, ND, at Guest Services, for 4 hours
per week (September 2008-June 2009)
• Participated in the Young Medical Professionals Program organized by the Merit
Care Medical Center in Fargo, ND (October 2007-May 2008)
AWARDS Regional (Midwestern) Winner and National Finalist of the Young Epidemiology Schol-
ars (YES) competition ; Title of the research project: Causes of Obesity among Ado-
lescents in Fargo Public Schools System. (April 2009, Washington, DC)
National High School Honors Society Member (2008 and 2009)
Fargo South High School Honors List (2007, 2008, 2009)
Represented Fargo South High School at the North Dakota Science Olympiad (2008)
Represented Fargo South High School at local and regional mathematics competitions
(2007, 2008)
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PROFICIENCY Software: Visual Basic, C+, C
Database Management: MS Access
GIS Software: ArcMap, MapInfo
Spreadsheets: MS Excel
Word Processing: L TEX and MS Word
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Certified operator for Windows systems 3.1.1 and modern Mac systems.
Music: Fruity Loops
Foreign languages: Serbian, Spanish, Russian, Croatian, Bosnian.
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