Technician Assistant

HARIS DZAFERBEGOVIC

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LaGrange Highlands, IL 60525

708-***-**** (cell) **************@*****.***

Kentucky Wesleyan College, Owensboro, KY Aug. 2010- Dec. 2013

Bachelor of Science Chemistry, Biology (cum laude)

Achievements

Scholarship Student- Athlete (Division II) Aug. 2010- Dec. 2013

Great Lakes Valley Conference All-Academic All-Conference (Men’s Soccer) Aug. 2010- Dec. 2013

Abernathy Chemistry Scholarship Award April 2011

Henry Milton Pyles Senior Biology Award April 2013

Outstanding Male Resident Assistant of the Year April 2013

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Kentucky Wesleyan College, Owensboro, KY Aug. 2011- Dec. 2013

Tutor and Study Session Leader

• General Biology I and I I, General Chemistry I and I I, General Physics I and I I,

Genetics, Cell and Molecular Biology, and Computer L i teracy

Kentucky Wesleyan College, Owensboro, KY Nov. 2011- Apr. 2012

Directed Student Researcher

• Investigated kin recognition in paedomorphic Ambystoma talpoideum, mole

salamander, by performing dissections and gut content analysis (Publication in

p rogress, 2nd Author)

Owensboro Medical Health Systems, Owensboro, KY Mar. 2012-May 2013

Rehabilitation Support Technician

• Directly assisted patients with therapeutic exercise programs

• Provided support to physical and occupational therapists

University Of Kentucky, Lexington, KY May 2012- Aug. 2012

KBRIN Summer Student Researcher

• Using a previously reported model for Parkinson’s Disease in Drosophila, we investigated the effects

of the loss of SERF on the aggregation and toxicity of mutant alpha-synuclein proteins

University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT May 2013- Aug. 2013

Summer Neuroscience Research Fellow

• Highly competitive fellowship

• Worked with neural stem cells to investigate targets of a receptor/ pathway system in neural stem cell

derived, reactive astrocytes

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Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL July 2014- Present

Research Technician

• Differentiate induced pluripotent stem cells into dopaminergic neurons and perform blind drug screen

study using various chemical compounds

SKILLS:

• MS Excel • MS Word • MS Outlook • MS PowerPoint • Problem Solving • Analytical Skills

• Public Speaking • Data Analysis • Time Management • HPLC

• Immunohistochemistry • Western Blot • Tissue Culture • Dissections • Titrations

• Wet chemistry techniques • ELISA • Cell based assays • GraphPad Prism • SoftMax Pro

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