Assistant High School

KEON PIERRE

**** ******** ***** #***, *** Vegas, NV 89128

Home: 702-***-**** Cell: 702-***-****

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EDUCATION:

University of Nevada, Las Vegas (current)

Windsor University School of Medicine, Cayon, St.Kitts.

University of Nevada, Las Vegas- Class of 2007

Bachelor of Science: Major- Biological Sciences/ Minor- Chemistry.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Moderator: Gifyo (social networking website). (2014-current)

Cancer Lab Research Assistant- UNLV Chemistry & Biochemistry department (volunteer work). (2014-current)

Lab Research Assistant: Employed at UNLV chemistry department, Cancer

Research Lab. (2004-2007)

Involved in preparation of carcinoma cells for testing with novel treatments. Garnered experience with plating cells, plate reading analysis including centrifugation, spectrophotometer, NMR, IR and MS readings. Experimental techniques include colonogenic formation assay, MTT assay, radiation treatment assay, flo cytometric assay, western and southern blotting.

Assistant Maitre’d: (1995-2002) Employed at Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. Managed Staff to help create exceptional onboard dining experience to guests. Managed several restaurants on board, organized seating arrangements, receptions, special functions and dissolve discrepancies created.

Financial Planner: (1992-1994) Employed at MEGA life insurance company, Trinidad and

Tobago. Provided financial plans and products to clients, planned and organized short-term and long-term investments for future dividends.

Language Skills: Fluent in English (native tongue), some conversational Spanish, West Indian Creole and some French.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

Undergraduate Teaching Assistant: UNLV. Tutored Biology 197 Lab with an

Emphasis on the anatomy of vertebrates and invertebrates.

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7709 Coralite Drive #101, Las Vegas, NV 89128

Home: 702-***-**** Cell: 702-***-****

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Private and Volunteer Tutoring: Mentor to 4th grade students in the UNLV buddies program at Robert Lunt Elementary School, Las Vegas. Privately thought Science, Math and English to underprivileged pupils in Trinidad (1992-1993). Volunteer teaching, high school

Science, English, Spanish and Math at Cimarron High School, Las Vegas, Nevada. Volunteer at Mountain View Medical Hospital ER and wards.

PRESENTATIONS:

31st Annual WCBSURC: Presenter at the 31st Annual West Coast Biological

Sciences Undergraduate Research Conference. Cell Biology and Biochemistry

session topic; “Cis Jasmone and Methyl Jasmonate Induced Cell Cycle Arrest and

Apoptosis in Lung Cancer Cells”. Point Loma Nazarene University, San Diego,

California. (April 29th 2006)

Model United Nations: Secretary General- 15 minute opening address entitled;

“World Trade Practices and the Sovereignty of Developing Nations” presented in

Trinidad at the Annual Model United Nations Conference. (1991)

PUBLICATIONS:

Experimental Lung Research:

Laxmi Yeruva, Beau J.Toy, Robert C. Wang, Keon J. Pierre, Stephen W. Carper,

and J. Abiodun Elegbede. Jasmonates Induce Apoptosis and Cell Cycle Arrest in

Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Lines. Exp Lung Res. (2006)

Laxmi Yeruva, Keon J. Pierre, Abiodun Elegbede, Robert C. Wang, and Stephen W.

Carper. Perillyl alcohol and Perillic acid induced cell cycle arrest and apoptosis in

non-small cell lung cancer cells. Cancer Lett. (2007)

Laxmi Yeruva, Keon J. Pierre, Madhavi Bathina, Abiodun Elegbede, and Stephen

W. Carper. Delayed cytotoxic effects of methyl jasmonate and cis-jasmone induced

apoptosis in prostate cancer cells. Cancer Invest. (2008)

AWARDS:

-Employee of the Year 2000 and Commodore Club Member, Royal Caribbean

Cruises International.

-5yr Excellent Service Award, Royal Caribbean Cruises International. (2000)

-Presentation Award at the 1991 Model United Nations Conference in Trinidad and

Tobago.

-100+hrs Voluntary Service Award, Mountainview Medical Hospital, Las Vegas, NV.

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7709 Coralite Drive #101, Las Vegas, NV 89128

Home: 702-***-**** Cell: 702-***-****

Email: acqq8i@r.postjobfree.com

OTHER SKILLS:

Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point and Access, and

Biochemical Analysis, performance of biochemical assays, Computer repair, General handiness.

ACTIVITIES AND INTERESTS:

Traveling, Hiking (avid hiker), Camping (vast experience outdoors), Weight Training, Art and Art Collecting, painting, Drawing, Scuba Diving, Cooking and culinary arts, Volunteering, Cancer Research and Plant and Natural Compounds that inhibit cancer proliferation.

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