Mohammad Ali-Murteza Latif

Email Address: Cell Phone Number:

acw6n2@r.postjobfree.com 917-***-****

Personal Summary:

I am a highly motivated and hardworking individual and have developed my research skills through performing experiments in several laboratories within my university as well as summer internships in Switzerland. At SUNY at Buffalo, I have carried out titrations, gravimetric analysis, fractional distillation, spectroscopy and spectrophotometric analysis, organic syntheses, calorimetric analysis, chromatography, etc. In Lausanne, I was introduced to biological methods of analysis such as DNA extraction, PCRs, propagating cell lines, basic cloning procedures, etc. I was also an undergraduate research assistant in a social science lab for over a year. I am currently seeking a position within a laboratory to build upon a keen interest in science. I also have domestic mobility and am willing to move immediately.

Education:

State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo – College of Arts and Sciences – Buffalo, NY Date of Graduation: August 2016 Bachelor's Degree Major: Chemistry

Relevant Classes:

o Chemistry – Undergraduate Research, Organic Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Physical Chemistry, Physical Chemistry for Life Sciences, Inorganic Chemistry, and all associated Laboratory classes. o Biology – Perspectives in Human Biology, Human Nutrition, and Psychology of Substance Use and Abuse.

o Mathematics – College Calculus, Differential Equations, Psychological Statistics, and Calculus-based Physics and associated Laboratory class.

o Others – Computer Science and Engineering, Symbolic Logic, Psychology, and Communication.

Professional Experience:

Antech Diagnostics – Lake Success, NY September 2016 – October 2016 Grossing Technician

o Inked and Cut tissue samples from various different biopsies for processing. o Loaded tissue processors.

SUNY at Buffalo – Communication Science Center – Buffalo, NY July 2015 – August 2016 Undergraduate Research Assistant

o Research focuses on nonverbal communications. Specifically, facial expressions, emotions, and deception. o Co-investigator of the "Check Out This Room" experiment. It involves the effects of contextual cues on a high stakes interview. We ran the pilot study of the experiment in June 2016 and I will be an author when we publish our paper about the results of our experiment. o Wrote interview scripts for various different experiments. o Organized and coded data from various different experiments. o Assisted with running participants for various different experiments.

SUNY at Buffalo – Department of Communication – Buffalo, NY May 2016 – July 2016 Teaching Assistant

o Graded exams, quizzes, application assignments, and in-class activities. o Filled in as Guest Lecturer when instructor was out of town. The topic of my lecture was Scientific Research.

University of Lausanne – Department of Physiology – Lausanne, Switzerland May 2013 – June 2013 Summer Intern

o Continued my responsibilities from the previous summer. o Created/updated antibody, biochemical, cell line, chemical, machinery, plasmid, and plastics and consumables databases.

o Extracted DNA from mice samples.

o Performed PCRs and gel electrophoresis.

University of Lausanne – Department of Physiology – Lausanne, Switzerland May 2012 – July 2012 Summer Intern

o Organized and updated DNA databases.

o Prepared solutions and buffers used commonly in the lab. o Measured volumes and concentrations of DNA and RNA samples using a Nanodrop instrument. o Extracted plasmid DNA from bacteria using small and large-scale commercial kits. o Performed basic cloning procedures starting with restriction digestion of DNA and isolating the fragments by Argarose gel electrophoresis and ligating into a plasmid and transformation of bacteria cells.

o Worked in the cell culture room where I maintained and propagated several cell lines using Aseptic techniques.

o Assisted in preparation of cell Lysate and running Luciferase reporter assays.

Trainings & Skills:

o Familiar with the Antrim Computer System

o Completed Research Investigators CITI Program – February 2016 o Studied the Facial Action Coding System (FACS).

o Completed Good Research Practice Training – August 2015 o Completed Responsible Conduct of Research CITI Program – August 2015 o Familiar with basic HTML, hexadecimal, and binary coding o Proficient with Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

Awards:

o SUNY at Buffalo – Deans List – Fall 2011

o 10:10 Hero – Awarded 10:10 Hero Status for displaying creativity in cutting carbon emission by 10% in October 2010

Languages:

o Fluent in English and Bengali

Activities:

o Member of National Society of College Scholars

***References available upon request***

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