Edel Collins

** **** ******, **** *****, Long Island, NY 11795 917-***-**** acwofp@r.postjobfree.com

Career Objective

A graduate with a BSc (Hons) in Chemical and Pharmaceutical Science and a 12 month J-1 IWT Visa Holder. I am looking to obtain a 12 month position in order to gain experience, expand current knowledge levels, utilize my skills for the growth and benefit of the organization. I have a vast range of knowledge of many areas in the field of chemistry, from theory to practical laboratory work, and a desire to continue learning more.

Work Experience

May 2015 – September 2015

Completed a hands-on organic chemistry project on Suzuki Cross Coupling reactions, and the effect of changing the sterics / electronics of the substituents in the starting materials on the overall product and the rate of the reaction.

February 2016 – May 2016

Conducted a study in the field of inorganic chemistry concerning the effect of different chemical nucleases and whether they undergo a hydrolytic or oxidative cleavage mechanism when inducing strand scission in DNA.

June 2016 – September 2016

Employed as a Customer Services Operator in CarTrawler Car rental company.

Education

Dublin City University, Dublin Ireland

Bachelor of Science (Honors Degree) in Chemical and Pharmaceutical Science 2012 – 2016

Relevant Modules: Advanced Organic Chemistry, Advanced Inorganic Chemistry, Advanced Spectroscopy, Medicinal Chemistry, Separation Techniques, Advanced Organic Chemistry Labs, Analytical Chemistry Labs, Pharmaceutical Labs, Inorganic Chemistry Labs.

Honors: Completed the Gaisce Award, ECDL and a code of ethics course, academic excellence in History

Skills

Laboratory

oFamiliar with laboratory instrumentation and protocols for experiments involving GC, HPLC, TLC, flash column chromatography, gel electrophoresis, extractions (soxhelet extraction, gel extraction, liquid-liquid extraction etc.).

oFamiliar with practical experiments involving complex synthesis of organic compounds, identification of unknown organic compounds, organic rearrangements, accurate titrimetric assays, quality control testing, raw materials testing, rearrangements, grignard reactions, microscale reactions, regioselective and stereoselective reactions and characterization.

oAnalysis of spectra - IR, H1NMR, C13NMR, Mass Spec, UV-vis, COSY, C-H correlation.

oEurachem Analytical Measurement Competition (EAMC) 2014 - I volunteered to participate in the first stage of this competition and was selected to progress into the final 10 students to be chosen for DCU.

Computer and Written

oCompetent at writing lab reports based on experimental data.

oCompleted a literature review entitled ‘Hydrolytic Chemical Nucleases’.

oCompleted a thesis entitled ‘The Development of New Chemical Nucleases’.

oPassed an ECDL course in 2009, and undertook a module named ‘Visualisation and Validation of Lab Data’ which has taught me how to use Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Word for analysis of lab data

Analysis and Critical Thinking

oCompleted ‘Advanced Spectroscopic Workshop’ in which many unknown organic compounds were determined by analysis of their Mass Spectrometry, H1NMR, C13NMR and IR spectra.

Time Management

oMany experiments involved making a pre-plan to ensure that the experiment would be finished within the allotted time. This led to a thorough understanding of the chemistry and techniques of the experiment before undertaking it.

oDeadlines consistently met both professionally and academically.

Leadership

oWorking in a summer camp as the head of gymnastics.

oWorking with children for several years had instilled confidence in me to take responsibility and be the adult in charge.

References: Available Upon Request

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