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Yi-Ting Chen, Ph.D.

**** ** ***** **. *** 917, Houston, TX, 77054 +1-626-***-**** acxerv@r.postjobfree.com PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

5+ years of hand-on experience in nanomaterial and surface characterization of chemical and physical properties with solid knowledge of chemistry, material science, and biology.

Independently executed high-visibility research projects including colloidal materials synthesis for sensing applications and, surface functionalization for bioconjugation and surfactant coating, and established new methods to study biomolecule interactions using magnetic-based spectroscopy.

Strong communication and collaborative skills demonstrated by successful completion at least 2 projects in multidisciplinary teams, presenting at national conferences, and leading undergraduate students to suc- cessfully conduct scientific experiments.

SKILLS

Synthesis of nano-size colloidal inorganic materials and basic organic molecules

Characterization of materials and surfaces

• Material/Surface Characterization: SEM, XPS, XRD, EDX, DLS, Zeta Potential, NanoSight, Optical Microscopy, Fluorescence Spectrometers, Fluorescence Confocal Microscope

• Molecular Characterization: FT-IR Spectroscopy, UV-vis Spectroscopy, NMR, HPLC

• Magnetic Characterization: Atomic Magnetometer, Vibrating Sample Magnetometer (VSM)

Software: Origin, MS office, basic operated Matlab, LabVIEW, Image J

Language: Fluent English, Mandarin Chinese, and Taiwanese PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Graduate Research Assistant 2011 – 2016

University of Houston, TX, USA Advisors: Dr. T. Randall Lee and Dr. Shoujun Xu

Synthesized bio-conjugated and polymer-facilitated magnetic nanoparticles, and applied to study model protein interactions using magnetization spectroscopy

Established experimental procedures and distinguished specific CD4 antigen-antibody interactions on flat surface and T-cell surface by Force Induced Remnant Magnetization Spectroscopy

Developed and characterized cardiovascular tissue with embedded magnetic nanoparticles in the collabo- rative project to develop non-contact magnetic stretch bioreactor

Optimized well-dispersed and surfactant-functionalized magnetic nanoparticles for Giant Magnetore- sistance (GMR) sensor

Teaching Assistant 2011 – Present

University of Houston, TX, USA

Fundamentals of Chemistry Laboratory

Guided over 20 undergraduate laboratory classes of students with various majors to perform chemistry experiments

Grader of Physical Chemistry I including homework and midterms 2 of 2 pages Yi- T i n g C h e n

Research Assistant 2010 – 2011

National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan, ROC Advisor: Dr. Way-Zen Lee

Synthesized ligands and metal complexes as a novel bio-inspired heterodinuclear Fe(III)(μ-OH)Zn(II) catalyst for testing out the functions (Michael addition) of model compounds

Synthesized a bio-inspired copper complex as an enzyme for Henry Reaction EDUCATION

Doctorate Degree (Ph.D.) in Chemistry August 2016 University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA

Dissertation Title: “Design of Magnetic Particles and Applications in Force-Based Biosensing”

Bachelor of Science (B.S) in Chemistry June 2010 National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

Completed 4 peer-reviewed publications and 4 oral/poster presentations in national conferences

Matthew Hogan, Yi-Ting Chen, Arati Kolhatkar, S. Madala, T. Randall Lee, Ravi Birla “Conditioning of Cardiovascular Tissue Using a Non-Contact Magnetic Stretch Bioreactor with Embedded Magnetic Na- noparticles”

ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering 2016, 2, 1619–1629

Yi-Ting Chen, Andrew C. Jamison, T. Randall Lee, and Shoujun Xu “Quantitatively Resolving Ligand- Receptor Bonds on Cell Surfaces Using Force-Induced Remnant Magnetization Spectroscopy” ACS Central Science 2016, 2, 75–79 *Live slides

Way-Zen Lee, Tzu-Li Wang, Hao-Ching Chang, Yi-Ting Chen, and Ting-Shen Kuo “A Bioinspired ZnII/FeIII Heterobimetallic Catalyst for Thia-Michael Addition” Organometallics 2012, 31, 4106–4109

2015 May, Oral presentation in 49th Semiannual TcSUH Student Symposium, Houston, TX

“Resolving Ligand-Receptor Binding on Cell Surfaces Using Force-Induced Remnant Magnetization Spec- troscopy” Yi-Ting Chen, T. Randall Lee, and Shoujun Xu

2016 March, Division of Colloid and Surface Chemistry, Poster presentation in 251th ACS National Meet- ing, San Diego, CA

“Synthesis of Unusually Large Magnetic Nanospheres and their Novel Applications in Protein Detection” Yi-Ting Chen, Shoujun Xu, and T. Randall Lee

AWARDS / AFFILIATIONS

2016 John N. Lomonte Scholarship Outstanding TA in General Chemistry Lab at University of Houston

2007 Two-time recipient of the Presidential Awards at National Taiwan Normal University

2011 – 2016, Graduate Tuition Fellowships (GTF) Funds at University of Houston

2014 – present, member of America Chemical Society

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