Angelica Jackeline Sifuentes
915-***-**** *.***********@*****.***
OBJECTIVE
To work for a company in a highly motivating and challenging environment that provides the best opportunities to grow and utilize my knowledge and expertise as a chemist.
EDUCATION
Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX August 2009- May 2013
Diploma: Bachelor of Science
Major: Chemistry, Minor: Spanish
SKILLS AND AWARDS
Software and Tools: Microsoft Office, PeopleSoft, Oracle, EPIC
Foreign Languages: Spanish (fluent native speaker)
Scholarships & Awards: Minority Merit Award 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, Chemistry Departmental Scholarship, Science Merit Award
Co-author of review paper: Regulation of Glucose and Lipid homeostasis by Adiponectin: Effects on Hepatocytes, Pancreatic β-cell, and Adipocytes
Presented poster of findings in the 243rd American Chemical Society meeting in San Diego under medicinal chemistry
Poster Title: Understanding Cephalosporin derived inhibitors of B-lactamase
WORK EXPERIENCE
Insurance Coordinator December 2015- Present
Internal Medicine Subspecialty Clinic at UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
Verify patient insurance benefits prior to appointments using online verification systems.
Resolve both patient and clinical staff concerns over medical coverage to educate and ensure proper coverage.
Effectively facilitate language access to Spanish speaking patients during clinic provider consults.
Register and schedule patients for appointments using EPIC system.
Provide check-in check out coverage for front desk.
Lab Manager/Research Technician June 2013 – November 2015
UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
Manage and delegate laboratory tasks to fellow lab members, train and supervise incoming students and technicians on utilized techniques, lab regulations, cGLPs, cGMPs, and surgical procedures to promote a safe and an efficient work environment in preparation for audits.
Maintain organization of mouse colony and genotyping logs up to date in order to prepare experiment cohorts.
Upkeep general lab organization including receiving, logging, and reconciling all orders processed for the lab.
Utilized techniques: Gamma counter, tissue sample prep for MS, pH systems, Radiation training. Used Mass Spectroscopy to identify and quantitate samples.
Research Technician
Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX June 2011-May 2013
Assisted in the design, synthesis, and successful development of several mechanism-based broad spectrum inhibitors of β-lactamase which can be co-administered with a b-lactam antibiotic to treat b-lactamase infections.
Utilized techniques: Benchtop work ups, titrations, FT-NMR spectroscopy, FT-IR spectroscopy, and HPLC analysis for product determination and purity assay. Column chromatography for compound determination, and purification.
Calculus, Biology, Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, and Spanish Tutor October 2010 – May 2013
Altshuler Learning Enhancement Center, Dallas, TX
Provided SMU undergraduate students with organizational time management tools and guidance with suggestions for positive study habits with the objective to improve academic performance. Taught students in a group environment as well as privately in listed subjects
ORGANIZATIONS
Children’s Health, Dallas, TX February 2015- Present
Volunteer, General Sitter
AGAPE Clinic, Dallas, TX March 2015- Present
Volunteer, Translator