Preston McMillian

College Park, MD *****

469-***-****, ad4xdn@r.postjobfree.com

OBJECTIVE

A position as an activities assistant allowing me to help people and gain some experience responding to health conditions.

EDUCATION

University of Maryland, College Park

Bachelor of Science in Neuroscience (Molecular, Cellular Track)

August

2024

WORK EXPERIENCE

PYC Lab, University of Maryland, College Park September 2021-January 2023

Research Assistant

• Created standards for neutral solutions using PBS.

• Set up and learned how to use a 3D printer inside the lab.

• Performed basic computer-aided design for items on the 3D printer focused on making a wooden robot function properly.

• Worked in procedure and project creation where I sought to create custom drug profiles using the 3D printer independently.

Howard Community College, Columbia, MD February 2021- Feburary 2022

Undergraduate Researcher

• Performed standard creation, dilution, and sample preparation for atomic absorption spectroscopy.

• Conducted statistical analysis using basic R programming to understand correlations.

• Gathered water samples from streams on campus using clean sampling techniques and then preserved them with nitric acid.

• Co-authored a paper in the Journal of Research in Progress at HCC titled, “A Year In The Life Of Two Campus Streams: Impact From Road Salt, Ground Water, And Surface Water Contributions.” SKILLS

• Lab: Spectrophotometry, Pipetting, Basic lab equipment usage, NMR and IR spectroscopy, chromatography

• Technology: Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, CAD Modeling

• Programming Languages: R, Python, Matlab

RELEVANT COURSEWORK

• PSYC200 – Statistics class with R programming.

• PHYS261 – Physics lab class all done in excel.

• Chemistry sequence – Organic chemistry and General chemistry I and II with lab classes for each one teaching lab skills.

• MATH206 – Introduction to Matlab programming class.

• HCC Research class – Focused on research ethics, procedure, and research as an overall career. MISC WORK

• Spring semester president of TerpCHRP (committee for human rights of the Philippines at UMD) where membership was substantially increased immediately and so was organization capacity.