Xaviera Watkins

**** ****** ****** **. ******* Salem, NC

336-***-**** ada4qa@r.postjobfree.com

Education

Master of Science: Environmental Chemistry Spring 2020 Western Carolina University- Cullowhee, NC

Bachelor of Science: Chemistry ACS Certification Fall 2018 Western Carolina University- Cullowhee, NC

• GPA: 3.547

Bachelor of Science: Applied Mathematics Fall 2018 Western Carolina University- Cullowhee, NC

• GPA:3.682

Skills and Instrumentation

• Inductively coupled plasma- optical

emission spectrometer

• Flame absorption atomic

spectrometer

• UV-Vis spectrometer

• Nuclear magnetic resonance

spectrometer

• Ion Chromatography

• Gel electrophoresis

• Mastisizer 2000 analyzer

• X-ray fluorescence spectrometer

• Vario EL III elemental analyzer

• Rheometer

Work History

Mathematics Tutor January 2015-Present

Western Carolina University- Cullowhee, NC

• Advise students one-on-one on academic plan and course selections.

• Evaluate and document attendance data in mathematics projects.

• Formulate personalized plan for students to be able to study information independently. Delivery Driver June 2015-May 2019

Papa John’s- Winston Salem, NC

• Perform excellent customer service through telephone and face-to-face.

• Prepare safe and hot food-based Food Safety and Inspection Service.

• Maintain timely meal transportation.

Chemistry Tutor July 2017-May 2018

Southwestern Community College- Sylva, NC

• Advise students one-on-one on academic plan and course selections.

• Evaluate and document data in mathematics projects.

• Formulate a plan for students to be able to study information independently. Mathematics Tutor July 2017-May 2018

Southwestern Community College- Sylva, NC

• Advise students one-on-one on academic plan and course selections.

• Conduct group and one-on-one study sessions in various math disciplines.

• Prepare sessions and materials to strengthen topics discussed previously in class. Supplemental Instruction Leader Summer 2017, 2018

Western Carolina University- Cullowhee, NC

• Encourage independent learning and study skills among students in a variety of disciplines.

• Support students through brief intensive summer semester.

• Collect attendance data for statistical research on Supplemental Instruction. Lab Assistant June 2017-July 2017

Western Carolina University- Cullowhee, NC

• Maintained clean and orderly lab classrooms.

• Prepared chemicals and materials for chemistry courses.

• Monitored chemical waste disposal and spills.

Graduate Teaching Assistant- Chemistry and Physics January 2019- Current Western Carolina University- Cullowhee, NC

• Taught introductory physics labs to undergraduate students

• Led three laboratory sessions per week, each lab focused on a specific topic covered in lecture

• Assigned and graded assignments such as lab reports, quizzes, and lab reports Research Projects

Tannic Acid Wax Emulsion Used as Natural Fungicide Chemistry and Physics Department, College of Arts and Sciences, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC

• Formulated stable wax emulsion that was easily distributed and withstood weathering

• Determined emulsion stability with rheometer

• Wax emulsion samples were sent to be used in field study and results showed no significant difference

Concentrations and Sources of Trace Metals in Water and Sediments of the South Fork New River, Ashe County, North Carolina, and their Potential Effects on Aquatic Biota Chemistry and Physics Department, College of Arts and Sciences, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC

• Collected water and sediment samples within and along riverine

• Sediment digestion through a series of extraction processes

• Determine trace metal concentrations in water and sediment samples with inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectroscopy

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