ROBERT BATTIKHA addk86@r.postjobfree.com 908-***-****

OBJECTIVE Seeking lab technician position in a pharmaceutical environment. WORK Roche Molecular Systems, Branchburg 2017 - 2018

● Lab Technician from June 2017 to January 2018, 7 months.

● Oligonucleotide (DNA) Synthesis using the AKTA Oligopilot Synthesizer.

● Worked with a team to prepare reagents used in oligo synthesis, program synthesizer machine, start the synthesis, finish synthesis and clean synthesizer.

● Processed final product by first cleaving product from solid support and then using ammonium hydroxide for oligonucleotide deprotection.

● Long term storage of final product, and obtain concentration results via Optical Spectrometry.

Interim Period 2018-2019

● Figuring out what to do with my life.

● Considered going back to school.

● Worked for Home Depot.

● Worked for Wawa.

● Worked for Uber.

● Volunteered for Hackensack Meridian Health Hospital. AWARDS

EDUCATION AND

RESEARCH

Accepted to Northeastern Bioengineering Conference 2017 Received Outstanding Research Poster Award at NEBEC Dean’s List - Rutgers University 2011 - 2015

Aresty Fellowship - Biomedical Research 2015

Medical Imaging Lab, Biomedical Engineering Department 2015 - 2017

● September 2015 to May 2017, about 1.5 years.

● Independent Research. MATLAB. Medical image processing.

● Developed MATLAB program for automatic segmentation of preterm neonatal ventricle regions for intraventricular hemorrhage diagnosis. Biomedical Engineering Lab, Biomedical Engineering Department 2014 - 2015

● Undergraduate Assistant.

● June 2014 to May 2015, 11 months.

● Fabricated microfluidic devices for the purpose of spinal cord injury modeling.

● Neurons were grown on one side of the device and their axons grew across to the other side of the device.

● The axons were then damaged by application of pressure, and the results of the damaged axons were studied.

Organic Chemistry Lab, Chemistry Department 2012

Undergraduate Assistant

● March 2012 to July 2012, 4 months.

● Research assistant. Frequently performed TLC and LC.

● Purpose of research was to increase the percent yield of specific product.

● The same general reaction was carried out multiple times, with slight variations, and the percent yield of the various reactions were compared. Masters of Engineering, Rutgers University 2015 - 2017 Biomedical Engineering GPA: 3.8 / 4.0

Bachelors of Science, Rutgers University 2010 - 2015 Triple Major: Biochemistry, Physics, Chinese GPA: 3.8 / 4.0 RELEVANT SKILLS ● Understanding of Cell Culturing, ELISA, HPLC, PCR, DNA Extraction, Fluid Dynamics and Transport Phenomenon, Protein purification, LC-MS.

● Skills: QC, Medical Imaging, Microfluidic Device Fabrication, Column Chromatography, LC, TLC, Product Purification via RotoVap and Organic Phase Separation.

PERSONAL

INTERESTS

● Chinese and Arabic languages.

● Listening to and playing music.

● Reading all sorts of things: science, religion, history, politics, technology. REFERENCES ● Ilker Hacihaliloglu (PI) from Masters Research 848-***-****

● Jeff Zahn (PI) from Undergraduate Research 848-***-****

● Joe Fantuzzo (PhD Student) from Undergraduate Research 585-***-****