Maryam Sayyahmanesh

**** ***** **. **** # ***, Newark, DE, 19702

Direct 302-***-****, adho88@r.postjobfree.com

Career objective

Motivated and hard-working researcher seeking for a chemical/ biological lab assistant position. Analytical chemistry, bioengineering and chemical engineering are the fields I am passionate about. Plus, I am very enthusiastic to learn new skills, adaptive to new environments quickly and also confident about exceeding the expectations!

*Permanent resident of the US and ready to start work asap! Education

Louisiana Tech University, Louisiana, US 2018

M.S., Science Engineering

Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran 2014 M.S., Chemical Engineering

Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran 2012 B.S., Chemical Engineering

Experience

New York Structural Biology Center, New York 2019

Research Technician: Preparation of frozen biological specimens, negative staining and surface improvement of cryo- EM grids, and fabrication of Carbon nanowire grids in order to screen the molecular and cellular structures of the samples using advanced confocal light microscope and transmission electron microscopes.

• Provide technical support as needed or requested from other R&D team members.

• Implementing existing tasks as well as investigating emerging methods.

• Research and development of cutting-edge technologies in close collaboration with senior scientists and engineers from multidisciplinary backgrounds and research institutions.

• Report back the progress to senior management.

Louisiana Tech University, Louisiana 2016 to 2018

Researcher and Instructor:

• Teaching general chemistry lab course

• Ensured chemistry lab functions were conducted in compliance with the established safety.

• Stabilizing dye/pigment formulations on/into nanoclay material.

• Stabilized bilayer-coated micro needles by layer by layer self-assembly followed by surface modification using biotin-streptavidin bioconjugation in order for DNA extraction.

• Fabrication of graphene filed-effect transistor (G-FET) using micro-semiconductor manufacturing processes.

• Functionalization/modification of material surfaces such as metal, glass, silica, and alumina etc.

• Ensured effective follow-through on all assigned tasks as well as strategic delegation of tasks to qualified individuals Established and maintained research goals and timelines. National Institute for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (NIGEB), Iran 2012 to 2014 Researcher: Worked with an international team, formulated hypotheses to test, designed research methodology, recorded lab procedures, collected data, directed analysis, and generated findings and implications. Researched new technologies, laboratory testing, database entry and report writing. Performed a variety of researches and analysis assignments in the field of nanobiotechnology using independent judgment and diagnosis.

• Synthesis of surfactant functionalized particles determining a drug concentration by solid phase extraction from water, wastewater and biological fluids.

• Synthesis of core-shell structured poly electrolyte coated magnetic silica composite particles to improve the protein's catalytic properties.

Skills

• Synthesis of various composite materials for stabilization of broad range of chemical agent materials including drug, dyes/pigments, catalysts and proteins, organic synthesis, polymer chemistry and characterization, nanocomposite fabrication and characterization.

• Operation of various analytical/technical measurement equipment: UV-Vis spectroscopy, TGA, TEM, XRD, EDX, VSM, FTIR, NMR, GPC, HPLC, QCM, oxygen elemental analysis, zeta potential analysis and PCR and Agilent bioanalyzer.

• Maintenance of both primary and established cell lines, microscopic analysis (Confocal) and fluorescent imaging, negative staining, RNA Purification and quantification, qRT-PCR, drug delivery, and control releasing.

• Hands on experience working in a class 100 clean room with various micro fabrication processes and tools (wafer preparation, lithographic process, wet/dry etching, ICP, RIE, thermal oxidation, wafer dicing, bonding, bi-layer metal lift- off, and surface profilometer.

Publications

• M. Sayyahmanesh, E. Naghian, H. Sahebi. Preconcentration and determination of Pantoprazole by solid-phase extraction coupled with spectrophotometry using iron oxide nanoparticles modified with Cetyltrimethylammonium bromide. Nano Biomedicine and Engineering. DOI:10.5101/nbe.v7i3.p102-110.

• A. Raczkowski, K. Kotaro, A. Noble, C. Potter, B. Karragher, Development of a cryo-correlative light and electron microscopy workflow at Simons Electron Microscopy Center, DOI: 10.1017/S1431927620016694

• M. Sayyahmanesh, A. Arpanaei, M. Mashayekhan. Preparation of nanocomposite magnetic silica particles to immobilize α- Amylase and evaluation enzyme activity of prepared particles. (Under Review).

• M. Sayyahmanesh, S. Asgari, A. S. Emami Meibodi. Voltammetric determination of Paraquat at Graphite pencil electrode modified with doped Polypyrrole. DOI: arXiv: 1604.07853.

• M. Bolhassani, M. Sayyahmanesh. Study on mechanical properties of cement paste using magnetite silica nanocomposites. Advances in cement research (ACR) journal.

• M. Sayyahmanesh, P. Esmaeilnejad, A. Arpanaei, M. Mashayekhan. Study of activity and effect of pH and buffer type on the alpha-amylase enzyme immobilized on the magnetic silica nanocomposite particles. 4th Biosafety and Genetic Engineering Congress and the 8th National Biotechnology Congress of Iran, July

• 2012.

• P. Esmaeilnejad, M. Sayyahmanesh, A. Arpanaei, M. Kazemeini. Increase of lipas activity and thermo stability with immobilizing on PEI-silica magnetic-nanoparticles. 4th Biosafety and Genetic Engineering Congress and the 8th National Biotechnology Congress of Iran, July 2012

Licenses

• Fundamental High Performance Liquid Chromatography Certificate

• Advanced High Performance Liquid Chromatography Certificate

• Quality Control Six Sigma Green Belt Certification (CSSGB) Honors

• La. Tech Research Fellowship, 2016 to 2018

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