Botanical Garden Language Arts

PRATIMA A KOCHHAR

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EDUCATION

Doctorate in Cellular and

Molecular Biology GPA: 4

Tohoku University Sendai,

Miyagi Japan

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ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Japanese Government MEXT

Scholarship

• Tohoku Diahatsu Scholarship

SUMMARY

Results Driven, detailed oriented molecular biologist with more than 3 years of experience in research and application of molecular biology. Extensive hands on experience in standard molecular biology techniques.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Volunteer

UNCC Botanical Garden Charlotte, North Carolina USA 09/2019

• Volunteered and assisted with any work that was needed.

• Clean, Rearrange and Organize Botanical Garden Library as per to Library of Congress classification.

• Assisted through Special events.

Teacher Assistant

Tohoku University Sendai, Miyagi Japan

10/2012 - 04/2015

• Supported classroom teachers in implementing a

experimental setup for a group of bachelor students.

• Troubleshooting with the experiments and executed SOP protocols.

Volunteer ESL Tutor

Pittsburgh Literarcy Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania USA 09/2018 - 04/2019

• One on one English language skills class to foreigners.

• Fostered positive student-tutor relationships.

• Planned after activities to help them around the area.

• Assess students' progress throughout tutoring sessions.

• Designed and created my own teaching curriculum. Volunteer Tutor Assistant

Goodwill Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania USA

09/2018 - 05/2019

• Participated in a variety of Tutor Training meetings to further improve tutoring skills and learn application of different strategies and techniques

• Served a total of 4.5 volunteer hours and a total of 2.5 hour training session preparing to become a tutor.

• Tutored Adults in core subjects including Math, Language Arts, Science and GED Preparation

SKILLS

• Attention to detail and enjoys to work in a team.

• Highly organized, punctual in carrying out assignments in complex research environment.

• Willing to learn, energetic with good communication skills.

• Research Technique Proficency: Molecular Biology (Nucleic Acid extraction, purification and quantification, bacterial transformation, Gel electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, Vector Cloning, Plasmid cloning, isolation & purification. Protein Characterization (SDS Page,

Spectroscopy)

• Sanger DNA Sequencing.

• Doctorate in Cellular and Molecular Biology.

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