Alia Hindi

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Education

The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio July 2006- December 2009

Bachelor of Science, Chemistry

G. Maxine and H. James Harwood Scholarship in Chemistry recipient, Dean’s List

GPA: 3.87/4.00 (overall)

Languages

Fluent in English and Arabic, and Spanish

Research Experience

January 2012- July 2012 Westlake, OH

CHEMIST, Energizer

Performed various analytical testing in Analytical Lab

August 2010- December 2011 Akron, OH

RESEARCH ASSISTANT, DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY, University of Akron

Assisted professors in the department with various projects and testing

June 2009- October 2009 Akron, OH

INTERN, APATONE CENTER, Summa Health Center

Worked under Dr. Jim Jameson

Maintained and categorized cell lines in research department; performed cell cultures and treated cells

June 2008- September 2008 Cleveland, OH

INTERN, GENOMIC MEDICINE INSTITUTE, Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute

Worked under Dr. Ephraim Sehayek

Pursued research on understanding the factors involved in the intestinal absorption of sterols which will help lead to a better understanding and maybe even effective treatments for phytosterolemia

January 2008- May 2008 Cleveland, OH

INTERN, STRUCTURES AND MATERIALS DIVISION, NASA Glenn Research Center

Worked under Dr. MaryAnn B. Meador

Pursued research on optimizing the study of Bisphenol A Propoxylate Diglycidyl Ether crosslinked aerogels using ethanol as solventJune

2007- May 2009 Akron, OH

RESEARCH ASSISTANT, DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY, University of Akron

Worked under Dr. Michael J. Taschner of the Chemistry department at the University of Akron

Pursued research on the Synthesis of Tripodal-aza-thia Ligands

May 2006–December 2006 Akron, OH

RESEARCH ASSISTANT, DEPARTMENT OF POLYMER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, University of Akron

National Science Foundation (NSF) /Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)

Worked under Dr. Coleen Pugh

Completed research on Liquid Crystalline Polynorbornene Prepared by Ring-opening Metathesis Polymerization

May 2006-December 2009 Akron, OH

RONALD E. MCNAIR POST BACCALAUREATE ACHIEVEMENT PROGRAM, University of Akron

Presented research at the Conference on Undergraduate and Graduate Student Research (CUGSR) and the National Conference for Undergraduate Research (NCUR)

Publications

Meador, M.B.; Weber, A.S.; Hindi, A.; Naumenko, M.; McCorkle, L.; Quade, D.; Vivod, S.L.; Gould, G.L.; White, S.;

Deshpande, k. Structure-Property Relationships in Porous 3D Nanostructures: Epoxy-Cross-Linked Silica

Aerogels Produced Using Ethanol as the Solvent. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces [online] 2 009, 1, pp 894–906

Volunteer Experience

November 2009- present Akron, OH

Volunteer, Hospice

Direct service volunteer

March 2010- December 2011 Akron, OH

Volunteer, Akron CIty Hospital

Work with patients to assess their level of need as they come into the Emergency room

January 2007- December 2009 Akron, OH

Volunteer, Akron General Medical Hospital

Work with patients to assess their level of need as they come into the Emergency room and the families of patients in surgery waiting.

January 2007- December 2009 Akron, OH

Tutor, University of Akron

Assist high school students who are participants in the Educational Talent Search Program (ETS) in math, science, Spanish and English.

Computer Skills

Mac operating systems

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance software (NMR)

MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

Infrared Spectroscopy software (IR)

High-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)

Gas Chromotagrophy (GC)

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