Assistant Project

Pravash Manandhar

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EDUCATION:

Southwestern Oklahoma State University, Weatherford, Oklahoma

Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, Dec 2011

Major: Chemistry

Minor: Biology

Community College of Baltimore County, Baltimore, Maryland

Associate degree of Science in Biology, Dec 2008

Major: Biology

EXPERIENCE:

Research assistant, May 2010 – Dec 2011

Southwestern Oklahoma State University, Weatherford, Oklahoma

•Carried out different experiments in finding the new derivatives of chloroquinine and quinine for the treatment of drug-resistant malarial parasite

•Operated GC/MS and LC/MS machine to find our organic compound considering its mass in the mixture of different compounds and HPLC machine to find the purity of the extracted compound

•Performed column and a flash chromatography and different titrations to extract the organic compound from the mixture in a sample, record, analyze and interpret data performing TLC on different fractions collected from the column

•Operated NMR machine on the purified product

Undergraduate college research: June-July 2011

•Carried out routine experiments and procedures in laboratory environment

•Prepared report and a scientific research paper of completed project based upon its findings

Tutor in Chemistry, Mathematics and Physics, August 2008 – Dec 2008

Community College of Baltimore County, Baltimore, Maryland

•Helped students to learn the basics of physics, chemistry and mathematics

•Helped students to manipulate formulae based on the lecture classes

•Assisted students prepare for the laboratory classes by providing knowledge based on the lab topic

HONORS &

ACTIVITIES:

OK-INBRE Grant, September 2011-December 2011-: A grant supported by the National Center for Research Resources (NCRR), a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Allen Lane Chemist Award, May 2009

Volunteer, February 2009 – November 2009

Greater Baltimore Medical Center (GBMC) at Baltimore, Maryland

•Helped people in the histological lab to arrange tissue slides of diseased patients in different shelves based on their name and given slide number

•Helped nurses to find slides related to patient in different shelves

SKILLS: Technical and communication skills, team work, strong work ethics, self starter

OTHER SKILLS: Computer Skills (Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Spreadsheet), ChemDraw, Spartan, Scifinder search for scientific literature

AREAS OF

EXPERTISE: Chemistry I, Chemistry II, Organic Chemistry I, Organic Chemistry II,

Physical Chemistry I, Biochemistry, General Biology I, General Biology II,

Calculus I, Calculus II, Physics I, Physics II

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