Health University
Resume:
IVAN PETROV
** ******** ****, ******, **, Canada, K2G 5V3
613-***-****, ************@*******.***
EDUCATION
University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON
MSc in Chemistry 2010
Thesis: The Impact of Chlorine Substituents on the Regioselectivity
of Pd(0)-catalyzed Direct Arylation of Heteroaromatics.
University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON
BSc Honours in Medicinal Chemistry (Magna Cum Laude) 2008
Honors Thesis: Variable-temperature NMR studies of Intramolecular
H -bonding in Truncated C-linked Antifreeze Glycoprotein Analogues.
AWARDS
Dean’s scholarship, University of Ottawa, FGPS ($1,500) 2010
NSERC CGS M Scholarship ($17,500) 2009 - 2010
University of Ottawa Excellence scholarship (covers tuition) 2008 - 2010
Ontario Graduate scholarship ($15,000) 2008 - 2009
BSc Hon. Magna Cum Laude 2008
University of Ottawa Merit scholarship (covers tuition) 2006 - 2008
University of Ottawa Dean’s Honor List 2005 - 2008
WORKING EXPERIENCE
Health Canada, Toxicology Research Division, Ottawa, ON
Laboratory technologist (contractor) 2010 - 2011
Health Canada, Scientific Services Division, Ottawa, ON
Histopathology laboratory technologist (part-time) 2001 - 2010
University of Ottawa, Department of Chemistry, Ben research group
Research Assistant May 2007 - Sept 2007
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
SYNTHETIC ORGANIC CHEMISTRY 2007 - 2010
University of Ottawa - carbohydrate and peptide chemistry:
• Preparation of galactose derivatives for incorporation into
antifreeze glycoprotein analogues.
• Preparation of disaccharides.
• Preparation of unnatural amino acids and their derivatives.
• Use of manual and automated solid-phase synthesizers for
preparation of glycopeptides (Fmoc chemistry).
University of Ottawa - direct arylation of heteroaromatics:
• Preparation of halogenated heterocycle derivatives.
• Preparation of heteroaromatic starting materials for direct arylation .
• Synthesis of hetero-biaryls via Pd-catalyzed direct arylation.
• Develpoment of new methodologies for regiocontrolled arylation
of heteroaromatics.
• Reaction optimization.
University of Ottawa - other skills:
• Wet chemistry techniques generally applicable to a synthetic laboratory.
• Purification of products by HPLC and flash chromatography.
• Handling of air and moisture-sensitive compounds.
• Product characterization (NMR, IR, UV-VIS, MS).
ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY 2007 - 2011
University of Ottawa and Health Canada - GC-MS
• Quantification of volatile aromatics in fuel.
• Quantification of synthetic aromatic organics in crude reaction mixtures.
• Reaction monitoring (formation of products and by-products, decomposition).
• Quantification of halogenated pesticides in biological samples.
• Interpretation of EI, ESI, MADLI-TOF spectra.
• Method development and maintenance of the instruments.
University of Ottawa and Health Canada - HPLC
• Method development for speciation and quantification of As and Se-
containing compounds in mammalian tissues.
• Purification and quantification of synthetic glycopeptides from crude
reaction mixtures.
• Purification and quantification of synthetic aromatic organics
from crude reaction mixtures.
• Speciation and quantification of flavonoids in foodstuffs.
• Method development and maintenance of the instrument.
HISTOPATHOLOGICAL TECHNIQUE 2001 - 2010
Health Canada
• Necropsy of rodents and primates.
• Gross anatomical dissection of laboratory animals.
• Tissue processing and embedding.
• Microtomy of paraffin-embedded tissues.
• Routine and special staining of sections for light microscopy.
LABORATORY ANIMAL CARE 2010 - 2011
Health Canada
• Assisting in the design and execution of a chronic toxicity animal study
• Dispensing of dosing solutions containing POP's and heavy metals.
• Collection of body weight, food/water consumption data.
• Processing, analyzing, and presenting the data.
ADDITIONAL ASSETS
• Experience in preparation of seminars, presentations, and publications.
• Experience in critical evaluation of scientific data.
• Sound knowledge of basic statistics.
References and publications are available upon request.
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