Chemist, project manager

Mr. Zheng Yu, M.S.

**** * *** ******, *** * Phone: 347-***-****

Brooklyn, NY 11204 ********@*******.***

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Objective: Chemist position in chemical or pharmaceutical industry.

Education:

M.S.: Chemistry, Polytechnic Institute of New York University, Brooklyn, NY, May 2011, (GPA 3.6/4.0)

B.S.: Applied Chemistry, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, June 2009, (Avg. 82/100)

Skills:

• Liquid-phase peptide synthesis

• Hands on experience on HPLC, LC-MS, NMR, MALDI-TOF UV-VIS, pH titrator, polymer tensile strength tester and impact strength tester; Plasma sample preparation for HPLC.

• HPLC column and pump maintenance.

• Powder polymer coating material pretreatment for flame spraying.

• Familiar with data analyzing program (Masslynx 4.0 and Empower).

Work Experiences:

• Research Assistant, Department of Chemistry, Polytechnic Institute of New York University, May 2011 – Present

Duty: Polymer synthesis; Operating analytical equipment like NMR, HPLC, MS, etc

• Research Intern, Hunan Zhuzhou Chemical Industry Group, Hunan, China, July 2008–August 2008

Duty: Monitor the production process of PVC and titanium dioxide

• Research Intern, SINOPEC Beijing Research Institute of Chemical Industry, July 2007–Sep. 2007

Duty: Analysis the physical performance of Polymer sample

Research Projects:

• Protease-catalyzed oligomerizations/co-oligomerizations of amino acids, NYU-POLY

January 2010 – May 2011

Optimizing favorable conditions for protease-catalyzed peptides synthesis in solution; Analyzing products by using NMR, MALDI-TOF, LC-MS, etc.

• Modifying of poly (tetrafluoroethylene) modification and its application, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics,

September 2008 – June 2009

Modifying PTFE by filling Polyphenylene sulphide (PPS), MoS2 and Cr2O3 to improve adhesion between PTFE coating and steel and wear-resistance and heat-resistance ability of PTFE. Analyzing modification effect by testing its several physical properties (by using Falling Ball Impact Tester, Manual Optical Contact Angle Measuring Device, etc).

Publications:

• De novo green way to synthesize alternating peptides by protease catalysis (Pending)

Xu Qin , Anne Chudolij , Zheng Yu , Wenzhe Du , John Decatur and Richard A. Gross *

Computer Skills:

C Language, FORTRAN, MS Office, PowerPoint, Excel, Word, etc.

Honors & Awards:

Graduate Scholarship for Academic Excellence: 2009 - 2011, (NYU-POLY)

Reference: Available Upon request

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