Scientist/Chemist

Lin Chen

***** ** *** ** *** ***, MAIMI, FL, ****2

Tel: 937-***-**** rks4jm@r.postjobfree.com

JOB OBJECTIVE: Full Time Entry Level Chemist

EDUCATION:

M.S in chemistry Florida International University 2010 Miami FL

Thesis: Separation and Remediation Analysis of Cyanotoxins by HPLC and LCMS. GPA: 3.83/4.00

M.S in chemical engineering Chinese Academy of Sciences 2007 Beijing China

Thesis: Preparation and Surface Modification of Magnetic Carriers for Whey Protein Separation and Purification GPA: 3.8/4.00

Bachelor in chemical engineering Zhejiang University (ZJU) 2004 China

GPA: 3. 69/4.0, top 10% in class. accepted by CAS without entrance exams.

SUMMARY:

 GC, LC-MS, HPLC and UV operating experience in research and course projects, which includes purification and analysis programming design, data processing, instrument study, and method optimizing. Familiar with various data analysis software such as Empower, LC/MS Chemstation, Galaxie and etc.

 Experience on designing, developing and conducting multiple projects on each type of equipments with the ability of trouble-shooting and maintenance of instrument.

 NMR operating experience focused on structure analysis for large molecule and interaction study on molecule complex with H NMR and C NMR.

Polymerization experience on PMMA, PMA, PGMA, Nano particle characterization and chemical and physical testing with XRD, SEM, FTIR, and UV.

PROJECT EXPERIENCE:

Research Assistant - Chemistry and Biochemistry Department in FIU

 Experience on designing, developing and conducting multiple projects on each type of equipments with the ability of trouble-shooting and maintenance of instrument.

 Selected, installed and modified SPE, HPLC methods and equipments including purifying and analyzing trace levels of raw materials of cyanotoxins, such as Microcystin (MC) LR, cylindrospermopsin (CYN) in crude water.

 Communicated and interacted with Dr Alvarez’ group in Rice University, Researched, developed and investigated HPLC methods on study of C60 photocatalysis of MCLR.

 Evaluated, developed and validated HPLC/LCMS techniques, methodology and procedures on analysis of CYN and its intermediate and finished product by TiO2 photocatalysis.

 Designed and developed improved HNMR and CNMR testing methods on structure, interaction, mechanism and kinetic study of the complex of MCs and cyclodextrin.

Research Assistant - State Key Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering in CAS

 Polymerized a series of organic/inorganic hybrid materials，Built a synthesis method to polymerize superparamagnetic particles with affinity property.

 Established systematical methods for characterize this novel polymers with XRD, SEM, FT-IR, and UV.

 Protein extraction and analysis experience utilizing affinity extraction, electrophoresis and Bradford skills, ELISA.

 Successfully applied these magnetic micro-particles on efficient recovery of protein with high economic and nutritious value from acid whey by a single step.

 Developed a novel system applied for protein purification which highly streamlined separation process and improved the production efficiency by more than 20 times.

Research Assistant - Institute of Chemical Engineering in ZJU

 Schemed separation program of an unknown flavones compound from bamboo leaves in a project supported by National Natural Science Foundation.

Developed a new way of solving a purification problem in the process. The results were quoted in a PhD thesis.

IT SKILL

Be familiar with various software for chemistry-related data analysis and processing, and HPLC and MS analysis software such as Waters Corp. Empower, LC/MS Chemstation, windows office, chemoffice, Scifinder, Spinworks, Topspin, etc.

HONOR AND AWARDS:

 South Florida ACS award for excellent graduate (Top 10%)

 Excellent graduate in CAS (Top 10%)

 Excellent graduate in ZJU (Top 10%)

 The excellent student cadre (Top 3%)

 The Second and Third Grade Scholarship in ZJU (Thrice, Top 10~15%)

 Three Goods Students (Trice, Top 10%)

LANGUAGE:

 Multilingual: Chinese as native language; fluent in speaking and writing English; Japanese: Level 1 (highest) of the Japanese-Language Proficiency Test 323/400

PUBLICATION&CONFERENCE:

 Lin Chen, Chen Guo, Yueping Guan, Huizhou Liu, Isolation of lactoferrin from acid whey by magnetic affinity separation, separation and purification technology, 56 (2007) 168-174.

 Lin Chen, Dionysios D. Dionysiou, Kevin O'Shea, Removal of microcystin from aqueous solution by cyclodextrin complex, to be submitted in April, 2010.

 Lin Chen, Kevin O'Shea, Microcystin-LR Degradation by C60 Photocatalysis, to be submitted in May, 2010.

 Lin Chen, Kevin O'Shea, LCMS analysis for photodegradation of cylindrospermopsin by TiO2, in preparation.

 Lin Chen, Carlos Miranda, Kevin O'Shea, Host-Guest Interactions of Cyclodextrins and Microcystin-LR, Florida annual meeting and exposition for American chemical society, Orlando, 2008

 Lin Chen, Kevin O'Shea, Host-guest interactions of cyclodextrins and cyanotoxins, 237th ACS National Meeting & Exposition, Salt lake city, 2009

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