Ashley Chambers
Rialto,CA
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
Work History
Laboratory Instructor
Cal Poly Pomona
08.2024 - Current
- Instructed and taught general chemistry lab sections consisting of 24 students.
- Graded lab reports, pre-labs, and weekly quizzes.
- Wrote weekly quizzes to check for understanding on previous experiments.
- Held weekly office hours for students who may have been struggling in the course or needed extra help.
- Maintain online resources for the course.
Assistant Researcher - Organic Synthesis
Cal Poly Pomona Foundation
08.2023 - Current
- Learned organic synthesis techniques that I was able to utilize to further my specific area of research.
- Was able to better learn how to work cohesively in a research group, making way for constant collaboration and feedback to further improve my research findings.
- Provided guidance and academic advice to fellow master's and undergraduate student researchers.
- Contributed to weekly group research meetings by engaging with others presentations of research and also discussing and presenting my own research as well.
Organic Chemist
Clinical Lab of San Bernardino
04.2023 - 05.2024
- Performed technical laboratory functions concerning organic chemistry research.
- My specific tasks at hand were to test drinking and environmental water for oxygen.
- Also tested drinking and environmental water for cyanide, dirt/impurities, and .
- Coordinated and performed analytical and organic tests to comply with established standards and specifications.
Undergraduate Research Student - Biochemistry
Cal Poly Pomona
06.2021 - 12.2022
- Completed full-time research in a biochemistry lab under Dr. Kathryn McCulloch.
- Studied different types of Ion Exchange Chromatography to see which was best for separation.
- Learned about heat- shock methods and protein expression and how to achieve this.
- Proposed multiple types of resin that would be compatible for separating a bile acid using E. coli.
- Met principal investigator for weekly meetings to track progress.
- Assisted graduate students during different branches of their product to get more experience with procedural steps specific to Biochemistry.
Education
Master of Science - Organic Chemistry
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Pomona, CA05-2025
Bachelor of Science - Biochemistry
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Pomona, CA12-2022
Timeline
Laboratory Instructor
Cal Poly Pomona
08.2024 - Current
Assistant Researcher - Organic Synthesis
Cal Poly Pomona Foundation
08.2023 - Current
Organic Chemist
Clinical Lab of San Bernardino
04.2023 - 05.2024
Undergraduate Research Student - Biochemistry
Cal Poly Pomona
06.2021 - 12.2022
Master of Science - Organic Chemistry
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Bachelor of Science - Biochemistry
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
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