Christopher Gross
el paso,TX
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
Work History
Undergraduate Student Researcher
Colgate University
Hamilton, NY
06.2024 - 08.2025
- Assisted in designing research protocols and experiments.
- Organized and analyzed qualitative and quantitative data using software such as MATLAB, Excel, RStudio, and ImageJ.
- Independent research proposal under the advisement of a professor.
- Participation in two poster sessions, presenting the proposal and results of the research.
- Entered data and managed research databases.
- Reviewed existing datasets for accuracy and completeness prior to analysis.
- Cleaned and prepared lab equipment for solutions, specimens and samples.
- Interpreted test results and determined need for retesting.
- Compiled reports summarizing research results into a format suitable for presentation to external partners.
- Operated with live organisms, utilizing incubation containers.
- Managed a Scanning Electron Microscope to navigate the topological surface of the specimen, along with microscopical analysis.
Research Assistant at the Advanced Light Source
Colgate University
Berkeley, CA
11.2024 - 11.2024
- Provided support for faculty members with grant applications related to the research project.
- I worked under the supervision of beamline scientists in operating the Advanced Light Source.
- Over a span of two days, we operated in two shifts of 12 hours, surveying the organic samples for amorphous calcium carbonate.
- I learned how to operate and manipulate the beamline to develop appropriate image quality.
- Procure samples of the Balanus amphitrite to be set for beamtime.
Math Tutor
Mathnasium Learning Center
El Paso, TX
05.2021 - 04.2022
- Communicated student progress to parents and teachers through written progress reports and direct conversations.
- Adapted teaching methods and instructional materials to meet students' varying needs and interests.
- Instructed students on proper techniques for solving problems in mathematics.
- Addressed specific student needs through parent and teacher coordination.
- Taught students from the ages of 5 to 17 simultaneously in groups of five on an hourly basis.
- The range of math includes simple arithmetic, geometry, algebra, and pre-calculus.
- Assisted in the mentoring of students with respect to their schoolwork.
Timeline
Research Assistant at the Advanced Light Source
Colgate University
11.2024 - 11.2024
Undergraduate Student Researcher
Colgate University
06.2024 - 08.2025
Math Tutor
Mathnasium Learning Center
05.2021 - 04.2022