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Overview
Work History
Education
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Certification
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Awards
Publications
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Scott Buzzolani

Summary

Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals. Diligent problem-solver who leverages knowledge of chemistry to complete tasks with accurate and quality results in a timely manner.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Lab Technician I

Pace Analytical Life Sciences
08.2023 - Current
  • Prepared water, soil, wipes, and paint chip samples using digestion procedures for analysis using ICP-MS, ICP-OES, and CVAAS instrumentation to determine concentration of desired metal analytes.
  • Maintenance and organization of laboratory environment to ensure quality results and prevent possible sample contamination
  • Prepared reagents, media and solutions to use for laboratory testing and analysis.
  • Calibration of laboratory equipment.
  • Disposal of hazardous waste materials.

Server

Grandpa Tony's Wood Fired Pizza
03.2018 - Current
  • Promoted from busser to server
  • Cover host and food runner shifts, as needed
  • Provide quality customer service, maintain a clean workspace, work well within a team in a fast-paced setting.

Teaching Assistant

Adelphi University
01.2022 - 05.2022
  • Assisted a professor with AP Chemistry instruction by monitoring Zoom breakout rooms, answering questions, and guiding activities.

Education

Bachelor of Science (BS) - Chemistry

Adelphi University
Garden City, NY
05.2023

Skills

  • Laboratory information systems
  • Instrument calibration
  • Equipment calibration
  • Spreadsheet programs (Excel, Origin)
  • Chemical reagent preparation
  • High performance liquid chromatography
  • Gas chromatography
  • IR
  • H-NMR
  • Mass spectroscopy
  • AAS

Certification

American Chemical Society Certified Degree, 05/2023

Presentations

The Prime Method: Adelphi University Research Day, 04/2021, 04/2022, 04/2023

  • Demonstrated an adaptation of online-angle chemical structures to show implicit hydrogens
  • Studied students' times (response and drawing) and ability to recognize carbons based on the number of hydrogens to determine the method's effectiveness.

Science Heroes Game for K12 Students: ACS Undergraduate Research Symposium, 05/2022, 05/2023

  • Developed an educational game that depicts famous scientists as superhero caricatures to highlight the achievements of underrepresented scientists and enhance learning.

Awards

American Institute of Chemists, 05/2023

Chemistry Departmental Honors, 05/2023 

ACS Undergraduate Award in Analytical Chemistry, 05/2022 

Adelphi University Dean's List, all semesters

East Rockaway Jr/Sr High School Salutatorian of graduating class, 2019

Publications

To the Literature and Beyond: Teaching Advanced Organic Chemistry at a Primarily Undergraduate Institution, Daniel L. Silverio , Matthew J. Mistretta, Scott P. Buzzolani, J. Chem. Educ., 100, 1, 143-149, 2023

Timeline

Lab Technician I

Pace Analytical Life Sciences
08.2023 - Current

Teaching Assistant

Adelphi University
01.2022 - 05.2022

Server

Grandpa Tony's Wood Fired Pizza
03.2018 - Current

Bachelor of Science (BS) - Chemistry

Adelphi University
American Chemical Society Certified Degree, 05/2023
Scott Buzzolani