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Max Gao

Madison

Summary

Experienced with customer service, assisting clients with product selections, and resolving inquiries efficiently. Utilizes merchandising techniques to create appealing displays that attract customers and boost sales. Knowledge of inventory management and maintaining organized stockrooms to ensure smooth operations.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience

Work History

Meat Retail Assistant

UW-Madison
05.2025 - Current
  • Gained extensive hands-on experience in meat product handling and quality presentation, maintaining hygienic standards consistent with food safety protocols—skills directly transferable to sterile zebrafish lab environments.
  • Performed rigorous cleaning routines of work surfaces, display areas, and storage units, following precise sanitation procedures crucial for both public safety and scientific integrity.
  • Managed inventory and restocking of refrigerated meat products and dry goods with attention to accurate labeling, rotation, and temperature control—paralleling reagent preparation and sample handling in research settings.
  • Provided responsive customer service, answering questions about products, dietary needs, and preparation techniques—demonstrating communication skills essential for collaborative lab work.
  • Collaborated with a dynamic team in a fast-paced environment, adapting quickly to changing demands while maintaining organizational standards and ensuring compliance with cleanliness and quality expectations.

Lab Assistant

UW-Madison
03.2025 - 06.2025
  • Sanitized workstations and instruments to avoid cross-contamination.
  • Maintained inventory and equipment and placed orders for laboratory supplies.

Laboratory Assistant, Jinan University, China

Jinan University
01.2020 - 08.2024
  • Collaborated with my professor to research the strains in the lab, performed enzyme digestion and plasmid work, and placed our own yeast cultures into electroscopes to examine their DNA.
  • Worked with graduate students and helped them prepare and measure samples, and record research data.
  • Took care of the research animals, especially mice, changed cages, prepared meals, and did sanitation.

Dishwasher

UW Housing And Food Services
01.2024 - 05.2024
  • Operated and maintained dishwasher, handwash stations, pot-scrubbing station and trash compactor.
  • Loaded and unloaded dishwashers, washing by hand large pots or items used on continuous basis.

Fish Shop Staff

Fish Shop
09.2017 - 12.2023
  • Worked in a tropical fish shop, communicated with buyers and helped them to find the fish they want and gave them suggestions of different kinds of fish
  • Cleaned the fish tank, prepared meals, sanitate equipment.
  • Familiar with each kinds of fish including their habits, eating behaviors and suitable water temperatures.

GAPPER Volunteer Program

Gapper Volunteer Organization
08.2022 - 08.2023
  • Participated in volunteer program, went to white House Snow Mountain and observed Yunnan golden snub-nosed monkeys, and recorded their behavior
  • Introduced the basic concept of guide dogs, and how to train and care for them, allowing public support for the training of guide dogs.
  • I volunteered at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, learned about wildlife conservation regarding pandas, prepared meals for the pandas, and recorded the daily behavior of the baby pandas.

Guangzhou Foreign Language School Club

05.2021 - 08.2023
  • Conducted a whole year of investigation, found the psychological and biology problems of clinicians, and made public account to provide counseling in order to care about clinicians.

Group leader, Osaka Prefectural Tondabayashi High School Online Program

09.2021 - 12.2022
  • Formed online groups with Japanese students to discuss common water pollution problems how to protect marine animals in both countries, organized online meeting every weeks.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Animal And Veterinary Biosciences

UW-Madison
05-2027

Skills

  • Laboratory support experience
  • Customer assistance
  • Patience and empathy
  • Time management capabilities

Timeline

Meat Retail Assistant

UW-Madison
05.2025 - Current

Lab Assistant

UW-Madison
03.2025 - 06.2025

Dishwasher

UW Housing And Food Services
01.2024 - 05.2024

GAPPER Volunteer Program

Gapper Volunteer Organization
08.2022 - 08.2023

Group leader, Osaka Prefectural Tondabayashi High School Online Program

09.2021 - 12.2022

Guangzhou Foreign Language School Club

05.2021 - 08.2023

Laboratory Assistant, Jinan University, China

Jinan University
01.2020 - 08.2024

Fish Shop Staff

Fish Shop
09.2017 - 12.2023

Bachelor of Science - Animal And Veterinary Biosciences

UW-Madison

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