
Reliable experience with laboratory instruments and techniques including IC, HPLC, UV-Vis, ATR-FTIR, acid-base titration, complexometric titration, pH meter, analytical balance, GC/MS, LC, TLC, NMR, pipettes, and microscopes. External standard and constant volume standard addition calibration methods, internal standard calibration, solution preparation, and Microsoft Excel data analysis/graphing are other skills learned. Classes taken include forensic drug chemistry, forensic biology/DNA, witness testimony, organic chemistry, analytical chemistry, genetics, forensic toxicology, introduction to forensic science, forensic pattern evidence, forensic ethics, physical organic chemistry in forensic science, calculus, physics, and biochemistry.
As a tennis league assistant, I set up the courts before games and clean them off after. I collect the money required by teammates before they play in a game. I solve disputes and make sure the rules are being enforced during games.
I would work the cash register and take phone calls when people wanted to place orders. It was a highly communicative environment where I would use problem solving skills to settle issues and make sure everything ran smoothly.
Collaborated as part of of a national network of undergraduate labs participating in a research project headed by the Seigel lab at University of California-Davis. The program is called Design to Data and works to generate a dataset used to train artificial intelligence algorithms to make protein function predictions based on amino acid sequence and protein structure.