Paige Nickerson
Goleta,CA
Summary
Highly dedicated and hardworking Bachelor’s of Science student at UCSB studying Molecular and Cellular Biology. Assistant Undergraduate Researcher in the Bioengineering building for UCSB. Graduating in 2026. Reliable and compassionate, with a deep passion and appreciation for all things science.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
Work History
Caregiver
Home Instead
Santa Barbara, Goleta, Montecito
12.2025 - Current
- Certified to work with specialized patients such as hospice, end-of-life care, Alzheimer’s/Dementia/Parkinson’s patients
- Caregiver for both personal in-home care and caregiving facilities
Swim Instructor
YMCA
06.2022 - 06.2025
- Summer 2022-2025 (Summer job)
Blenders in the Grass
10.2022 - 02.2023
- Food Handler's certificate holder
- Clean & maintain facility
- Work register, handle money
- Prepare food and smoothies
Education
B.S. - Molecular and Cellular Biology
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA08-2026
Skills
- Exceptional time management skills
- Computer, typing, Google & Excel spreadsheet skills
- Coachable, and works well individually or as part of a team
- Willingness to learn and be taught on-site
- Extremely organized and able to multitask
- Social and personable
- PCR
- Primer/oligo/plasmid design Geneious software
- Miniprep
- Cell-free reactions
- Plate reader Gen 5 software
- Gel electrophoresis
- DNA gel extraction
- PCR purification
- Dpn1 digest
- Bacterial cell cultures
- Plating picking colonies
- Preparing glycerol stocks
- Golden Gate
- Gibson Assembly
- Transformation
- Colony PCR
- Making pouring LB-Agar plates
- Autoclave
- Preparing sterile antibiotic stocks
- Academic paper writing presentation skills
Accomplishments
Abstract selected for a 10-minute oral presentation (Contributed Session), Winter qBio Conference, 2026, Lahaina, Maui
Languages
English
Native or Bilingual
Interests
- Supporting STEM education initiatives and mentorship programs
- Chemical Biology, Systems Biology, Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology
- Stem cell research
- Cancer research
- Gene editing
- Protein assays, enzymology
Timeline
Caregiver
Home Instead
12.2025 - Current
Blenders in the Grass
10.2022 - 02.2023
Swim Instructor
YMCA
06.2022 - 06.2025
B.S. - Molecular and Cellular Biology
University of California, Santa Barbara
RELEVANT COURSEWORK
- Completed:
- Organic chemistry series + lab
- Physics series + lab
- Calculus series
- General chemistry series +lab
- Biochemistry series + lab
- Neurobiology
- Developmental Biology
- Genetics
- Completing before graduation:
- Cell growth/ oncogenes
- Biometry
- Human Physiology
- Medical Immunology
- Bioengineering of Treating Diabetes