Ryan Jacob Burk
Fort Worth
Summary
Experienced and talented post-graduate analytical chemistry researcher and teaching assistant with a strong ability to instruct and conduct laboratory experiments. Demonstrates exemplary skills in reporting and assessing data for peer-review publication. Proficient in providing data analysis and hands-on laboratory experience. Capable of planning, instructing, and executing chemical experiments while promoting top-notch research and reporting skills.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Graduate Researcher
University Of Texas At Arlington
01.2023 - Current
- Authored five peer-reviewed publications in analytical chemistry journals with a focus on chiral chromatography.
- Calibrated and maintained laboratory instruments.
- Developed methodologies to identify and quantify small molecules by chromatography and mass spectrometry.
- Collaborated with researchers from other fields and universities.
Graduate Teaching Assistant
University of Texas in Arlington
01.2021 - Current
- Taught General Chemistry and Organic chemistry college-level laboratory courses.
- Coached in technique as well as taught theory and study materials
- Mentored students through office hours and one-on-one communication.
- Cultivated important skills, including team cooperation and oral and written communication via hands-on work in lab
- Checked assignments, proctored tests and provided grades according to university standards.
Undergraduate Chemistry Researcher
Texas A&M University
06.2019 - 12.2020
- Researched and planned chemical experiments to conduct in lab
- Purified and characterized chemical compounds for research documentation
Education
Masters - Chemistry
University of Texas in Arlington
Arlington, TX12.2022
Bachelor of Science - Chemistry
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX12.2020
High School Diploma - undefined
Covenant Christian Academy
05.2017
Skills
- Research Experimental Design
- Scientific writing
- Data collection
- Critical thinking skills
- Supervising laboratory experiments
- Autodesk AutoCAD and Inventor Software
- MS Word, Excel, and Powerpoint
- Research Team Collaboration
Accomplishments
- Wahab, M.F., Handlovic, T.T., Roy, S., Burk, R.J., & Armstrong, D.W. (2024). "Solving Advanced Task-Specific Problems in Measurement Sciences with Generative AI," Analytical Chemistry, 96(30), 12387–12394.
- Burk, R.J., Wahab, M.F., & Armstrong, D.W. (2024). "Influence of theoretical and semi-empirical peak models on the efficiency calculation in chiral chromatography," Talanta, 277, 126308.
- Burk, R.J., Salehi, R., Aslan, E.K., Gündüz, M.G., & Armstrong, D.W. (2024). "Expanding Cyclodextrin Use in Normal Phase and Super/subcritical Fluid Chromatographic Modes for the Chiral Separation of 1,4-Dihydropyridines," Journal of Chromatography A, 465394.
- Salehi, R., Burk, R.J., Berthod, A., Gündüz, M.G., & Armstrong, D.W. (2024). "Chiral superficially porous stationary phases for enantiomeric separation of condensed 1,4-dihydropyridine derivatives," Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis, 251, 116420.
- Aslan, E.K., Karagüzel, A., Lam, K., Dengiz, C., Huang, S., Burk, R.J., Salehi, R., Zamponi, G.W., Wolber, G., Armstrong, D.W., & Gündüz, M.G. (2024). "Synthesis, molecular modeling, DFT studies, and enantioseparation of tetrahydro-4H-chromene derivatives with calcium channel blocking activity," Journal of Molecular Structure, 141457.
Conference Presentations
ITP 2024 - Fort Worth, TX
- Are Conventional Efficiency Measurements Reliable in Chiral Chromatography?
Pittcon 2025 - Boston, MA
- 2-Hydroxypropyl-Derivatized Cyclodextrins in Normal Phase and Sub/supercritical Fluid Modes
- On the Reliability of Efficiency Measurements in Chromatography
Certification
- AutoCAD User Certified
- Autodesk User Inventor
Timeline
Graduate Researcher
University Of Texas At Arlington
01.2023 - Current
Graduate Teaching Assistant
University of Texas in Arlington
01.2021 - Current
Undergraduate Chemistry Researcher
Texas A&M University
06.2019 - 12.2020
Bachelor of Science - Chemistry
Texas A&M University
High School Diploma - undefined
Covenant Christian Academy
Masters - Chemistry
University of Texas in Arlington
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