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Achievements & Awards
Distinguished Scholar, 1991 - 1995
Teaching Assistantship, 1995 - 1997
Department of Chemistry Teaching Assistantship Award, 1998
Mary Kapp Research Assistantship, 1998 - 1999
University Graduate Fellowship, 1999 - 2000
Mary Kapp Service Award, 2000
Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society Induction, 2000
Cambridge Who’s Who, 2007
Leadership
Virginia Commonwealth University
, Richmond, Virginia
1999-2000
President of the Graduate Student Association at VCU
• Developed a proposal to implement the Graduate Student Association as a
governing body at VCU by working on the Student Affairs portion of the
Strategic Plan for the Graduate School at VCU.
• Created a Constitution and By-Laws in which a legislative body will be formed
to oversee the concerns of the graduate students.
• Served on the Priority Committee for the Institutional Review Board.
• Served on the University Council, the Graduate Council, the Graduate Dean's
Advisory Committee, and the Board of Visitors.
• Appointed representatives to campus wide committees.
1998-1999
Vice-President and Treasurer of the Graduate Student Association at VCU
• Served on the Graduate Academic Committee, and the Office of Information
and Technology Strategic Planning Committee.
• Maintained and developed the yearly budget (20K).
Laboratory Skills
Analytical Techniques
– Working knowledge of various chromatographic and
spectroscopic techniques (HPLC with PDA or ELS detectors, LC/MS, GC/FID,
GC/MS, NMR, Karl Fisher, liquid-liquid extraction, SPE and SFE).
Synthetic Techniques
- Structural modification techniques (hydrogenation,
oxidation, acetylation, hydrogenolysis, hydroxylation, and reduction reactions).
Biological Techniques
- Bioactivity analysis utilizing the Brine Shrimp Lethality
Bioassay.
ComputerSkills -
Waters Millennium, HP ChemStation, Microsoft Office,
Chemdraw, Internet
Central College
, Pella, Iowa
1994, 1995
Captain of the Men’s Tennis Team
1994
Student Assistant Coach of the Women’s Volleyball Team
1993, 1994
Fellowship of Christian Athletes Leader
Professional Organizations, Training, Panels
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