Objective: To find a research position or internship in biochemical, pharmaceutical, or drug design/delivery engineering.

Education:

• Will be attending the PhD program in Pharmaceutical Chemistry at the University of California, San Francisco, starting in Fall 97.
• Presently majoring in Bioengineering at the University of California, Berkeley.
• 4th year student, ranked as a senior. GPA 3.448.
• Emphasis in Chemical Engineering and Biochemistry, minoring in Chemical Engineering.
• Currently enrolling in:
  • Chemical Engineering 142 (Kinetics)
  • Chemical Engineering 152 (Separations Processes)
  • Molecular & Cell Biology 140 (Genetics)
  • Electrical Engineering 146 (Networks in Biology)
  • Public Health 172 (Introduction to Pharmacology)
• Have taken classes in the follow subject areas:

  Biochemistry & Microbiology Immunology General Chemistry Organic Chemistry Biophysical Chemistry Bioengineering Research Linguistics, History, and Philosophy

  Principles of Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics Biochemical Engineering Materials Science Computer Science Electrical Engineering

  Bioengineering Principles Fluid Dynamics Heat & Mass Transfer Linear Algebra Multivariable Calculus Physics for Engineering

• 6/96-9/96
  Worked at Bayer Corporation, Pharmaceutical Division, Berkeley site. Part of Process Control Group for large scale fermentation and purification of recombinant Factor VIII Coagulation Protein. Helped on problem solving through data trend analysis.
• 8/95-5/96
  Researched in birefringence of gels used in pulsed field electrophoresis for Prof. Harvey Blanch of the Chemical Engineering Department. The project goal is to utilize the shifting in the matrix of the gel to increase the length of DNA molecules that can be resolved using electrophoresis.
• 5/94-10/94
  Worked as an Undergraduate Research assistant and a Guest of the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory. The project I was involved in was in determining the structure of an outer membrane protein of the bacteria E. Coli by using transmission electron microscopy and electron crystallography for Prof. Robert Glaeser of the Department of Biophysics.
• 9/92-6/93
  Member of an apprenticeship program with a hydroponics engineer at NASA Ames Research Center.
• 1990-1993
  President of my own successful business, involved in making jewelry and crafts. Left business in order to devote myself to study at college.

• Certified in running a JEOL and Zeiss Transmission Electron Microscope.
• Familiar with birefringence lab set up, and working with lasers.
• Have extensive experience with Excel, Word, Paradox, and SigmaStat software applications. Familiar with Mac, DOS and UNIX systems. Some experience with Pascal and Lisp languages.
• Can read French well and speak to some degree.

• Regent's Scholarship from the University of California, Berkeley.
• Currently Vice-President of the Society of Engineering Science, a campus organization to aid certain engineering disciplines. Have also served as President and Publicity Secretary.
• Semester Honors at Berkeley for Fall 93, Fall 94 and Spring 95.
• Executive Committee Member for the Senior Engineers Council
• Student Member of the Undergraduate Study Committee to determine Curricula for the College of Engineering, subcommittee for Humanities Education for Engineers.
• Student Member of the Commencement Committee.

• References from Process Analyst (Bayer) Brandon Varnau, Professor Harvey Blanch, Graduate Student Brooks Boyd and Professor Stanley Berger available upon request.