Sept 1996-June 1997
Teaching Assistant, University
of California, San Francisco,
Department of Pharmaceutical
Chemistry.
Duties included attending organic
chemistry lectures, teaching two
hours of discussion per week in
the fall and winter quarters,
teaching four hours of lab per
week in the spring quarter,
holding weekly office hours,
and grading exams.
Sept 1994-June 1995
Tutor, Department of Chemistry,
University of California, Irvine
Duties included leading two hours
of review weekly, attending all
organic chemistry lectures, and
grading and proctoring exams.
Jan 1995-March 1995
Tutor, Physics, Tutorial Assistance
Program, University of California,
Irvine
Duties included attending lectures
and leading 6 problem-solving
tutorial sessions per week
Sept 1993-Jan 1995
Tutor, Department of Biological Sciences,
University of California, Irvine
Responsibilities included attending lectures
and leading weekly discussions in fields which
rotated as per quarter: genetics (fall 1993),
physiology (winter 1994), biochemistry (spring
1994), and physiology (fall 1994).
COMPUTER AND INTERNET EXPERIENCE
*Designed, created, and maintain web site
for the San Francisco chapters of the Team
in Training program, a fundraiser for
the Leukemia Society of America
(http://www.tnt.nu/sf/).
*Designed, created, and currently maintain
web site for Women in Life Sciences, a
University of California, San Francisco,
organization (http://woodward.ucsf.edu/~brooke/wils)
*1998: Administrated and maintain the Women
in Life Sciences listserv
*Experience with all major Microsoft
programs, as well as Adobe Photoshop,
Cricket Graph, FileMaker Pro, FrontPage
*Experience with Macintosh and PC platforms,
as well as Macintosh, Windows 95, and
Unix operating systems
*Skilled in several molecular graphics and
sequence analysis programs (Rasmol, GCG,
Insight, Midas)
*Designed and maintained my own personal web site
( http://geocities.datacellar.net/Athens/Crete/2997)
*Designed and developed an experimental web site for
Pharmaceutical Chemistry 112 course information
while serving as teaching assistant (January 1997)
VOLUNTEER/COMMUNITY SERVICE
*2/97 - present: The Leukemia Society of America --
Team in Training
Currently maintaining an experimental web site
for both San Francisco training regions
(http://www.tnt.nu/sf).
Previously (fall 1998) a team captain for
a group of 180 runners training for December
1998 marathons. Duties included organizing group
runs throughout the Bay Area, acting as a
direct liaison between participants and
their mentors and the LSA office, working
directly with TNT staff and coaches to
implement and further fine-tune the program,
and soliciting feedback from current team
participants. Prior to that (spring 1998,
fall 1997) a mentor for TNT, overseeing a
small group of participants.
*11/94 - 3/95 Orange County Swim for Kids
Along with three fellow college students,
created and implemented our own charity event
benefiting the Orangewood Children's
Foundation for disadvantaged children. My
involvement has been peripheral with
subsequent annual events.
AWARDS AND ACHEVEMENTS
October 1997
Long Teaching Award, University of California, San
Francisco. Awarded for service during my year as
a teaching assistant (Sept 1996-June 1997).
October 1997
Fellowship, Beckman Symposium on Macromolecular
Interactions.
This award included flight, room, and board to
attend the first symposium of its kind in Galveston,
TX. The award was paid by the NSF.
July 1997
Completed my first marathon (26.2 miles) in San
Francisco.
May 1995
Honors for Excellence in Research in Biological
Sciences, UC Irvine.