Resume

OBJECTIVE
                To obtain a full-time position as a chemistry instructor.

EDUCATION
                Master of Arts - Analytical Chemistry - May 1994.
                    University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

                 Bachelor of Arts - Chemistry - June 1989.
                    Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, Michigan

                 Madrid, Spain - Kalamazoo College in Spain
                      Attended: September 1987 to March 1988.

EXPERIENCE TEACHING
                 Instructor Part-time
                    Kalamazoo Valley Community College
                      Kalamazoo, Michigan, January 1997 to May 1999.
                      Taught Chem 100, Chem 120 and Chem 130 in their curriculum.

                 Instructor Part-time
                    Western Michigan University
                      Kalamazoo, Michigan, January 1998 to April 1998.
                      Taught Chem 100 in their chemistry curriculum.

                Science Teacher
                      Forbush High School (Yadkin County Schools)
                      East Bend, North Carolina, November 1994 to June 1995.
                      Taught chemistry, advanced placement chemistry, and physical science.

EXPERIENCE IN THE FIELD
                 Chemist
                    Pharmacia & Upjohn
                      Kalamazoo, Michigan, November 1998 to present.
                      Perform HPLC analysis on pharmaceutical product and bulk drugs.

                  Chemist
                      Kalsec(Kalamazoo Spice Extraction Company)
                      Kalamazoo, Michigan, September 1995 to April 1996.
                      Worked in the instrument lab analyzing raw materials and spice
                      extracts by both gas and liquid chromatography.

                 Research Assistant
                    University of North Carolina, Chemistry Department
                      Chapel Hill, North Carolina,  May 1991 to May 1994.
                      Worked for Dr. Thomas Meyer synthesizing and investigating the
                      photophysical properties of polymer films.
 

   SKILLS SUMMARY

•       HPLC and GC analysis of pharmaceuticals and natural products.
•       Electrochemistry as an HPLC detection method as well as a method for forming polymer films.
•       Mass Spectrometry as a GC detector.
•       Organic Synthesis of polymerizable ligands.
•       Laser maintenance and electronic data collection.

PUBLICATIONS
                 Properties of Bipyridyl Complexes of Iron and Ruthenium in
                 Electropolymerized Films and on Colloidal Silica." Master's Thesis,
                 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1994.

                 M. Devenney, L.A. Worl, S. Gould, A. Guadalupe, B.P. Sullivan,
                 J.V. Caspar, R.L. Leasure, J.R. Gardner, T.J. Meyer.  "Excited-State
                 Interactions in Electropolymerized Thin Films of RuII, OsII, and ZnII
                 Polypyridyl Complexes."  J. Phys. Chem.   1997, 101, 4535-4540.

ACADEMIC AWARDS
                 F.W. & Elsie Heyl Scholarship,  Kalamazoo College (4 years, tuition and books)
                 National Honor Society

REFERENCES
                 Excellent references available upon request.
 

CHEMISTRY LINKS

              www.unc.edu/depts/chemistry

              www.kzoo.edu

              www.pnu.com

                www.kvcc.edu

HOBBIES

I am an amateur radio operator. I hold an advance class license, and my call sign in KI8HF.  I enjoy working with electronics and computers and interfacing them to my ham radio hobby.

I also enjoy adventuring into the outdoors.  I have a web site with pictures of some of my adventures.

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