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Annee Graduate Level Researcher

San Diego Annee Nguyen
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Annee Nguyen
Graduate Student Researcher & Teaching Assistant at UCSD
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Summary
Graduate student researcher in the biomedical sciences looking to apply a translational research skill
set to non-profit and industry opportunities in veterinary medicine and public health towards a career
as a veterinary scientist.
Experience
Graduate Teaching and Research Assistant at University of California San Diego
September 2017  –  Present
– Instructed students on scientific method, biological techniques, scientific writing, and scientific
presentation
– Collaborated with professors, other teaching assistants, and instructional apprentices to discuss
lesson plans, projects, and schedules
– Mediated group communication issues among students and streamlined communications
– Counseled students on future career paths and referred students to fellow colleagues
– Prepared laboratory classroom supplies for each lab session
– Developed scheduled grading periods for poster projects
– Trained and oversaw undergraduate instructional apprentices on teaching procedures and lab
safety protocols
– Enforced academic integrity code of conduct and lab safety protocols
– Assisted in designing course website and course material
– Taught students use of Excel for data management and analysis of scientific data
Graduate Student Researcher
September 2017  –  Present
– Studied mouse models of peripheral neuropathy in prion disease
– Presented peer-reviewed articles in lab-run journal club meetings
– Presented and discussed subsequent results of the study in journal clubs, at formal poster
sessions, in written and oral format
– Organized animal studies and reviewed protocols
– Performed behavioral testing and electrophysiology measurements
– Prepared for necropsy procedures of animals and tissue collection procedures
– Processed tissues for histology and morphometry
– Compiled data using quantifying software such as ImageJ, ScionImage, and PhotoShop for data
collection
– Interpreted data using Excel and Prismv7
– Mentored and supervised undergraduate researchers
Undergraduate Research Assistant
October 2014  –  June 2017 (2 years 9 months)
– Studied mouse models of peripheral neuropathy in various diseases such as diabetes, HIV, and
prion disease
– Organized animal studies and reviewed protocols
– Performed behavioral testing and electrophysiology measurements
– Prepared for necropsy procedures of animals and tissue collection procedures
– Processed tissues for histology and morphometry
– Compiled data using quantifying software such as ImageJ, ScionImage, and PhotoShop for data
collection
– Interpreted data using Excel and Prismv7
– Presented and discussed subsequent results of the study in journal clubs and at formal poster
sessions
Senior Academic Coordinator of CEC Tutoring Center
January 2010  –  December 2016 (7 years)
– Developed, revised, and organized tutoring curriculum for subjects English, mathematics, biology,
chemistry, and SAT preparation for students grade K-12
– Conducted one-on-one tutoring sessions in all subjects grades K-12
– Designed lesson plans and instructed class sizes of twenty students
– Collaborated in creating bilingual lesson plans in Vietnamese and English for English as Second
Language (ESL) students and bilingual students
– Advised students on potential career paths
– Empowered young female students by introducing them to female-oriented STEM programs

Education
University of California San Diego
Master of Science – MS, Pathology/Experimental Pathology, 2017 – 2018
University of California San Diego
Bachelor’s degree, Human Biology, 2014 – 2017
Activities and Societies: Phi Beta Kappa

Education

September 2013/June 2017 Bachelor's of Sciences in Human Biology at University of California, San Diego

Relevant courses taken at university level were Laboratory Biochemical Techniques, Animal Physiology Laboratory, Individual Research for Undergraduates, Introduction to Statistics, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Nutrition, Organic Chemistry & Organic Chemistry Laboratory, and General Chemistry & General Chemistry Laboratory.

September 2017/June 2018 Masters of Sciences, in Experimental Pathology at University of California, San Diego

Relevant courses taken at graduate level are the following: Advanced Experimental Methods in Biology, Histopathology of Mouse Models, Scientific Writing in Biology, Recent Advances & Experimental Approaches in Biology, and Comparative Physiology.