Annee Nguyen
Graduate Student Researcher & Teaching Assistant at UCSD
[email protected]

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