Curriculum Vitae

Education

2004-2008Davidson College, Davidson, NC. Bachelor of Science in Biology. Graduation with honors anticipated May 2008.
2005Attended Beloit College intensive summer Japanese language program.
2000-2004Graduated from New Trier High School, Winnetka, IL.
1991-1999Attended the École Active Bilingue Jeannine Manuel in Paris, France.

Language Proficiency

Fluent in English, French
Have studied Japanese since 3rd grade, completed year 2 of college coursework

Research Experience

2007-2008Honors independent study project in synthetic biology (Campbell lab)
2007Member of Davidson College/Missouri Western State University iGEM team
Summer 2006Researcher at the University of Chicago, department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Work included bioinformatics and genomics research. (Crosson lab)

Skills

Wet-lab:

PCR
Molecular cloning
DNA prepping
Microscopy
Fluorimetry
Bradford assays
Gel electrophoresis
Protein purification (ammonium sulfate, Sephadex 300)
Preparation of bacterial growth media (LB, M2, M9, liquid and agar)
Worked with E. coli and Caulobacter crescentus

Dry-lab:

Use of 3D protein visualization tools (JMol, CN3D)
Visualization and clustering of microarray data (Cluster, JTreeview)
Familiar with NCBI databases
Knowledge of operating systems (Windows, Linux, OSX)
Web development (HTML, CSS)
Computer programming (Java, C++, Perl)

Presentations

March 29, 2008

The Use of Anti-Terminators to Expand the Two-Spatula Burnt-Pancake Problem in Escherichia coli. Collegiate Academy of the North Carolina Academy of Sciences (CANCAS). Greensboro, N.C.

March 6-9, 2008

Karmella A. Haynes, Oyinade Adefuye, Jordan Baumgardner, Tom Crowley, Will Deloache, James O. Dickson, Lane H. Heard, Andrew Martens, Nickolaus Morton, Michelle Ritter, Amber Shoecraft, Jessica Treece, Matthew Unzicker, Amanda Valencia, Mike Waters, A. Malcolm Campbell, Todd Eckdahl, Laurie Heyer, Jeffrey Poet. 2008. Solving the Hamiltonian Path Problem with Living Hardware. Institute of Biological Engineering Annual Meeting. Chapel Hill, NC.

November 2007

Living Hardware to Solve the Hamiltonian Path Problem. International Genetically Engineered Machines Competition (iGEM). Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Software

Summer 2007Gene-splitter program
2007-2008Modifications to Lance Harden's oligonucleotide generator for DNA annealing
Winter 2006-2007Work on metagridding for MAGIC Tool
Summer 2006Microarray data formatting program for clustering and visual analysis

Previous Employment

2006-2007Hall Counselor, Davidson College Residence Life Office
2007MAGIC Tool Software Developer, Davidson College

Honor Societies

2007Beta Beta Beta Biological Honor Society
2006Bernard Society of Mathematics

Volunteer Work

2002-2006

Winnetka, Northfield,Kenilworth League of Women Voters website designer and administrator

2004

Habitat for Humanity. Helped build a house as part of the class project.

Andrew T. Martens

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