Resume

• 2010

  M.Ed.

  Completed a year-long internship in Montgomery County Public Schools as a student teacher while taking classes in teaching methodology

  action research

  diversity

  literacy

  and other subjects.

  Secondary Science Education - Chemistry

  University of Maryland College Park

  Structural Determination in Chemistry

  Organometallic Chemistry

  Organic Reaction Mechanisms

  Structure and Bonding

  Organic Synthesis

• 2007

  M.S.

  Worked on the design of new ligands for organometallic chemistry in the area of C-H bond activation.

  Chemistry

  University of Maryland College Park

• 2003

  B.S.

  Majored in Chemistry

  minored in Sociology.

  Chemistry

  Sociology

  Member of Chemistry and Biochemistry Council of Majors (CBCOM)

  National Residence Hall Honor Society (NRHH)

  Community Activities Board (CAB) for Susquehanna Hall

  and a student member of the Peer Review Council

• Educational Technology

  Organic Chemistry

  NMR spectroscopy

  Teaching

  Research

  Classroom Management

  Chemistry

  Organic Synthesis

  Physics

  Curriculum Design

  Organometallic Chemistry

  Science Education

  Lesson Planning

  HPLC

  Tutoring

  Secondary Education

  Laboratory

  GC-MS

  Science

  UV/Vis

  Downs

  Greg

  Downs

  Montgomery County Public Schools

  Montgomery College

  Howard County Public Schools

  University of Maryland

  College Park

  Taught Chemistry and Physics/Introduction to Physical Science to students at Wilde Lake High School in Howard County

  MD. Responsible for planning

  grading and delivery of instruction for four sections of Chemistry and one section of Physics/IPS.

  Howard County Public Schools

  Student Intern - Chemistry and Honors Chemistry

  Responsible for planning

  assessment

  and delivery of instruction for ~150 high school students in Chemistry and Honors Chemistry under the guidance of a mentor teacher. Units taught include periodicity

  chemical nomenclature and chemical reactions

  stoichiometry

  chemical bonding

  solutions

  and acids/bases.

  Montgomery County Public Schools

  Montgomery College

  Rockville

  MD

  Taught introductory Chemistry lecture and general Chemistry (1st semester) lecture. Taught first and second semester general Chemistry laboratory courses

  in addition to a non-majors Chemistry/physical science laboratory course. Also tutored individual students in introductory and organic chemistry lecture/lab coursework through Math/Science department tutoring center. Taught introductory/refresher Chemistry lecture course over summer and winter mini-sessions.

  Lecturer

  Worked under the supervision of university instructors in supervising/instructing students in Bioanalytical Chemistry Lab (Chem 272)

  Organic Chemistry 1 Lab (Chem 232)

  Organic Chemistry 2 Lab (Chem 242) and also in discussion sections (small groups of ~20 students) helping teach Organic Chemistry 2 lecture class (Chem 241).

  University of Maryland

  College Park

  Montgomery College

  Rockville

  MD

  Was responsible for stockroom and instructional laboratory coverage (when general Chemistry labs are in session)

  maintenance

  and preparation on a regular basis. Assisted lab coordinators and manager in planning

  set-up and breakdown of general Chemistry labs. As of August 2016 designated main person responsible for planning

  set-up and breakdown of non-majors Chemistry/physical science lab course.

  Senior Instructional Assistant

  Germantown

  MD

  Responsible for stockroom

  engineering shop and instructional laboratory coverage

  maintenance

  and preparation on a regular basis. Duties include coordinating with faculty in planning labs and individual set-up and breakdown of Physics and Engineering labs.

  Instructional Lab Coordinator

  Montgomery College