Betelhem S. Abay
Laboratory Instructor @Students 2 Science
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WORK HISTORY
Laboratory Instructor @Students 2 Science
Newark, NJ, US
Primary instructor for middle and high school hands on lab- Develop instructional content for new labs and modify existing labs- Trained new lab instructors and lab assistants- Worked with analytical instruments such as gas chromatography (GC), high performance liquid chromatography mass spectrometry (HPLC-MS), infrared spectroscopy (IR), and UV spectrometer- Instructed the following labs: • Test for rate of dissolution of a drug product using dissolution apparatus & percent release of drug substance (Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient) using UV Spectrometer analysis & Beer\'s Law calculation. • Test for the presence of residual solvent in a drug product using GC. • Test for parameters that will yield maximum ethanol production from the fermentation of corn syrup. • Test patient samples for viral infection using PCR & gel electrophoresis as well as test the efficacy and effectiveness of vaccine candidates using indirect ELISA assay. • Test for presence or absence of a banned sunscreen ingredient, oxybenzone, from sunscreen products using GC. • Titration experiment. • Electroplating experiment. • Environmental cleaning particularly crude oil spill in water bodies. • Nanotechnology experiment with liquid crystals. • Genetic engineering experiment where E-coli was genetically modified (transformed) by incorporating green fluorescent protein (GFP).
EDUCATION
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD/ Teaching Assistant, Materials Engineering
University of Maine
Bachelor's degree, Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering
University of Maine
Master of Science - MS, Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering
ABOUT BETELHEM S. ABAY
I graduated with a MS in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Maine on Aug 2022. Through my studies and extracurricular work, I have gained over five years of interdisciplinary research and engineering work experience. During my undergraduate and master\'s programs, I spent over six months as a Clinical Engineering Intern at Northern Light Health Eastern Maine Medical Center, where I learned many of the fundamentals of clinical engineering. I also worked for four years as a student laboratory aid performing several laboratory works for general chemistry lab courses, and for two years as a Graduate Teaching Assistant, leading an undergraduate chemistry lab course. I gained biomedical imaging & image analysis skills through my work as a research assistant which exposed me to a wide variety of clinical research questions and engineering approaches to find solution to current challenges especially cancer progression. I am driven and motivated to work on projects and greatly enjoy working as part of a team as well. All of my education, leadership and volunteer roles helped me develop the executive functioning skills, open communication, and cultural competence. Currently, I am working as a laboratory instructor at Students 2 Science, a nonprofit experiential learning centers where students will get motivated and inspired to study & pursue career in STEM fields.
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