ANH QUANG NGUYEN 1330 Taft St, Escondido, CA 92026 (714)-305-4025 anhqnguyen87@gmail.

l.com Objective: Seeking a position in testing or analysis related to bio or pharmaceutical field. Education: University of California San Diego, La Jolla CA 92093 (UCSD) Bachelor of Science, Biochemistry and Cell Biology Experience: Lab Assistant, Chem Lab, Palomar College, San Marcos, CA (08/2011-08/2013) Various techniques were performed such as titration, dilution, regular filtration, vacuum filtration, distillation, recrystallization, extraction, and chromatography. Automation process: MS, GC, NMR, Spec, etc to analyze unknown samples. Mixing and preparing various inorganic and organic reagents. Volunteer Scripps Memorial Hospital, San Diego, CA (05/2011-08/2011) Assist in operating CT/PET scan under Technologists guidance. Answering phone, restocking supplies, assist patient in and out of facility. Provide clean and safe environment for patients. Production Technician, Phamatech, San Diego, CA (07/2010-04/2011) Involve in lateral flow industry, experience in manufacturing of products following SOPs and working within a cGMP regulated environment. Coating membrane with antibody for production use. Produce antibody conjugate pad that ultimately lead to manufacture of drug and hormonal diagnostic test kit for consumer and hospital uses. ELISA for testing hormonal controls. Making buffers, fixing, preparing, and maintenance equipment. Research Assistant, Biomedical Science UCSD, La Jolla, CA (11/2008-06/2010) Drug development project: measure the amount of cyanide in rabbits blood by spectrophotometer and tests of candidate drugs that can detoxify cyanide by HPLC. Filtration, vacuum filtration, and centrifugation to obtain products. Perform separation and extraction of cobinamide, precursor form of vitamin B-12 Qualitative and quantitative tests to detect level of cobinamide in blood and serum. Prepare reagents, buffers, and other chemicals for research use. Create standard curve using excel to calculate the concentration of cyanide in blood. Lab Assistant, School of Medicine UCSD, La Jolla, CA (02/2009-05/2009) Lab maintaining: wash and autoclave glassware, organize the lab, order reagents. Perform: tissue culture, plasmid prep, Gel Electrophoresis, transformation using competent cell. Cloning, PCR, western blot, sonication. Making film, TBS, Agarose gel, SDS gel.

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Lab Assistant, Chemistry Lab, Palomar College, San Marcos, CA (06/2006-06/2008) Daily tasks include preparing common solutions, buffers, reagents, starch; maintain equipments; entering data in computer. Check in laboratory equipments for student. Washing, autoclaving, and working with hazardous waste. Technical Skills: Excellent knowledge of cGMP, GLP standard and SOP in any laboratory environment: manufacture, research, QA/QC. Experience in working manual chemical and biological assays: pipetting, measuring, calibrating, mixing, diluting, filtering, setting up apparatus. Performing automated chemical and biological processes for analytic purposes: HPLC, GC, spectrophotometer, IR, MS, UV, NMR. Able to use equipments: microscope, refractometer, water bath, melting point apparatus, titrator, pH meter, Vacuum, UV lamp, pipettes, centrifuge, and others. Able to perform repetitive task: finger manipulation, pushing, pulling, sit and stand. Analyze and interpret technical data for GMP purposes. Evaluate, revise, and update procedures and methods for good manufacturing practice. Documentation skill: handle large amount of data, prepare reports and results. Diagnosing and troubleshooting methods and equipments. Multiple and serial dilution to different concentration. Working with hazardous materials and chemicals and neutralizing waste products. Fixing, preparing, and maintenance equipments. Familiar with Pub Med, Blast NCBI, PDB, Cambridge Soft, ChemDraw, Chem 3D. Controlling inventory physically and electronically. Interact effectively between different departments. Assist in operating PET and CT scan on patients. Biochemistry/Organic chemistry: Lateral flow assays for drug and hormonal test. Synthesize peptides, antibodies purification. Making antibody conjugate solution, conjugate pads. Coating nitrocellulose membrane with purified antibody. ELISA assays as qualitative and quantitative test for controls. Spectrometry: Spectrophotometer, IR, MS, UV, NMR. Chromatography: ion exchange resins, gel, TLC, GC, HPLC. Micro filtration, vacuum filtration, and other filtration techniques. Pipet blood, serum, and other cell components. Extraction and separation of drug content from blood and serum. Molecular Biology: Prepare and dilute chemicals: TBS, SDS, Acrylamide, acids, bases. Perform various extraction (DNA, RNA, protein, others ) Electrophoresis: SDS-PAGE, Agarose, and two-dimensional. Western blot, transformation, and Plasmid Prep (mini and maxi).

Cloning a sequence from a genomic library with E-Coli using vectors. Genomic PCR, RT-PCR, DNA sequencing analysis. Cell biology/Microbiology: Prepare media, specimen, making LB solution and pouring Agar plate. Culture and Aseptic techniques: streak plating and inoculate agar plates. Knowledge of fermentation process, growth of E-Coli bacterial culture. Tissue culture and cell culture: thawing cell, splitting cell, freezing cell, counting cell. Sonication: sonicating blood, serum, and other cell components. Relevant Coursework: Organic Chemistry/Lab Pharmacology Cell biology

Structural & Metabolic Biochemistry Genetics

Biochemical Techniques/Lab Molecular biology

Additional Skills: Familiar with windows 2000/XP, Vista, 7, 8 and MAC. Able to perform Microsoft Office (word, excel, excess, power point) efficiently. Strong in Math and science skill, able to perform complex calculation. Effective in working independently or working with a team; able to follow direction. Willing to learn and apply new skills into practice; able to pick up new task quickly. Able to do multitasking work under fast pace environment. Following procedure and taking note carefully. Bilingual, able to speak and write efficiently. Able to work in a highly stress environment. Certification: Tutors certification

CPR training for adult, infant, and child. Vietnamese teachers certification. MRI safety training at Scripps.
Community Involvement: American Cancer Society: relay for life.

St. Francis church community: teacher and leader. Scripps memorial hospital: volunteer. Ozanam Humane and Charity Group: helping the poor