David Yates

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Objective:Summer internship in Chemical R & D

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Columbia University

New York, NY 

Research Assistant

January 2012 - Present

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Collaborate with several postdoctoral researchers and graduate students to ensure successful and timely completion of projects

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Projects included a variety of complex natural products with biological activity; each compound has po-tential in the treatment of either Alzheimer ’s Disease, heart disease, or cancer

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Design synthetic schemes and revise approaches in the course of research

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Published research on formal synthesis of ET-743 in two peer-reviewed scholarly journal articles

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Presented research at symposium with over three-hundred attendees

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Manage and mentor two undergraduate researchers

Swarthmore College

Swarthmore, PA

Researcher

 June 2008 - May 2010

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Collaborated with two postdoctoral researchers toward the synthesis of a natural product, kalkitoxin A

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Presented achievements at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research (April 2009) and at theRegional Murdock Conference (October 2009)

INSTRUCTION EXPERIENCE

Teaching Assistant

September 2010 - May 2012

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Designed and taught several full lectures in absence of professors

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Taught tri-weekly recitations to supplement lecture courses in organic chemistry for two years

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Evaluated students’ ability to solve problems in synthesis

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Organized a team of eight fellow TAs as Preceptor/Head TA (Fall 2011)

Instructor

 September - December 2010

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Designed and presented a weekend introductory synthesis course to NYC area high school students through the Columbia Science Honors Program

EDUCATION 

Columbia University

 Graduate School of Arts and Science

 New York, NY

Ph.D., Chemistry, July 2010 (expected); M.Phil., May 2009; M.A., May 2006

G.P.A.:  3.9/4.0

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Selected Honors/Awards:  National Science Foundation (NSF) Pre-Doctoral Fellowship

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Coursework at Columbia Business School: Foundations of Strategy; Management and Leadership

Swarthmore College

Swarthmore, PA

B.A., Chemistry

May 2005

G.P.A.:  3.7/4.0, with Honors

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Selected Honors/Awards:  Rhodes Scholarship finalist; Presidential Senior Scholarship; Delta Sigma ChiInternational Balfour Finalist

LEADERSHIP

Columbia University

2009 - Present

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Co-Founder - Columbia University Consulting Club

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Class Representative - Graduate Student Council

Swarthmore College

2005 - 2009

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Founder - Swarthmore Men Against Violence

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President - Delta Sigma Chi Fraternity (2005 - 2006)

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Captain - Varsity Wrestling Team (2007 - 2008); Northeast Conference Champion (2008, 2009)