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Andrew Thomas
2926 N Tyndall Blvd 1, Tucson, AZ 85719
(719)290-7939
[email protected]
EDUCATION
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
M.S in Soil and Water Science
Expected graduation: May 2016
August 2014present
Coursework: Soil physics, microbiology, and chemistry, risk assessment,
analytical chemistry
Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, MO
B.A. in Chemistry
Areas of Concentration: Biochemistry
Graduated 5/17/2013
August 2009May 2013
Coursework: Introduction to Biology 1 and 2, General Chemistry 1 and 2, Organic Chemistry 1 and 2,
Cell Biology, Advanced Organic Laboratory, Modern Medicinal Chemistry, General Biochemistry,
Physiology, Vertebrate Structure Lab, German Language, Immunology, Inorganic Chemistry
AWARDS
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Graduate College Fellowship, University of Arizona
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Graduate Research Assistantship, University of Arizona
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National Merit Finalist, Washington University in St Louis
2014
8/2014-present
2009-2013
EXPERIENCE
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Graduate Research Assistant, Dr. Jon Chrover, University of Arizona Department of Soil, Water and
Environmental Science, 8/2014-present
Responsibilities include contaminant bioaccessibility assays, ion chromatography, and x -ray
diffraction. Also observed FT-infrared spectroscopy, ICP-MS, and x-ray absorption spectroscopy.
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Dr. Jeffery Arbeit, WUSM Department of Urology, 4/2012 5/2013
Responsibilities included cryosectioning, immunostaining, and fluorescence microscopy
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Dr. Ronald Klein, Louisiana State University Health Sciences
Center-Shreveport, Department of Pharmacology, 6 -8/2012
Responsible for plasmid construction and preparation, restriction digests, PCR, and animal
behavioral studies, observed immunostaining and rat surgical procedures
Laboratory Technician, Heart Rate Variability Laboratory, WUSM Department of Cardiology
3-5/2010
Analyzed data from clinical experimentation
MEMBERSHIPS
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American Society of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics , student membership
Association of Applied Geochemists, student membership
Geological Society of America, student membership
Southern Arizona Environmental Management Society
PUBLICATIONS AND PAPERS
LANGUAGES
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English – native language
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German – speak, read, and write well
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Russian- read well, speak reasonably well