Christa J. Laser Curriculum Vitae EDUCATION THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL, Washington, DC GPA: 3.289, J.D. expected, May 2011 ·        Member, Student Intellectual Property Law Association   ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY, BARRETT HONORS COLLEGE, Tempe, AZ B.S. in Biochemistry, minor in German, magna cum laude with honors, 3.750 GPA, May 2008 Full-Ride Scholarships: National Merit Finalist, President’s Scholarship ·        Honors thesis on protein dynamics and electron transfer in photosynthetic reaction centers ·        Scholar, Arnold & Mabel Beckman Foundation:  awarded highly selective research grant funding honors thesis research (1 of 23 undergraduates nationwide in chemistry, biochemistry, biology, and medicine) ·        Recipient, Biochemistry Award:  awarded to university’s graduating senior with most significant research contributions and highest scholastic achievement in biochemistry ·        Student, Sandra Day O'Conner College of Law:  attended patent law class as an undergraduate student, earning B+ curved against law students ·        Student, Regensburg, Germany:  studied abroad during summer of 2005   PUBLICATIONS ·        Haiyu Wang, Su Lin, James Allen, JoAnn Williams, Sean Blankert, Christa Laser, Neal Woodbury, Protein Dynamics Control the Kinetics of Initial Electron Transfer in Photosynthesis, 316 Science 747 (2007). ·        Haiyu Wang, Su Lin, Evaldas Katilius, Christa Laser, James P. Allen, JoAnn C. Williams, Neal W. Woodbury, Unusual Temperature Dependence of Photosynthetic Electron Transfer Due to Protein Dynamics, 113 The Journal of Physical Chemistry 818 (2009). EXPERIENCE   BIODESIGN INSTITUTE: BIOOPTICAL NANOTECHNOLOGY, Researcher, Tempe, AZ, 2005-2008 ·        Independently mutated photosynthetic bacteria to study kinetics of electron transfer pathway ·        Mentored undergraduate, graduate, and post-doctoral researchers; taught Math and Science Teaching Fellows Program, enabling high school teachers to run laboratories at their schools ·        Experience with and knowledge of ultrafast laser spectroscopy, mutagenesis, transformation, electrophoresis, column chromatography, UV-visualization, and other techniques ARIZONA SCIENCE CENTER, Teacher & Radio Technician, Phoenix, AZ, 2001-2006 ·        Taught Morse Code & radio theory to young children ·        Amateur Radio Technician’s License (KD7LMF) SWC BUSINESS ENTERPRISES (Tax Firm), Assistant to President & Bookkeeper, Scottsdale, AZ, 2004-2005 ·        Prepared business and individual spending reports and reconciled to financial statements ·        Sensitively interacted with clients to collect outstanding bills ARIZONA FENCING CENTER, Assistant Coach, Mesa, AZ, 2002-2004 ·        Taught introductory fencing lessons to adolescents and teenagers   SKILLS & OTHER EXPERIENCE ·        Language Skills: German (proficient reading, writing, and understanding); Spanish (working knowledge) ·        Fencing (medaled at National Championships & North American Cup); dancing (taught swing & salsa, performed swing & bellydance for charitable fundraisers, Argentine Tango); cello; poetry; video games ·        Java & HTML computer languages (working knowledge) ·        Born in Canada; German mother; traveled to: Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Czech Republic, England, France, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Samoa (Western), Singapore, Switzerland, and Uruguay

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