1. Benjamin Isaac Blair
7606 Augustine Way  Gaithersburg MD 20879  Phone: 301-661-9940
E-mail: benblairmd16@gmail.com
CAREER OBJECTIVE
I am very interested in the fields of mathematics and chemistry.Iwould like to pursue a career in chemistry research,
possibly teachingas well. I love problem solving and challenging assignments,including writingmy analysis and
conclusions.
EDUCATION
A.B. Vassar College Mathematics and Chemistry Concentrations 2.8 GPA – American Chemical Society (ACS)
Certificate – Graduation May 2016
EXPERIENCE
Vassar College
 Thesis Work in Inorganic Lab under Professor Joseph Tanski PhD 9/2015-5/2016
 Analyzed various inorganic catalysts effectiveness on stereoselection of various oximes through wet lab and
computational models. Jaguar was used for electronic stability calculations,NMR and X-ray crystallographywere
used to monitor reactions and determine E/Z ratios.
 Research Student in Thayer Lab 9/2014–5/2015
 Analyzed thestructureof a P53 bindingdrug via an analogue from the analogue’s X-ray structurebound to P53.
Charge distribution and confirmation werecompared using Gaussian and later with molecular dynamics
simulations
 Research Student in Amber Lab with Edith Stout PhD 9/2013– 9/2013
 Analyzed a sampleof amber with a known Baltic amber specimen via GC-MS and compiled a databaseof all
relevant peaks of each amber’s data
Food & Drug Administration (FDA) Office of Crisis Management(OCM)
 Office Automation Clerk under Office of Commissioner 5/2012 – 8/2012,5/2013 – 8/2013
 Involved in the execution and last stages of developing the National Level Exercise (NLE) 2012 for the FDA with
Office of Crisis Management (OCM). I constructed thePlayer Directory as well as helped build the Evaluator
Handbook for this exercise. I worked on the After Action Review of NLE2012 working closely with twoother
colleagues.
 Received Office of the Counselor to the Commissioner Leveraging and Collaboration Award for
Collaboration Efforts for 2012 EmergencyExercises
 Performed administrativeduties,including editing papers, scheduling, creatingdatabases,and other tasks
Food & Drug Administration (FDA) Research Intern
 HHMI STIP intern for the Lab ofHemostatsis 5/2010 – 8/2010
 Selected among Montgomery County high school students for the Howard Hughes Medical Institute(HHMI)
internship – only 25 students are selected.
 Researched immunogenicity in silica,in vitro,and ex vivofor recombinant drugs usinghemophilia A
(Coagulation Factor VIII Deficiency) as a model.
 Another project I worked on was to determine quantities of FVIII in a particular causeof hemophilia A. I gained
hands on experience with ELISA (enzyme linked immunosorbent assay),western immunoblot,silver staining,
DNA plasmid preparation,and DNA electrophoresis.I presented my research in May at a symposium.
TECHNICAL SKILLS
 Extremely competent with LaTeX, Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint,Access and Word 2007, Graph Pad, Pubmed, ISI
Web of Knowledge, Reference Manager 11, Gaussian,Jaguar, Carestream and Image-J immunoblot analyzers,
and NCBI and other gene and protein databases.
 Very familiar with IR, NMR, and GC-MS, as well as have a workingknowledge of HPLC, Raman,X-Ray
Crystallography,and IC techniques.