1. John M. Jarrett
220 CharlieAvenue
Piney Flats, Tennessee. 37686.
Email: jarrettjm@etsu.edu
Telephone:(423)360-4034 LastRevised: December21, 2016
Personal Profile
An undergraduatestudentwhois passionatefor the central science that is chemistry. Being thatI am
bothambitiousandconscientious, I’mlookingto sharpenmy skills in the laboratory andattain valuable
knowledge/experience in the chemical industry.
Education
 East Tennessee State University:Fall2014 – Present (Senior Year)
Anticipated GraduationDate: May of 2017
Major: Honors-In-DisciplineACSChemistry, B.S. (Biochemistry concentration)
Current GPA (4-pointscale): 3.898
 NortheastStateCommunity College: Fall 2011 – Summer2014
Date of Graduation:December of 2013
Degree Obtained: Associate of Science
GPA (4-pointscale): 3.944 (SummaCumLaude)
Relevant Work Experience
 ETSU’sDepartmentof Chemistry:Fall 2015 –Fall 2016
UndergraduateResearch: Synthesis& In-Vitro Cytotoxicity Studiesof Novel
Pyrrolobenzodiazepines
Faculty Mentor:Dr. Abbas G. Shilabin
Email: shilabin@etsu.edu
 EastmanChemical Company:Summerof 2015 - Present
Lab Analyst:Chemical Analysis of Cellulose Ester Products
GroupLeader: Dr. Jennifer Skotty
Email: jskotty@eastman.com
 ETSU’sDepartmentof Psychiatry:September2014 – May 2015
UndergraduateResearch:HAND Study
HIV-associatedNeurocognitiveDisorders
Research Associate under Dr. NormanMoore

2. Events & Presentations
 BolandUndergraduateResearch Symposium, ScienceandTechnology Session, JohnsonCity,
Tennessee, March31st, 2016. Oralpresentation. Jarrett, J. M.;Annor-Gyamfi, J. K.;Whitted, C.;
Palau, V. E.; Shilabin, A. G., SynthesisandIn-VitroCell Viability/Cytotoxicity Studiesof Novel
Pyrrolobenzodiazepines.
 Postersat the Capitol, Nashville, Tennessee, February 24th, 2016. Posterpresentation. Jarrett, J.
M.;Annor-Gyamfi, J. K.;Whitted, C.;Palau, V. E.; Shilabin, A. G. SynthesisandIn-VitroCell
Viability/Cytotoxicity Studiesof NovelPyrrolobenzodiazepines.
 J. K. Annor-Gyamfi, J. Jarrett, A. G. Shilabin, “Synthesis, characterizationand in vitroevaluationof
novel series of Pyrrolo[2,1-c][1,4]benzodiazepinetetracyclic analogsas potentialanticancer
agents”, Graduate Seminar, ETSU Chemistry Department, JohnsonCity, TN, February 26, 2016.
 J. K. Annor-Gyamfi, J. Jarrett, A. G. Shilabin, “Synthesisandcharacterization of a novelseries of
Pyrrolo[2,1-c][1,4]benzodiazepinesderivativeswithpotentialbiological activity ”, ETSU Graduate
andProfessional StudentAssociation, JohnsonCity, TN, November13, 2015.
Publications
 Jarrett, JohnM., "SynthesisandIn-VitroCell Viability/Cytotoxicity Studiesof Novel
PyrrolobenzodiazepineDerivatives" (2017). UndergraduateHonorsTheses. Paper361.
http://dc.etsu.edu/honors/361
Awards & Achievements
 Selected torepresent East Tennessee State University at the Postersat the Capitol(Nashville)
event for the year of 2016.
 Admitted intoEast Tennessee State University’sHonorsCollegein the fall of 2015.
 Recipient of East Tennessee StateUniversity’sHID(Honors-In-Discipline)Scholarshipfor the
2015/2016 schoolyear.
 Recipient of East Tennessee StateUniversity’s Student-FacultyCollaborativeGrantfor 2015/2016
schoolyear.
 Recipient of East Tennessee StateUniversity’s BorisFranzusMemorialScholarshipAward for the
2015/2016 schoolyear.
 Recipient of East Tennessee StateUniversity’s Academic Performance Scholarshipfor 2014-2015
schoolyear.
 GraduatedSummaCumLaude from NortheastState Community College.

3.  TMATYC State MathContest (2011):2nd
Place in Statistics Division.
Organizations & Affiliations
 Phi KappaPhi
 East Tennessee State University’sHonorsCollege
 East Tennessee State University’sChemistry Club
 UndergraduateStudent Memberof the American Chemical Society
 708 Ministries (Central Churchof Christ)
 Phi Theta Kappa(NortheastState)
References
 Abbas G. Shilabin, PhD
East Tennessee State University
Assistant Professor of Organic Chemistry
Email: shilabin@mail.etsu.edu
Phone: (423)-439-6917
 Jennifer S. Skotty, PhD
Eastman Chemical Company
Group Leader Cellulose Esters Analytical Control Laboratory
Email: jskotty@eastman.com
Phone: (423)-229-5418
 Joel Annor-Gyamfi, MS
East Tennessee State University
Graduate Research Student under Abbas G. Shilabin
Email: annorgyamfi@goldmail.etsu.edu
Phone: (423)-676-8235