Khara Karpouzie has a Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry from Notre Dame of Maryland University. She has experience as a research assistant where she extracted D-limonene from orange peels and used GC-MS. She also tutored chemistry students and worked as a lab assistant setting up equipment like pH meters and centrifuges. Currently she is a POP Pilates instructor and waitress with customer service experience.

1. Khara Karpouzie
13975 Taylor Hill Road
Glen Rock, PA 17327
(717)-817-9330
kkarpouzie1@gmail.com
Education
August 2012-May 2016
Notre Dame ofMaryland University, Baltimore MD - Bachelor of Arts: Chemistry
Awards
American Chemistry Society Student Award, Maryland Chapter April 2016
Experience
May 2015 - May 2016
Notre Dame ofMaryland University, Baltimore MD - Research Assistant
● Extracted D-limonene from orange peels using a supercritical carbon dioxide method
● Created standard curves using known concentrations of D-limonene to determine the concentration of the
extracted unknown D-limonene
● Carried out experiments both independently and on a team
● Experienced use of Gas Chromatography- Mass Spectroscopy (GC-MS) instrument, capillary
electrophoresis instrument, and pH meters
May 2015 - May 2016
Notre Dame ofMaryland University, Baltimore MD - Chemistry Tutor
● Taught chemistry students to write scientific lab reports
● Aided students with their homework and studying for exams/quizzes
May 2015 - August 2015
Notre Dame ofMaryland University, Baltimore MD - Lab Assistant
● Set up labs for undergraduate/nursing students
● Instruments that were used/set up for lab:
○ pH meter
○ Centrifuge
○ Autoclave
○ Gel/capillary electrophoresis
● Cleaned all glassware and other equipment used in the lab
● Took care of any, potentially, dangerous waste
August 2015- PRESENT
Notre Dame ofMaryland University, Baltimore MD - POP Pilates Instructor
● Lead/taught Pilates classes to students and faculty
● Can be taught at other gyms, not just at the school

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December 2012 - PRESENT
Cracker Barrel, Shrewsbury PA - Waitress
● Serve customers
● Greet/Treat customers with the utmost respect
● Server Assistant/Expeditor
June 2011 - August 2011
Fundamental LTC, Sparks MD- Legal Assistant
● Organized important files on both the computer and in filing cabinets
● Create spreadsheets forpetty cash and to organize all of the expenses for the company