Sample Curricula Vitae Maria Valesquez Colón LABORATORY EXPERIENCE Researcher: The Sediment History of the Pettaquamscutt River and Its Relation to the Narragansett Bay, RI. Dr. J. King, advisor. Fall 1994 Research Assistant, Lake Ontario Coastal Survey, Colgate University, Department of Geology. Dr. C. McClennen and Dr. P. Pinet, advisors. Fall 1995 Research Fellow, University of Rhode Island, Graduate School of Oceanography, Narragansett, RI. The Sediment History of Heavy Metal Pollution in the Pettaquamscutt River, RI. Dr. J. King, advisor. Summer 1994 Research Assistant, United States Geological Survey, Branch of Atlantic Marine Geology, Woods Hole, MA. Lake Michigan Lake Level Study: performed grain size analysis on cores. Dr. S. Coleman, advisor. January 1995 Researcher, Coastal Geomorphology, cuspidal beach formations and their relation to rip currents. Dr. C. McClennen, advisor. Spring 1995 Teaching Assistant, Mineralogy, University of Rhode Island, Department of Geology. Dr. J. Novacek, instructor. Fall 1994 INSTRUMENT EXPERIENCE ← • Coulter Counter/Elzone • S.E.M. • X.R.D. ← • Freeze Drier • I.C.P. • Freeze Corer ← • X.R.F. • Piston Corer • Smith-Mclntyre Grab ← • Rock Saw • Shatter Box • Cryogenic Magnetometer OTHER EXPERIENCE Tour Guide, Enviro Tours, Everglades, FL. Conducted environmental tours of Central America. Summer 1995. COCURRICULAR ← • Certified, NAUI Openwater I SCUBA diver ← • Position #1, Women’s Cross-Country Ski Team, 1993–present; Captain, 1992 ← • Latin American Student Association, 1993–present ← • Pi Beta Phi Fraternity for Women, 1993–present ← • Cycling Team, 1995 ← • Geology Club, 1993–present TRAVEL Extensively throughout Spain, Portugal, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, and Norway; resided in Oslo, Norway for two years (1991–1993) SARAH RUTH EISENBAUM1 P.O. Box 92, Brandeis Station 7 Evergreen Court Waltham, MA 02254 Highland Park, IL 60031 617-555-8677 708-555-9081 RESEARCH OBJECTIVES Short Range: Neural plasticity in the mammalian CNS, i.e., the capacity of brain cells to change as a function of experience or environmental demand; field properties of the retina during synaptic drug application. Long Range: M.D., Ph.D. EDUCATION B.A., cum laude, June 1996. Brandeis University, Waltham, MA Major in neuroscience (GPA 3.5); minor in Judaic Studies Cumulative GPA 3.6 High honors in neuroscience Summer 1995, Columbia University, New York, NY Studied psychological measurement and applications of experimental psychology Spring 1993, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA Studied Hebrew (intermediate level), modern Hebrew literature, comparative psychology, and genetics COURSEWORK Neuroscience Psychology Introduction to Neuroscience Experimental Psychology Inorganic Chemistry I, II Quantitative Methods Organic Chemistry I, II Comparative Psychology Genetics Physiological Psychology Cellular Biology Personality Functional Neuroanatomy Clinical Neuroanatomy Fundamentals of Neurochemistry/Neuropharmacology Fundamentals of Neurophysiology Neural Cell Culture Senior Thesis I, II Judaic Studies Religion and Literature of the Old Intermediate Hebrew Testament: Through the Modern Hebrew Literature Babylonian Exile Texts and Images of the Classical Judaism Holocaust . Sample Curricula Vitae Maria Valesquez Colón LABORATORY EXPERIENCE Researcher: The Sediment History of. Enviro Tours, Everglades, FL. Conducted environmental tours of Central America. Summer 1995. COCURRICULAR ← • Certified, NAUI Openwater I SCUBA diver ← • Position #1, Women’s Cross-Country