Sample Curricula Vitae

Maria Valesquez Colón LABORATORY EXPERIENCE Researcher: The Sediment History of the Pettaquamscutt River and Its Relation to the Narragansett Bay, RI.. Fall 1994 Research Assistant, L

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