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Executive Assistant Higher Education / Faculty, Biology

Academic Affairs ~ Office / Department Administration ~ Project Management

Relationship-Building ~ Teaching ~ Advanced-Level Research ~ Continuous Improvement

         Multilingual (English, Aramaic, Farsi) professional offering demonstrated expertise in streamlining operations within academic, administrative, research, laboratory, and medical facilities.

         Significant experience in delivering executive-level support with particular strengths in program and project leadership, research, calendar management, correspondence, payment processing, and inventory control.

         Proficiently create and maintain spreadsheets, charts, graphs and databases to track critical information.

         Extensive talents in orchestrating meetings, conferences and travel, as well as designing informative and well-organized presentations.

         Build, enrich and maintain community partnerships and relationships to advance and support success of students and school mission.

         Strategically allocate and control expenditures to maximize use of resources while ensuring budget compliance.

         Excel at conveying concepts and theories of Biology to students through lectures, workshops, and seminars.

         Employ broad instructional strategies to accommodate diverse learning styles and cultural backgrounds.

         Proactively forge collaborative relationships with faculty, students and administrative personnel.

         Continuously nurture and maintain a respectful learning environment conducive to academic success and a positive school reputation.

California State University, Northridge, CA, 2013 to Present

Assistant to Director and Office Manager, Graduate and Professional Education (GPE) Programs & Services, Tseng College Graduate, International, Midcareer Education

         Spearhead full-scope office operations including responding to inquiries, maintaining and updating website, coordinating major projects, and steering recruitment, orientation, and admissions processes.

         Devise and update course schedule, program timeline, and MPA/PSM faculty pay structure.

         Plan and execute various events associated with program orientation and graduation.

         Support all aspects of GPE programs for both internal personnel and students including providing essential program information and instructions for parking permit acquisition.

         Apply dynamic leadership talents toward supervising, mentoring and directing student assistants.

         Foster influential support among academic faculty and administrators to cultivate cohesive relationships on and off campus.

         Merge sound accounting and administrative skills to accurately administer purchase orders, chargebacks, P-Card, and faculty pay.

         Organize faculty evaluations, comprehensive exam, syllabi, book orders, and classroom details to ensure seamless course arrangements each semester.

HRC Fertility, Pasadena and Encino, CA, 2007 to 2011

Embryologist 


         Assisted patients with reproductive health issues by preparing culture media for human oocyte and embryo at all stages of development.

         Meticulously prepared cryopreservation media for human oocyte and human embryo at all stages of development.

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         Deftly managed human embryo cryopreservation, thawing, culturing and transfer processes.

         Cryopreserved, thawed, and prepared human sperm for In Vitro Fertilization (IVF), Intra Cytoplasm Sperm Injection (ICSI), and Intrauterine Insemination (IUI). 


         Spearheaded quality control, clinical records maintenance and inventory replenishment to ensure efficient lab operations.

California State University, Northridge, CA, 2005 to 2009

Laboratory Assistant, Teaching Assistant, Graduate Assistant

         Leveraged strong instructional expertise to teach General Biology and Human Physiology to students.

         Prepared media and cultures for Serology, Embryology, General Biology, and Human Physiology classes.

         Conducted research for Biology department and served as volunteer for healthcare center laboratory.

Los Angeles Pierce College, Woodland Hills, CA, 2001 to 2005

Assistant to Vice-President and Deans of Academic Affairs & Art Department

         Received, critically screened, and appropriately routed incoming calls and visitors, composed business correspondence, and maintained executive calendars including meetings, conferences, and appointments.

         Handled all arrangements for meetings such as agenda, meeting materials, speeches, and minute-taking.

         Precisely aligned all travel details encompassing itineraries, travel vouchers, and accommodations.

M.S., Biology, California State University, Northridge, 2012

B.A., Biomedical Physics and Biology, California State University, Northridge, 2007

PeopleSoft, Solar, SalesForce CRM, 4D, SmartSheet, Survey Monkey, eTravel, Photoshop, Moodle, Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Power Point, Excel, Outlook, Access, Publisher), Macintosh (Pages, Keynote, Numbers), Doodle, Dropbox

National Association of Professional Women

American Association of Bioanalysis

Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society

Co-Author:

Lunatic Fringe Causes Expansion and Increased Neurogenesis of Trunk Neural Tube and Neural Crest Populations (2008)

Abstract:

Role of Slit2 in the Mechanism of Migration and Guidance of Trunk Neural Crest Cells (2007)

Co-Abstracts:

New Sugar Inhibitors of Immobilized Concanavalin A Binding (2007)

Microbead Analysis of Inhibitors of Lectin-Cell Binding (2006) 


Poster Presentations:

CSU Program for Education and Research in Biotechnology (CSUPERB), Oakland, CA (2008)

The12th Annual Student Research and Creative Works Symposium CSUN, Northridge, CA (2007)

Society for Neuroscience, San Diego (2007)