Brenard Claytor
Salem
Summary
Highly motivated individual with extensive research and laboratory experience. Adept at operating equipment in a lab setting. Possesses excellent communication skills, able to work independently and effectively manage time while remaining detail-oriented. Education in physics and chemistry with some math.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Property Caretaker
Mark Claytor Attorney
12.2020 - 07.2024
- Handled all aspects of property care during an extended period of owner absence.
- Oversaw emergency restoration to restore livability alongside the insurance claim process and coordinated general property restoration post-tornado.
Summer Research
Roanoke College
06.2019 - 08.2019
- Three-month intensive paid summer research project on active galactic nuclei (AGN) culminating in a poster presentation and a written report.
- Wrote a research proposal to submit to Roanoke College for funding, and was one of a few selected from the Math, Computer Science, and Physics Department.
- Employed learnings from chemistry and physics curricula in partnership with research advisor to investigate internal mechanisms of AGN.
- Developed enough proficiency in SQL and Python to retrieve and analyze the UV, visible, near-, and far-IR spectra of different AGN gathered by multiple telescopes.
Physics Lab Assistant
Roanoke College
01.2019 - 05.2019
- Assessed old physics equipment (a Cavendish balance, an interferometer, electron gun, among others) to determine what still worked, what needed to be replaced, and what could be repaired.
- Analyzed cost estimates to determine financial viability of restoration versus replacement.
Chemistry Lab Technician
Roanoke College
01.2017 - 05.2018
- Completed student research tasks unsupervised for up to 12 hours weekly, seeking guidance from research advisor when needed.
- Synthesized copper indium sulfide (CIS) quantum dots (QDs) in small batches using a Schlenk line.
- Removed ligands ("cleaned") using alcohols and centrifuging.
- Used a fluorometer to measure the synthesized crystals' fluorescence in the visible spectrum, and then used an IR spectrometer to determine optical properties in infrared.
- Created calibration curves for the ICP-OES using a standard solution.
- Prepared nitric acid dilutions to specified strengths for use with the ICP-OES.
- Set up the sample auto filler, and used the ICP-OES to determine the optical emission properties of the synthesized nanocrystals.
- Helped acclimate and guide new student researchers in the lab.
- Used a novel cleaning procedure from literature and adapted it to, and wrote the standard operating procedure for, the use of it in the lab with CIS QDs.
Education
Bachelor’s of Science - Physics
Roanoke College
Salem, VA08.2020
Skills
- Problem solving
- Software troubleshooting
- Laboratory techniques
- Research
- Calibration
- Math
- Microsoft Excel
- Computer skills
Timeline
Property Caretaker
Mark Claytor Attorney
12.2020 - 07.2024
Summer Research
Roanoke College
06.2019 - 08.2019
Physics Lab Assistant
Roanoke College
01.2019 - 05.2019
Chemistry Lab Technician
Roanoke College
01.2017 - 05.2018
Bachelor’s of Science - Physics
Roanoke College
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