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Mutoru, Jane Wambui: Education
Mutoru, Jane Wambui: Education
Mutoru, Jane Wambui: Education
Curriculum Vitae
125 Court St., Apt. A4, New Haven, CT 06511, USA
+1-315-869-0660
wambui.mutoru@yale.edu
Education
Yale University, New Haven, CT
Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering
Dissertation research involves theoretical investigations of diffusion in binary and multicomponent mixtures
with carbon dioxide for applications in CO2 sequestration and enhanced oil recovery.
Advisor: Professor Abbas Firoozabadi
M.Phil. in Chemical Engineering
May 2010
Dec 2009
2003 2006
Jan Jul 2005
Academic Honors
Apr 2006
Mar 2006
Feb 2006
Sept 2005
May 2005
Mar 2005
Sept 2004
Research Experience
Yale University, New Haven, CT
Jun 2008 Present
Modeling diffusion coefficients in mixtures of carbon dioxide, water, brine, and hydrocarbons
Yale University, New Haven, CT
Jan May 2008
Experimentally studied polymer growth under applied electric potential under Prof. Paul van Tassel
St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY
May 2003 Jun 2004
Received the St. Lawrence Gage and Heuer research fellowships for interdisciplinary research
Investigated transport of calcium ions and cell receptor roles on insolubility of membrane domains
Work Experience
Association of Public Health Laboratories, Silver Spring, MD
Jan Jun 2007
Six-month internship in research pertaining to public health laboratories
Collected and statistically analyzed state-level public health laboratory diagnostics and infrastructure
data from surveys, interviews, and other research platforms
Population Action International, Washington, DC
Aug Dec 2006
Five-month internship on population and reproductive health research
Studied and reported on effective international and interdisciplinary research collaboration
GlaxoSmithKline, Nairobi, Kenya
Jun Aug 2004
Received the St. Lawrence Vivien-Gardner internship fellowship for an industrial internship
Experimentally studied chemical composition and microbial activity in pharmaceutical products
Teaching Experience
Teaching Fellow Yale University, Dept. of Physics
Jan 2011 present
University Physics for the Life Sciences
Leading weekly discussion sections, preparing homework solutions, and grading exams
Graduate Coordinator Yale University, Yale College
Jun Aug 2010
STARS (Science, Technology & Research Scholars) program
Prepared lectures and led seminars on the process of scientific research, writing, and presentation
Peer Tutor St. Lawrence University, Academic Achievement
Aug 2003 May 2006
Ran individual help sessions for students in statistics, single and multivariable calculus, and Swahili
Teaching Assistant St. Lawrence University, Dept. of Chemistry
Aug 2003 May 2006
General Chemistry
Supervised labs, graded reports, and facilitated peer-led group learning workshops
Leadership Roles
May 2009 Dec 2010
Jun 2009 Sept 2010
Sept Dec 2007
Aug 2004 May 2006
Aug 2003 May 2004
Computational Skills
Language Skills
English: Fluent
Swahili: Native speaker
Danish: Basic written and spoken knowledge
Peer-reviewed Publications
Modeling Infinite Dilution and Fickian Diffusion Coefficients of Carbon Dioxide in Water, J. W. Mutoru,
A. Leahy-Dios, and A. Firoozabadi, AIChE J. (in print, 2011).
Form of Multicomponent Fickian Diffusion Coefficients Matrix, J. W. Mutoru, and A. Firoozabadi, J.
Chem. Thermodyn. (in print, 2011).
Theoretical Model for Infinite Dilution Diffusion Coefficients for Polar and Non-polar Binary Mixtures, J.
W. Mutoru, D. E. Rosner, and A. Firoozabadi (in preparation, 2011).