Nowshin Tabassum

451 Stanford Court, Irvine 92612

(562) 381-3074
tabassun@uci.edu
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND:_______________________________________________
Francisco Ayala School of Biological Science (UC Irvine)
Expected Graduation: June 2017
CGPA: 3.6
Activities and Societies: Co-President, Bengali Rural Education Advancement (2013-Present)
WORK/VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE:_______________________________________
Peer Mentor, Peers Under Biological Sciences (PUBS)
(September 2015-Present)
Student-run organization under the School of Biological Sciences
Provide guidance and resources to college underclassmen
Student Teacher, Villa Fundamental Middle School (Santa Ana)
(October 2014-December 2014)
Assisted 7th grade life sciences teacher by coordinating classwork activities
Lesson planning and classroom management
Experience in Individual and group mentoring
Student Teaching Edison Elementary School (Santa Ana)
(March 2014-June 2014)
Assisted K-2nd grade special education classroom
Provide guidance to special needs students
Lesson planning, classroom management and grading
Undergraduate Researcher, Jafari Lab
(June 2016-Present)
Evaluating lifespan and healthspan properties of various herbal extracts.
Conducting assays on Drosophila melanogaster and cultured cells
Administrative Assistant, Institute of Genomics and Bioinformatics
(June 2015-Present)
Assisting financial reimbursements using UCIs Kuali Financial System
Arranging purchasing orders and interdepartmental communications
Organizing and monitoring departmental events
RELEVANT SKILLS:__________________________________________________________

Programming Language: R, RStudio, ImageJ, Python (intermediate)

Bilingual in Bengali and English. Intermediate in Hindi and Spanish.