Aditi Pallod

Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Expected 2023
The Pennsylvania State University, Schreyer Honors College, University Park, PA

Relevant Experience
Undergraduate Research Assistant: Dr. Chang’s Biobehavioral Health Lab Penn State University
 Studying inter-relationships of sleep physiology and behavior 2019-Present
 Analyzing data from a Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study conducted by Princeton and Columbia
University to find the association between drug use in parents and child’s sleep patterns
 Skills: SPSS, SAS, linear/logistic regression, neural networks

Biochemistry Research: Water Purification of Toxic Metals Using Various Organic Materials
 Measured absorbance of arsenic and lead in filtrate purified by fruit peels and grass Cedar Crest College
 Skills: atomic absorbance spectrophotometry, laboratory procedures, ANOVA Analysis 2017-2018

Neurobiology Internship Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
 Studied glioblastoma cells and created research proposal for growing prostate cells in hydrogel scaffolds 2017
 Awarded a stipend of $1,500 through Emperor Science Award

Biochemistry Research: Using Thiol:Ene Chemistry and Tissue Engineering to Sustain Stem Cells in Hydrogels
Developed hydrogels under UV light; utilized inverted microscope and Live Dead Cell Assay Lehigh University
 Skills: Imagej and Matlab; $275 award & presented project at American Chemical Association 2016-2017

Biochemistry Research: Inducing Cancer Cell Death by Inhibiting the Plexin A3 Receptor Using pHLIP
 Inserted pH Low Insertion Peptide (pHLIP) to the plasma membrane of E. coli Lehigh University
 Used PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) to isolate plasmid DNA with antibiotic resistance 2015-2016
 Awarded $1000 from Parenteral Drug Company and presentation at Nano Day at the University of Pennsylvania

Leadership and Activities
Tennis: Girls’ Varsity Captain Parkland High School (2018)
 Managed communications between 20+ team members and 2nd place at Eastern PA Conference Championships
Health Occupations Students of America: Founder and President Parkland High School
 Biomedical Laboratory Science; studied medical laboratory techniques and biotech concepts 2017- 2019
 Lead group to International Conference and 1 st place at State Leadership Conference
Future Einstein’s Parkland High School
 Taught elementary school students’ scientific concepts during weekly lessons 2016-2019
 Conducted hands-on, collaborative labs to foster an interest in STEM
Tutor at Mid-State Literacy Council (https://www.mid-stateliteracycouncil.org/) 2020-Present
 Nonprofit organization; teaching computer and English literacy
Peer Mentor at TutorBridge (www.tutorbridge.org) 2020-Present
 Educating five K-12 students to improve math and reading skills
Content Contributor: Agora Media (http://agoramedia.co) 2018-Present
 Nonprofit-pending organization; contributing articles based around a connectivity mentality and current events

Certifications
 NCHSE (National Consortium for Health Science Education) Certification in Biotechnology
 American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Member
Awards
 National Science Olympiad 2013-2015
o Gold medal for Bio-Process Lab, a biology & chemistry-based topic with a lab component; $1000 award