JINGYI CAO
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JINGYI CAO

JINGYI CAO
88 Ames Street, Cambridge, MA 02142
105 Yi Zhi Chuan S. Street, Lanzhou, Gansu 730000, P.R. China
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EDUCATION
Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA
Bachelor of Arts, expected May 2021
Major: Biology Minor: Statistics GPA: 3.92

Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Visiting Undergraduate Student, January 2020—May 2020

Ojai Valley School, Ojai, CA
Senior High School, June 2017 GPA: 3.93
Graduation Honors: A. Carl Kotchian Award

AWARDS
A. CARL KOTCHIAN AWARD, awarded to the most outstanding scholar of class of 2017 for academic achievement, level of effort and intellectual curiosity, Ojai Valley School (2017)

Society of Women Engineers Certificate of Merit for Achievement in Mathematics and Science, San Buenaventura, CA (2016)

RELATED COURSEWORK
Genetics and Cell Biology (lab course), General Chemistry (lab course), Statistics, Introductory Biology II: How Organisms Develop (lab course), Gender in Science (writing intensive), Biological Inquiry (lab course), Symbolic Logic, Environmental Studies, Psychology

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
Student Liaison, Department of Biological Sciences, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA (September 2019—Present)
• Mentor students interested in the Biology major.
• Survey Biology major students to give the faculty feedback.
• Organize community-building social events such as the Biology Department Tea.
• Represent the department to outside visitor by attending lunches with visiting seminar speakers.

Staff Writer, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA (September 2019 – Present)
• Write bi-weekly articles for Health & Sciences section of Mount Holyoke News.
• Interview professors in the field of study the article is about and students if the issue pertains to young people.
• Attend weekly section pitch meetings to discuss topics with the editor-in-chief.

Content Intern, GBI Investment Management Consulting Co., Ltd., Shanghai, China (May 2019 – July 2019)
• Wrote and edited news reports that deliver intelligence for pharmaceutical companies worldwide.
• Delivered weekly presentations to the team of 100+ people on news in the pharmaceutical industry.
• Sorted out deals that were of interest of the company and made them into an Excel document.
• Organized team bonding events such as badminton matches and movie trips.

Research Assistant, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China (June 2018 – September 2018)
• Studied the role of unphosphorylated ISGF3 in regulating cellular senescence in lung cancer.
• Learned and practiced cell culturing techniques.
• Extracted RNA from DNA samples using centrifuge.
• Took pictures of cancer cells under the microscope and compared them to the hypothesis.

Operating Room Intern, People’s Hospital of Gansu Province, Lanzhou, China (Summer 2015 – 2016)
• Shadowed the doctor from Department of Burn and Plastic Surgery.
• Sanitized medical instruments during operation.

COMMUNITY SERVICE & LEADERSHIP
Founder, Biology Club, Ojai Valley School, Ojai, CA (September 2015 – June 2017)
• Established the club to gather community members who are interested in biology and medicine.
• Organized weekly events such as movies, seminars, and field trips.

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE
Copy Editor, Mount Holyoke News, South Hadley, MA (September 2018 – Present)

SKILLS & INTERESTS
Technical: PCR, gel electrophoresis, Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.
Language: Fluent English and Chinese.
Social Media: Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Weibo, and Wechat.
Interests: Piano (10 years), Ballet, Varsity Volleyball, and Equestrian.