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1 Renee T. Williams ucsd.academia.edu/reneetwilliams Permanent Current 2230 Wimbleton Lane 7015 Charmant Drive, #203 La Habra, CA San Diego, CA (562) home (562) mobile Education UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, RIVERSIDE Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry, Analytical Principle Investigator: Dr. Yinsheng Wang Dissertation: Mass spectrometry and density functional theory characterizations of DNA modifications Graduated: December 2012 CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, LOS ANGELES Master of Science in Chemistry, Analytical Principle Investigator: Dr. Feimeng Zhou Thesis: Spectroscopic and electrochemical studies of the properties of beta-amyloid peptide complexes with both ferrous and ferric iron Graduated: September 2007 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE Bachelor of Science in Chemistry Minor in African-American Studies Graduated: June 2002 Highlights Proven track record of effective leadership skills within a diverse community Well-versed in a variety of analytical techniques and statistical analysis Experienced in density functional theory calculations Courses Taught University of California, San Diego (Lecturer) Chem 100A Analytical Chemistry Laboratory Winter 2013, Spring 2013 Biol Chemistry and Biochemistry of Biofuels (online) Spring 2013 California Baptist University (Adjunct Professor of Chemistry) Chem 102 General Chemistry for the Health Sciences Fall 2010 Chem 112 Organic and Biochemistry for the Health Sciences Fall 2010, Spring 2011, (traditional and online) Summer 2011 University of California, Riverside (Discussion Teaching Assistant) Chem 1A General Chemistry Summer 2008 Chem 1B General Chemistry Winter 2008, Summer 2008, Winter 2010, Winter 2011 Chem 1C General Chemistry Summer 2010, Spring 2011 Chem 1W Preparation for General Chemistry Fall 2007 Chem 3 Concepts of Chemistry Spring 2008 Chem 125 Analytical Chemistry Laboratory Fall 2010 Riverside Community College (Faculty Intern) CHE 10 Chemistry for Everyone Fall 2008

2 Curriculum Vitae for Renee T. Williams Page 2 of 5 Bishop Amat Memorial High School General Chemistry Advanced Placement Chemistry 2005 Experience UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO La Jolla, CA UC President s Postdoctoral Fellow July Present Utilize various analytical techniques to study the atmospheric chemistry of nanoparticles as it relates to complex, cooperative self-assembly processes at the ocean/air interface between biopolymers, lipids, and inorganic salts. Co-Cluster Leader, California State Summer School for Mathematics and Science July 2013 Co-lead lectures involving the production of biodiesel from renewable sources. Mentored students in the completion of their biodiesel and biohydrogen from algae project. Instructor, Educating and Developing Workers for the Green Economy (EDGE) Lead online course in the chemistry and biochemistry of biofuels. Lecturer, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry January 2013 July 2013 Lead lecture for the analytical chemistry laboratory course. Participate in the development of new course material. CALIFORNIA BAPTIST UNIVERSITY Riverside, CA August 2010 August 2012 Adjunct Professor of Chemistry Taught the basic principles of general, organic, and biochemistry to health science majors. Developed and implemented the Online and Professional Studies (OPS) hybrid/blended curriculum for the organic and biochemistry course for the health sciences using Blackboard. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, RIVERSIDE September 2007 December 2012 Graduate Student Researcher and Teaching Assistant Employed HPLC, mass spectrometry, cell culture, DNA extraction, and DFT techniques to characterize the affects on DNA of using small molecules such as 5-halo-2 -deoxyuridine moieties and cisplatin as potential chemotherapy agents. Lead discussion sections for various undergraduate level chemistry courses. CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, LOS ANGELES October 2005 September 2007 Graduate Student Researcher Performed fluorescence, UV-vis, mass spectrometry, and electrochemical experiments in order to characterize the complex formation of beta-amyloid, the peptide associated with Alzheimer s disease, with various iron species. PEOPLE TO PEOPLE INTERNATIONAL Summer 2005 Group Leader British and Irish Heritage Tour (20 days) Taught six months of pre-travel cultural history to a group of 40 junior high school students. Explored regional landmarks in England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales. Participated in community service activities in England. BISHOP AMAT MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL La Puente, CA October October 2005 Chemistry Teacher and Girls Junior Varsity Softball Head Coach Taught basic principles of chemistry through lecture and laboratory. Prepared athletes for college-level play. HOECHST CELANESE Dallas, TX Chemical Division - Environmental Health and Safety Affairs Created product handling guides for all European products Summer Internship

3 Curriculum Vitae for Renee T. Williams Page 3 of 5 Assisted in the design of an audit tracking database. Handled troubleshooting for audit tracking database for all plant managers. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE October June 2001 School of Engineering Peer Advisor, Assistant, and Tutor Peer-counseled students. Traveled to high schools to recruit perspective engineering freshmen. Coordinated the minority engineering tutoring program. Tutored UC Irvine students in various math and science courses. Instrumental Skills Mass Spectrometry (Ion Traps, MALDI, Q-TOF, and some experience with Triple Quad), Chromatography (liquid and gas), Density Functional Theory methods, and Spectroscopy (UV-vis, Fluorescence, and Fourier Transform Infrared) Publications Renee Williams. Mass Spectrometry and Density Functional Theory Characterizations of DNA Modifications. Doctor of Philosophy Dissertation, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA, December Renee Wiliams, Jenifer Nalbandian, Audrey Tu, and Yinsheng Wang. Nuclease digestion and mass spectrometric characterization of oligodeoxynucleotides containing 1,2-GpG, 1,2-ApG, and 1,3-GpXpG cisplatin intrastrand crosslinks, Clin. Chim. Acta 2013, 420, Renee Williams and Yinsheng Wang. A Density Functional Theory Study on the Kinetics and Thermodynamics of N-glycosidic Bond Cleavage in 5-Substituted 2 -Deoxycytidines, Biochemistry 2012, 51, Stephen Spindler, Rui Li, Joseph Dhahbi, Amy Yamakawa, Patricia Mote, Rolf Bodmer, Karen Ocorr, Renee Williams, Yinsheng Wang, and Kenneth Ablao. Simvastatin increases lifespan and improves cardiac function and stress resistance, PLoS ONE 2012, 7, e39581-e Dianlu Jiang, Xiangjun Li, Renee Williams, Sveti Patel, Lijie Men, Yinsheng Wang, Feimeng Zhou. Ternary complexes of iron, amyloid-β and nitrilotriacetic acid: binding affinities, redox properties, and relevance to iron-induced oxidative stress in alzheimer's disease, Biochemistry 2009, 48, Renee Williams. Spectroscopic and Electrochemical Studies of the Properties of A Peptide with Both Ferric and Ferrous Iron. Master Thesis, California State University, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, September Honors University of California President s Postdoctoral Fellowship, Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need (GAANN) Fellowship, California Highway Patrol Foundation Scholarship, Title V Cooperative Grant - Faculty and Educational Leadership Internship Program at Riverside Community College, Honorable Mention, Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowships - Predoctoral Competition, 2008 Outstanding TA in the Chemistry Department at the University of California, Riverside, Dean s Distinguished Fellowship at the University of California, Riverside, American Association of University Women Career Development Grant,

4 Curriculum Vitae for Renee T. Williams Page 4 of 5 National Science Foundation - Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation Bridges to the Doctorate Graduate Research Fellowship, McNair/STAR undergraduate research scholarship, Chemical Engineer of the Year at the University of California, Irvine, 1998 Participation Instructor, California State Summer School for Mathematics and Science (COSMOS) Judge, RIMS Inland Science and Engineering Fair, March 2011 Member, American Chemical Society (ACS), since April 2008 National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers (NOBCChE), member since April 2008 West Region Student Chair, since March 2010 NOBCChE-UCSD Chapter Advisor, chartered May 31, 2013 Mentor, Upward Bound Program, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, member since 2001 Graduate Advisor for UC Irvine s Lambda Sigma Chapter, National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE), Activities and Program Chair, President for UCI Chapter, National Small Chapter of the Year, Pre-College Initiative entertainment coordinator for National Convention, 1998 Treasure for UCI Chapter, Presentations/ Conferences March 22-24, 2013, Eugene, Oregon 60 th ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics May 20-24, 2012, Vancouver, BC, Canada Poster Session Quantitative Analysis of Small Molecule Method Development: Quantification of Isoprenoids using Q-TOF LC-MS/MS 243 rd American Chemical Society National Meeting and Exposition March 25-29, 2012, San Diego, California Poster Session - Division of Biological Chemistry A Comparative Biological and DFT Study of the Intrastrand Crosslink and Dehalogenation Products from the UV Irradiation of DNA Containing a 5-halo-pyrimidine March 23-25, 2012, San Diego, California Scientific Exchange Poster Session Method Development: Quantification of Isoprenoids using Q-TOF LC-MS/MS 38 th Annual NOBCChE National Conference Registration Committee March 2011, Houston, Texas October 2010, San Diego, California

5 Curriculum Vitae for Renee T. Williams Page 5 of 5 37 th Annual NOBCChE National Conference March 2010, Atlanta, Georgia Awarded NOBCChE Advancing Science and NSF EP Travel Grants Scientific Exchange Poster Session A Comparative In Vitro Study of the Dehalogenation Products of Brominated- and Iodated-DNA Upon UV Exposure Using Mass Spectrometry and HPLC 18 th International Mass Spectrometry Conference August 2009, Bremen, Germany Awarded NSF AGEP and UCR Travel Grants Life Science Poster Session LC-MS Together with SILAC for the Quantitative Assessment of DNA Binding Proteins in HL-60 Cells Upon All-Trans Retinoic Acid Treatment 59 th Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy March 2008, New Orleans, Louisiana Awarded UCR Travel Grant Neurochemistry Poster Session Spectroscopic and Electrochemical Studies of the Properties of A Peptide with Both Ferric and Ferrous Iron 21 st Annual California State University Student Research Competition May 2007, Carson, California Graduate Physical Sciences Division Oral Presentation Complexation of Beta-Amyloid Species and Ferric/Ferrous Ions 15 th Annual CSULA Research Symposium on Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity February 2007, Los Angeles, California Graduate Chemistry Division Oral Presentation : 2 nd Prize and Birth in State Competition Complexation of Beta-Amyloid Species and Ferric/Ferrous Ions American Chemical Society - 19 th Rocky Mountain Regional Meeting October 2006, Tucson, Arizona Graduate Analytical Chemistry Poster Presentation Analysis of the Complexation of A and Fe 3+ National Society of Black Engineers 26 th National Convention March 2000, Charlotte, North Carolina Technical Paper/Presentation Contest: 1 st Prize (Regional), 3 rd Prize (National) Modeling of Chemical Mechanical Polishing for Dielectric Planarization