Zakey Buuh

Zakey Buuh

Undergraduate Research Assistant

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  • About me

    Graduate Student and Research Assistant at Temple University College of Science and Technology

  • Education

    • Farmington Public High School

      2008 - 2012

      Activities and Societies: Varsity Football, Varsity Track & Field, Varsity Lacrosse, Chorus, Jazz Band, National Honors Society

    • Temple University

      2016 - 2020
      Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Chemical Biology
    • College of the Holy Cross

      2012 - 2016
      Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Organic Chemistry Class of 2016
  • Experience

    • College of the Holy Cross

      Jul 2015 - May 2016
      Undergraduate Research Assistant

      Undergraduate research under Dr. Richard Herrick focused on the synthesis of biologically relevant glucose-bound molybdenum and tungsten compounds. Characterization was conducted via elemental analysis, NMR analysis and crystallography.

    • Cordant Health Solutions

      Aug 2015 - Dec 2015
      Intern

      Quantitation and identification of drugs of abuse in urine, blood and saliva samples. Test were taken with the use of Gas Chromatography and High Performance Liquid Chromatography- Tandem Mass Spectroscopy.

    • Temple University College of Science and Technology

      Jun 2016 - now
      Research Assistant

      Graduate Research Assistant under the supervision of Dr. Rongsheng (Ross) Wang. Research conducted consisted of the development of a robust bio-orthogonal labeling platform to investigate the roles of post-transnational modifications on cancer and autoimmune deficiencies. Other projects focused on the synthesis of stapled peptide cancer therapeutics via novel stapling methods and the development of pro-fluorescent lysine deacetylation probes.

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • American Chemical Society