Robert O. Savinelli

 

Education

Experience

Laboratory  & Computer Skills

Northeastern University, Boston, MA

(Sept. 2000 – March 2001)

·         Graduate studies in chemistry

·         GAANN fellow

The Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO

(Aug. 1997 – May 2000)

·         Bachelor of Arts, Chemistry ACS certified

·         Howard Hughes Medical Institute Grant recipient

Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

(June 1996 – Aug. 1996)

·         Studies in Philosophy and Archeology

Teaching, Santa Barbara, CA, (Feb 2004 – Present)

San Marcos High and Santa Barbara Junior High, temporary assignment 

Private tutoring, undergraduate chemistry

Kaplan, organic and general chemistry instruction

Solar energy technician, Logosol, Santa Barbara, CA, (July 2003 – Dec. 2003)

Installed solar hot water heating systems for Santa Barbara homes

Chemist I, Blue Star Sustainable Technologies, Arvada, CO, (June 2001 – Dec. 2002)

Catalyst preparation and testing – impregnation, calcination, reduction, passivation

Process gas and product analysis – GC, IR, GC-MS, TOC,

Pilot plant fabrication and operation – 100L/d GTL test facility

Teaching assistant, Northeastern University, MA, (Sept. 2000 – March 2001)

Responsible for teaching and grading of undergraduate chemistry recitations

Chemical waste treatment technician, Colorado College, CO, (June 1999 – Aug.1999)

In charge of operations and treatment at a small scale hazardous waste treatment lab

Developed protocols to meet specific legal waste standards

GC, HPLC, TLC, GC-MS, FTIR, NMR, UV/VIS, AA, ICP, extractions, chemical waste treatment, laboratory glassblowing, machining, pipe fitting, swagelock, copper soldering.  Proficient on PC, Linux, and Mac computers running: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Minitab, Photoshop, NI Lookout, SolidWorks2000, Visio, ChemDraw, CorelDraw, Mathematica, MATLab, SciFinder, ChemAbstractsOnline, in addition to HTML authoring, and hardware/network troubleshooting.