Neuroscience PHD CV Example

ERIK R. STENTON 3400 West Chester Blvd., Apt. 109 • Drytown, CA 90669 • [email protected] • (555) 555-4321

EDUCATION Columbia University New York, NY PhD, Neuroscience May 2011 Pre-Doctoral National Research Service Award, National Institutes of Health; Department of Neuroscience Emerging Faculty Award. GRE: 740V, 790Q Edu-Tech College, Newtown, NH BS, magna cum laude, Biology. Eta Beta Fo-Feta. GPA: 3.9/4.0 May 2004

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE University of California Drytown Drytown, CA Postdoctoral Fellow 2011 – present • Investigated neural mechanisms of song learning in zebra finches, a model for language development in humans • Acquired and analyzed complex behavioral, electrophysiological, molecular, and cell structural data over three developmental stages of song-learning in birds Columbia University New York, NY Graduate Researcher 2004-2011 • Investigated developmental changes in neural communication underlying a simple reflex in Aplysia, a model system for learning in more complex animals • Adapted electrophysiological techniques, traditionally used with large adult neurons, for use in recording from juvenile neurons (100 times smaller) • Characterized developmental changes in synaptic transmission during emergence of reflex modulation Biosure Corporation San Diego, CA Assistant Scientist Summers 2002, 2003 • Optimized enzyme production necessary for synthesis of targeted antibiotic • Increased yield of a yeast enzyme by 25% and a bacterial enzyme by 15% on small scale • Developed method for mass production and harvest of enzymes

LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE Columbia Graduate Women in Science (CGWS), Columbia University New York, NY Co-Founder and President 2008 – 2010 • Organized and led student representatives from 25 natural science departments to promote issues of concern to women scientists at Columbia • Managed 3 public symposia featuring nationally-renowned women scientists

SKILLS and TECHNIQUES • Electrophysiological Recording: Intracellular, extracellular and patch-clamp • Single cell PCR and basic molecular techniques • Confocal and electron microscopy • Data Analysis: behavioral, electrophysiological and morphological • SAS, Matlab, C++

TEACHING and TRAINING EXPERIENCE University of California Drytown, CA Written and Oral Communication Advisor, Department of Psychology 2013 – 2014 • Advised graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and faculty on scientific writing • Led workshops critiquing writing and oral presentations. Edited grant proposals and articles • Resulted in 25% greater acceptance rate for journal articles and 30% more grants awarded

Columbia College New York, NY Head Teaching Assistant, Teaching Assistant, Cellular Basis of Behavior, 2008 – 2010 Teaching Assistant, Neurobiology, 2005 • As Head Teaching Assistant for biology course (250 undergraduates), managed coordination of lesson plans for 9 teaching assistants in collaboration with professor. Taught section of 25 students

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS Stenton, E.R. and Shen, Y.X. (2013). Two-stage, input-specific synaptic maturation in a nucleus essential for vocal production in the thing I found growing in the couch. Journal of Neuroscience. 22:9107-9116. Stenton, E.R. and Schmidt, T.J. (2010). Developmental dissociation of serotonin-induced spike broadening and synaptic facilitation in Aplysia sensory neurons, and why it's pretty stupid. Journal of Neuroscience. 21:334-346. Stenton, E.R., Chang, A.R., Kline, N.J., and Schmidt, T.J. (2009). The funny side of a pharmacological and kinetic characterization of two functional classes of serotonergic modulation in Aplysia sensory neurons. Journal of Neurophysiology. 78:855-866.