Jessica Freeze Yale University •New Haven, CT 06511

Chemistry and Computer Science Education YALE UNIVERSITY NEW HAVEN, CT Doctorate of Philosophy in Chemistry August, 2017 – Present

UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER ROCHESTER, NY Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, Bachelor of Arts in Computer Science May, 2017

Leadership and Affiliations American Chemical Society January 2014 – Present  Reinstated Undergraduate Chemistry Council Student Chapter affiliation.  Opened lines of communication with Rochester Chair of ACS. YALE UNIVERSITY NEW HAVEN, CT Laboratory Teaching Assistant, Introductory Chemistry September 2017 – December 2017  Encouraged student growth and class development through student and professor discussion. UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER ROCHESTER, NY Undergraduate Chemistry Council President 2015-2016 Academic Year  Organized first annual Careers in Chemistry Panel through networking, email communication with panelists, advertising to local educational institutions, and coordinating with University of Rochester Chemistry Department.  Oversaw execution of Chemistry in Action Demonstrations Day for Rochester high school students.  Successfully planned and implemented seven professor-student lunches.  Co-sponsored Spooky Science Day, Family Science Day, and National Chemistry Week at Rochester's Science Museum. Undergraduate Chemistry Council Secretary 2016-2017 Academic Year  Ensured smooth transfer of power and resources related to club, as well as continued running of annual events.  Maintained organization for upcoming events and executive board related tasks. Laboratory Teaching Assistant, Introductory Chemistry January 2016 – May 2017  Demonstrated strong communication with professors, other teaching assistants, and students. Learning And Exploring at Play Team Member September 2014 – May 2016  Acted as a tutor for K-3rd graders that fostered learning in an interactive play based environment.  Strong ability to interact with varying people as shown by interactions with 1st-7th graders, superiors, and parents.  Developed collaborative planning skills through weekly team planning sessions for diverse educational objectives.  Expanded upon teaching skills, especially in the area of making material accessible to younger students.  Promoted to Team Leader for 2016-2017 to oversee a team of tutors.

Research Experience UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER ROCHESTER, NY Undergraduate Research Assistant, McCamant Lab September 2015 – May 2017  Performed diffuse reflectance IR Fourier transform spectroscopy (DRIFTS) and computed vibrational spectra for components of dye sensitized solar cells used in solar hydrogen production.  Assisted in the assembly of a continuous wave Raman spectroscopy laser table setup.  Studied photochemical degradation of chromophores used for hydrogen production. CENTER FOR SUSTAINABLE POLYMERS – UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA CSP Summer Research Assistant June 2016 – August 2016  Developed methodology for rapid computational screening of catalysts with Gaussian for the trans-esterification of caprolactone with ethoxide.  Presented research in talk to entire Center for Sustainable Polymers faculty across the University of Minnesota, Cornell, and UC Berkeley and at cross disciplinary poster session at the University of Minnesota during the summer. UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER ROCHESTER, NY NSF REU Participant June 2015 – September 2015  Explored methods of computational separation for RNA single nucleotide polymorphisms from normal RNA mutations using C++ and current leading software packages such as RNAsnp.  Presented research at end of program poster session for the public.

YORK COLLEGE OF PENNSYLVANIA YORK, PA Research Assistant June 2012 – August 2014  Thoroughly edited and bug tested exercises in the third edition of Exploring Chemistry with Electronic Structure Methods: A Guide to Using Gaussian by Dr. James Foresman and Æleen Frisch.  Studied and documented programming bridge between Gaussian and Jmol molecular reaction animation capabilities.  Performed enantiomeric identification via vibrational circular dichronistic procedures, and mapped solution changes to spectra changes. This included development of a spectral analysis program which is currently used at York College of Pennsylvania and the University of Minnesota for continuing research.  Developed lab for chemistry majors on studying the properties of plastics through differential scanning calorimetry.  Executed Gaussian calculations for vibrational movements and electronic surfaces of carbon nanotubes.  Studied kinetics of naphthalene in TFA for the development of an educational chemistry lab.

Selected Computer Science Projects Chemical Bottle Phase Detection  Implemented Machine Vision algorithms to learn which bottles contained solids and which contained liquids.  Used testing-training AI methodology to teach the computer the features of bottles containing certain phases of matter. Weather Window  Developed customizable weather window for displaying desired outside environment with background sound effects.  Designed specifically with those lacking in windows in their workspace in mind.  Includes scheduled window changes to simulate the day-night cycle or provide for a more productive environment. Rapbot - Real Time Rapping Assistant  Collaborated on the invention of Rapbot, a real time rapping assistant to provide rhymes in an easy to understand format.  There were three stages of user testing to improve the overall human computer interaction of the product, which was then presented and demoed live at a poster fair.  Won Most Creative Project Award Structural Syntax of Memes  Analyzed the rigid and non rigid components of internet meme syntactic usage.  Presented project in the form of a rollercoaster ride in Minecraft. Classes and Programming Languages Chemistry  Graduate level Computational Chemistry I and II focusing on Molecular Dynamics and Quantum Dynamics with weekly practical homework assignments.  Organic Chemistry with associated labs developing techniques in IR and NMR spectroscopy, and Chromatography.  Inorganic Chemistry course emphasizing hard and soft acid base theory, symmetry and point group identification.  Advanced Laboratory Techniques lab establishing skills in column chromatography, air free glove box and Schlenk Line techniques, polymer synthesis, nanoparticle formation, catalytic cycle procedure, and x-ray crystallography.  Molecular Quantum Mechanics centering on general topics and the spectroscopic implications.  Thermochemistry, focusing on ideal and non-ideal systems, thermodynamic cycles, solutions, and kinetics.  Chemical Instrumentation laboratory with technique advancement in the use of monochromators, flash lamps, enzyme kinetics, UV-Vis, FTNMR and the comprehension of how and why each instrument works.  Molecular Spectroscopy laboratory developing advanced techniques in FTIR, Microwave spectroscopy, and ESR. Computer Science  Implementation of Machine Vision algorithms for filtering, classifying, recognizing, and learning.  Study of data structures including hashes, heaps, search trees, and graph theory  Learning in artificial intelligence using KNN, clustering, SVM, machine vision techniques including image processing.  Application of human computer interaction methodologies for developing and improving efficiency and effectiveness.  Algorithms based on convolution, FFT, search and graph methods, and dynamic programing.  Deep understanding of computer organization at hardware and machine code level for use in programming and optimization.  Presentation and analysis skills using Java, Matlab, C, C++, Igor, Bash, MIPS Assembly, Office Suite, and back and front end web development with databases.

Math and Physics  Physics courses in Electricity and Magnetism and Honors Mechanics with accompanying labs in topics including superconductors and collisions.  Mathematics courses in statistics and calculus covering discrete, linear, differential equations, and multivariate. Linguistics  Studied language as a social identity in the context of language and their speakers throughout American history.  Developed skills in semantics, syntax, phonology, phonetics, morphology, and pragmatics, including the understanding and usage of IPA phonetic transcription.  Modeled semantic analysis of natural language from sounds to words to sentences to derive meaning.