Hi, my name is Mukshud Ahamed and I attend Wesleyan University. My strengths lie within the sciences and math, although I am well rounded and can provide assistance across the humanities. Throughout the years, I have found myself naturally in the position to tutor my peers. It helps me learn the material better, and I enjoy helping out others. As a tutor, I value the fundamental principles of any subject and attempt to teach the content in a style that is interesting and applicable to real life situations. I am personable, easygoing, patient...
Valley Shore YMCA, Desk Assistant
2017 - Present
Academic Success Center Middlesex Community College, Tutor
2017 - 2017
• Tutored students at my community college to ensure excellence by teaching thematically and conceptually
• Hosted community conversations on issues underlying societal problems
• Peer counselor and Mentor for pre-medical students
Yale University Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale University Clay Lab research assistant
2017 - 2017
• Conducting gene-to-metabolite analysis of phenolic metabolism
• Using advanced spectroscopic analysis, PCR, Western Blotting, Yeast-Two Hybrid and quantitative analysis
• Studying protein-protein interactions of transcription factors that belong in plants
• Characterized defense inducible lignification and it’s transcriptional regulators
Yale Medical School, Yale School of Medicine Summer Medical Dental Education Program
2016 - 2016
• Collaborated in a small-group clinical rotations and full-group clinician seminars
• Learned strategic study skills and current social health disparities
• Presented on the lipid binding properties of viral Matrix Protein mVP40
• Shadowed physicians in the Emergency Room and Internal Medicine