Sample Curricula Vitae

Sample Curricula Vitae
Maria Valesquez Colón
LABORATORY EXPERIENCE
Researcher: The Sediment History of the Pettaquamscutt River and Its
Relation to the Narragansett Bay, RI. Dr. J. King, advisor. Fall 1994
Research Assistant, Lake Ontario Coastal Survey, Colgate
University, Department of Geology. Dr. C. McClennen and Dr. P.
Pinet, advisors. Fall 1995
Research Fellow, University of Rhode Island, Graduate School of
Oceanography, Narragansett, RI. The Sediment History of Heavy Metal
Pollution in the Pettaquamscutt River, RI. Dr. J. King, advisor. Summer
1994
Research Assistant, United States Geological Survey, Branch of Atlantic Marine
Geology, Woods Hole, MA. Lake Michigan Lake Level Study: performed grain
size analysis on cores. Dr. S. Coleman, advisor. January 1995
Researcher, Coastal Geomorphology, cuspidal beach formations and their
relation to rip currents. Dr. C. McClennen, advisor. Spring 1995
Teaching Assistant, Mineralogy, University of Rhode Island,
Department of Geology. Dr. J. Novacek, instructor. Fall 1994
INSTRUMENT EXPERIENCE
← • Coulter Counter/Elzone • S.E.M. • X.R.D.
← • Freeze Drier • I.C.P. • Freeze Corer
← • X.R.F. • Piston Corer • Smith-Mclntyre Grab
← • Rock Saw • Shatter Box • Cryogenic Magnetometer
OTHER EXPERIENCE
Tour Guide, Enviro Tours, Everglades, FL. Conducted environmental tours of
Central America. Summer 1995.
COCURRICULAR
← • Certified, NAUI Openwater I SCUBA diver
← • Position #1, Women’s Cross-Country Ski Team, 1993–present; Captain,
1992

← • Latin American Student Association, 1993–present
← • Pi Beta Phi Fraternity for Women, 1993–present
← • Cycling Team, 1995
← • Geology Club, 1993–present
TRAVEL
Extensively throughout Spain, Portugal, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, and
Norway; resided in Oslo, Norway for two years (1991–1993)
SARAH RUTH EISENBAUM1
P.O. Box 92, Brandeis
Station 7 Evergreen Court
Waltham, MA 02254 Highland Park, IL 60031
617-555-8677 708-555-9081
RESEARCH OBJECTIVES
Short Range:
Neural plasticity in the mammalian CNS, i.e., the capacity of
brain cells to change as a function of experience or
environmental
demand; field properties of the retina during synaptic drug
application.
Long Range: M.D., Ph.D.
EDUCATION
B.A., cum laude, June 1996. Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
Major in neuroscience (GPA 3.5); minor in Judaic Studies
Cumulative GPA 3.6
High honors in neuroscience
Summer 1995, Columbia University, New York, NY
Studied psychological measurement and applications of
experimental
psychology
Spring 1993, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA

Studied Hebrew (intermediate level), modern Hebrew literature,
comparative psychology, and genetics
COURSEWORK
Neuroscience Psychology
Introduction to Neuroscience Experimental Psychology Inorganic
Chemistry I, II Quantitative Methods Organic Chemistry I, II
Comparative Psychology Genetics Physiological Psychology
Cellular Biology Personality Functional Neuroanatomy Clinical
Neuroanatomy Fundamentals of
Neurochemistry/Neuropharmacology Fundamentals of
Neurophysiology Neural Cell Culture Senior Thesis I, II
Judaic Studies
Religion and Literature of the Old Intermediate Hebrew
Testament: Through the Modern Hebrew Literature
Babylonian Exile Texts and Images of the
Classical Judaism Holocaust