User:Marmas

Michael Armas

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Contact Information

E-mail Address:

marmas(at)lion(dot)lmu(dot)edu

Mailing Address:

1 LMU Drive
Department of Chemistry/Biochemistry
Los Angeles, CA
90045

Education

Major: Biochemistry
Minor: Computer Science
Expected Graduation: May of 2020
Upper Division Course Experience:

• Game Design
• Intro to Modern Spectroscopy
• Toxicology
• Forensic Chemistry
• Biochemistry with Lab
• Advanced Biochemistry with Lab
• Analytical Chemistry with Lab
• Physical Chemistry with Lab
• Biological Databases

Career Interests and Goals

• Interests in Biotechnology, Zymology, and Healthcare
• Goal: Obtain a MS in Healthcare System Engineering from LMU
• Research: Research on Neuropathic Mutations on Enzymes with Dr. Sarah Mitchell
  • Presented Charcot-Marie Tooth Neuropathy Causing Mutations in Histidine tRNA Synthetase Increase Stress Granule Number at the 2019 LMU Undergraduate Research Symposium

Work Experience

Shift Lead at the Lion's Den

• September 2016 - Present, Promoted to Shift Lead in Spring of 2017
• Responsible for operating cash register and serving as a mentor for Baristas on shift
• In charge of ensuring cleanliness behind the counter to maintain California food standards for safe serving of food

Intern at Scout Environmental

• June 2018 - August 2018
• Gained office experience working alongside experts in the field of environmental consulting.
• Familiarization with contact resource management organizing contacts onto a cloud network for ease of use
• Familiarization of Department of Defense standards for cybersecurity for companies who deal with government contracting

Personal Interests

In order of Interest:

1. Collecting Clothes and Sneakers
   • Past experience with buying and selling for profit
     • Grailed Account: Bigmikearmas
   • Vast knowledge of identification of counterfeit garments
2. Cars
   • Specific interest in imported and modified cars
3. Computers and Computer Programming
   • Learning multiple coding languages and using them to create simple programs for everyday use
4. Music
   • Fan of underground and mainstream rap, as well as the Beatles and the Bossa Nova genre

Favorite Aspects of Biology and Computer Science

Biology: My favorite aspects of biology lie in the molecular and biochemical fields. The inability to view the intricate functions of an organisms with the naked eye is most fascinating to me.

Computer Science: My favorite aspect about computer science is the vast possibilities that are achievable by telling a computer what to do. Everyday, the average person will use some piece of technology that would not exist without the exponential development of computer science.

Acknowledgements

• Dr. Dahlquist for assisting with Wiki Formatting
• Wikipedia Tutorials for table formatting (using HTML)
• Mihir Samdarshi for idea of using a table for assignment access

Except for what is noted above, this individual journal entry was completed by me and not copied from another source.
Marmas (talk) 15:45, 5 September 2019 (PDT)

References

Dahlquist, K. (2019, September 3). Week 1 [Wikipedia Page Post]. Retrieved from https://xmlpipedb.cs.lmu.edu/biodb/fall2019/index.php/Week_1.