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John Le 465 W. Ivyglen St Apt 112, Mesa, AZ, 85201 · 1-815-603-2038 · johnle12@augustana.edu

Education Bachelor of Arts, Chemistry, May 2016 Augustana College- Rock Island, IL GPA:3.3/4.0 Recipient of: Dean's Scholarship $64,000; Augustana College Science Scholarship, $30,000

Scientific Publication Akinbobuyi, Babatope, Matthew Byrd, Charles Chang, Mysa Nguyen, Zacharie Seifert, Anne-Laure Flamar, Gerard Zurawski, Katherine Upchurch, SangKon Oh, Stephen Dempsey, Thomas Enke, John Le, Hunter Winstead, Jose Boquin, and Robert Kane. "Facile Syntheses of Functionalized Toll-like Receptor 7 Agonists." Tetrahedron Letters 56.2 (2015): 458-60. Print Work Experiences Residential Life Office Assistant May 2015- May 2016

Augustana College (IL)- Dept. of Residential Life- Rock Island, IL

● Synthesizing residential life professional staff thoughts to create new documents, banners, and spreadsheets

● Comparing prices and placing orders for office supplies, catering, etc. to streamline department expenditure

● Creating manual to calculate damage fines in residence halls, utilizing information from multiple databases

● Serving student body while maintaining confidentiality, under Family Educational Rights Privacy Act

(FERPA)

Residence Hall Closing Coordinator May 2015-June 2015

Augustana College (IL)- Dept. of Residential Life- Rock Island, IL

● Creating procedures for year-end checkout scheduling used by 50+ staff members to streamline closing

● Receiving Room Inventory Forms for two residence halls and ensuring that forms have required signatures

● Electronically billing students accounts for damages to rooms, common spaces, and missing/damaged keys

● Communicating a report to professional staff of damages to be repaired by facilities services, and keys that

will be made by access services

Senior Community Advisor (Assistant Resident Director) August 2014-May 2015 Augustana College (IL)- Dept. of Residential Life- Rock Island, IL ● Earning management trust by serving as key holder, responsibly opening and closing residence hall. ● Guiding staff of 5 resident assistants within own residence hall. ● Coordinating employee schedules with department needs and employee personal engagements ● Logging accurate and detailed incident reports. Organic Chemistry Researcher May 2014-August 2014 Augustana College (IL) - Dept. of Chemistry- Rock Island, IL ● Collaborating with research teams that led to a publication in Tetrahedron Letters (2015). ● Interpreting research finding/laboratory results, developing nonstandard tests,summarizing data into reports. ● Laboratory: please see ‘skills’ section below for laboratory practices Community Advisor (Resident Assistant) August 2013-May 2015 Augustana College (IL)- Dept. of Residential Life- Rock Island, IL ● Guiding students to relevant information about academic and personal support services available on campus ● Building solid relationships with staff and residents to help keep the residence hall safe and secure. ● Assisting in the selection and evaluation of incoming Community Advisors, Area Coordinators, and

Resident Directors. Skills MS Word-Excel-PowerPoint, mathematic skills, separation and purification techniques, flash column

chromatography, gas chromatography- mass spectrometry, distillation, extraction, chemical storage-transport-

retrieval, safe lab practices, Mac OS and PC proficient, schedule coordination, Adobe Photoshop, experience

with diverse populations

Previous Supervisor Contact Information

Augustana College, Office of Residential Life

● Elyse Kurfiss- now Residence Director at Lake Forest College (IL)

○ Email: elyse.kurfiss@gmail.com

○ Cell: 219-670-7281

● Christina Lorge- now Dean of Student Services at Mid-State Technical College (WI)

○ Email: christina.lorge@mstc.edu

○ Office Phone: 715-422-5526

● Joseph Sagar- current Assistant Director of Residential Life

○ Email: josephsagar@augustana.edu

○ Office Phone: 309-794-2686

○ Cell: 618-719-3524

● Cathy Atkinson- current Executive Secretary of Residential Life

○ Email: cathyatkinson@augustana.edu

○ Office Phone: 309-794-2686

Augustana College, Department of Chemistry

● Jose Boquin- Assistant Professor Chemistry/ Larry Jones Fellow

○ Email (preferred): joseboquin@augustana.edu

○ Office Phone: 309-794-3471