Curriculum Vitae
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Andrew James Bonham
(online Profile Site and LinkedIn profile)
bonham@andrewjbonham.com
805-504-9755 (home); 805-729-2945 (cell)
431 Ellwood Beach Dr., Apt. 6
Goleta, CA 93117
Education:
2004-2009 Ph.D. in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Biophysics & Bioengineering emphasis
Biomolecular Science & Engineering program, Advisor: Dr. Norbert Reich (reich@chem.ucsb.edu)
University of California at Santa Barbara
Dissertation Topic: Novel spectroscopic investigations of eukaryotic transcriptional complexes using multiplexed protein binding microarrays.
2000-2004 B.A. in Chemistry, B.A. in Biochemistry; Minor in Philosophy
University of Colorado at Boulder; Magna cum laude
Honors Thesis: Crystallographic investigations of the Foxp2 winged-helix DNA-binding protein.
Teaching Experience:
2007 Instructor / Teaching Associate for CHEM 1C: General Chemistry
Created and gave daily lectures; wrote and implemented course lesson plan. Wrote homework and exams, held review sessions, proctored, held office hours.
2008 Teaching Fellow for Summer Teaching Institute for Associates
Led discussions and group activities on teaching strategies, course planning, and effective learning for first-time Associates/Lecturers at a University level.
2005-2009 Graduate Mentor for Undergraduate Students
Led students in year-long or greater research projects; taught techniques, guided experiments, and encouraged critical thought. Former/current students include Michael Groden, Leah Osslund, Eric Sankey.
2009 ICB Sabre (Summer Applied Biotechnology Research Experience) Mentor
Led Joelle Stanford, a chemistry undergraduate student from Florida A&M, on a summer-long research project for the Institute for Collaborative Biotechnologies’ Sabre project.
2008 Mentor for UCSB Pre-College Research Mentorship Program in Biochemistry
Introduced high school student Eric Cappello to the world of research; led student on summer-long research project and helped them present a talk on their experience.
2008,2009 Teaching Assistant for MCDB109L: Biochemistry Laboratory
Instructed intensive laboratory sections, guided students on projects, wrote quizzes, answered questions.
2005,2006 Teaching Assistant for CHEM125L: Biochemistry Laboratory for Graduate Students
Instructed intensive fulltime two week laboratory section, guided students on projects, wrote quizzes, answered questions.
2005,2006 Teaching Assistant for MCDB 131L: Microbiology Laboratory
Instructed two laboratory sections, guided student projects, wrote quiz questions, answered questions.
2006-2009 ScienceLine Answerer
Participated in UCSB internet project to answer the science questions of children K-12.
2008 Family Ultimate Science Exploration (FUSE) Seminar Leader
Led science workshops for middle school students and parents to explore chemistry in everyday life.
Teaching Skills
Proven ability to successfully mentor students; comfortable and confident lecturer and speaker; experienced discussion leader; experience writing and implementing lesson plans; confident public speaker; excellent proficiency with modern technology in and out of the classroom; outstanding pastoral skills and rapport with students; comprehensive knowledge of general chemistry, biochemistry, and molecular biology topics; consistently excellent teaching evaluations (top 5% of TAs); familiarity with current pedagogy and teaching strategies; inquire for excellent student references.
Publications:
Andrew J. Bonham, Thorsten Neumann, Matthew Tirrell, and Norbert O. Reich.
Tracking transcription factor complexes on DNA using total internal reflectance fluorescence protein binding microarrays. Nuc. Acids Res., 2009. Advance Access doi:10.1093/nar/gkp424
Andrew J. Bonham, Gary Braun, Ioana Pavel, Martin Moskovits, and Norbert O. Reich.
Detection of Sequence-Specific Protein-DNA Interactions via Surface Enhanced Resonance Raman Scattering. J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 2007, 129 (47), p 14572–14573, doi:10.1021/ja0767837
Francesco Ricci, Andrew J. Bonham, Aaron C. Mason, Norbert O. Reich, and Kevin W. Plaxco.
Reagentless, Electrochemical Approach for the Specific Detection of Double- and Single-Stranded DNA Binding Proteins. Anal. Chem., 2009, 81 (4), p 1608–1614, doi:10.1021/ac802365x
Thorsten Neumann, Andrew J. Bonham, Gregory Dame, Bernd Berchtold, Oswald Prucker, Norbert O. Reich, and Juergen Ruehe.
Temperature and time resolved TIRF analysis of reusable DNA hydrogel chips. In preparation.
Research Experience
2004-2009 Ph.D. Graduate Student Researcher in Biomolecular Science and Engineering program
Developed novel total internal reflectance and fluorescence (TIRF) and Raman spectroscopic assays for the investigation of multiprotein transcriptional regulatory protein complexes across dsDNA microarrays.
2002-2004 Undergraduate Researcher, University of Colorado at Boulder
Cloned, expressed, and purified proteins ANC-1 and Foxp2 for X-ray crystallographic studies. Established crystal screening trials, analyzed protein crystals.
Prof. Lin Chen laboratory at UC Boulder. Supervisor: Darren Bates.
2000-2001 Undergraduate Researcher, University of Colorado at Boulder
Performed photobleaching experiments on fluorescently-labeled polystyrene particles.
Prof. Kathy Rowlen’s lab at CU, Boulder. Supervisor: Michele Jacobson.
Research Skills
Extensive molecular biology and biochemistry training: recombinant DNA, molecular cloning and mutagenesis; protein engineering and over-expression; protein modification and labeling; FPLC and HPLC purification; analysis of enzyme kinetics; fluorescent and Raman optical spectroscopy; DNA microarray fabrication; radiation training (H3 and P32); TEM and SEM electron microscopy; polymer surface chemistry.
Presented Research
2008 ASBMB Transcriptional Regulation by Chromatin and RNA Polymerase II Meeting
Invited poster presentation on “Investigating General Transcription Factor complexes on DNA using total internal reflectance fluorescence protein binding microarrays”.
2007 Recent Advances and New Directions in Bio-Nanotechnology Symposium
Invited talk on “Bio-inspired assembly of functional inorganic materials”.
Awards/Honors
2008 ScienceLine Outstanding Answerer Award in Physical Sciences
Award given for excellence in answering science questions from students K-12.
2004-2005 George and Joy Rathmann Fellowship
Assists outstanding Ph.D. students in the Biomolecular Sciences and Engineering program.
2000-2004 Kittridge Honors program
Awarded to undergraduate students with excellent demonstrated academic or creative abilities, offering exclusive honors courses.
2002-2004 Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) Grants
Awarded to undergraduate students with scholarly or creative proposals to work with a faculty sponsor.
2004 Magna Cum Laude honors for B.A. at University of Colorado, Boulder
2000-2004 Dean’s List, University of Colorado, Boulder
Other Professional Experience & Interests
Skilled Computer & Networking Technician
Self-taught computer programming, scripting, and web development experience. Comfortable with Linux, Unix, OS X, and Windows environments. Proficient with Microsoft Office, Adobe Photoshop & Illustrator, HTML & CSS web design, Wolfram Mathematica, and Linux server management.
GUMBI President, Treasurer, & Web manager 2008-2009
Led graduate student organization for the assistance of fellow students and to help communicate graduate student concerns to faculty. Organized finances, talked to students, and created website content.
President of UCSB Science Fiction & Fantasy Club 2006-2008
Led a group of graduate and undergraduate students interested in science fiction and fantasy novels and movies.
