Masa Radakovic Welch

masa@sphinxacademy.com
Education
Master of Arts in Science Education with Initial Certification (MIC), August 2011
Awarded UK!"#CE $ellowshi% su%%orted &' the !ational Science $oundation ($!S)
Uni(ersit' of Kentuc)'
*achelor of Science +egree in *iolog', ,ul' 200-
.onors /rogra0/.onors Scholar
Awarded full acade0ic scholarshi%
Eastern Kentuc)' Uni(ersit'
Associate1s +egree in *usiness Ad0inistration Manage0ent, Ma' 1222
Kentuc)' College of *usiness
Employment History
High School Science Teacher, *erea Co00unit' MS.S, ,anuar' 2012 to %resent
+esign and i0%le0ent instruction in Integrated Che0istr' and /h'sics, *iolog' and
En(iron0ental Science high school courses as well as AC3 0ath and science %re%
se0inar4
0iddle school 5ardening Clu& and high school Sustaina&ilit' Clu& facilitator
0e0&er of the 6ighthouse 6eaderin0e tea0, inno(ati(e, schoolwide 0odel that
increases teacher effecti(eness, student engage0ent, and acade0ic achie(e0ent,
while %re%aring students to &e leaders in the 21st centur'4
Senior Laboratory Technician, Uni(ersit' of Kentuc)',
Molecular and *io0edical /hara0colog', 7esearch 6a&orator', ,ul'+ece0&er 2011
3issue %rocessing, 7!A and %rotein isolation and other la&orator' tests4
In(entor' 0anage0ent
Adjunct Life Science Instructor, Med3ech College,
*iotechnolog' /rogra0, ,une 1- 2010,ul' 01 2011
+e(elo%ed and taught *iotechnolog' courses highlighting conce%tual understanding,
interdisci%linar' conte8t, and authentic scientific e8%erience4
7ecogni9ed as a 3eacher of the :uarter &' students and facult'4
Maintained and &uilt ties with the research co00unit', instru0ental in e(aluating the
goals and o&;ecti(es of the *iotechnolog' %rogra0 and in %ro(iding the students with
e8ternal learning e8%eriences and e0%lo'0ent4
Senior Laboratory Technician, Uni(ersit' of Kentuc)',
!eurosurger' +e%art0ent, 7esearch 6a&orator', March 1
st
200<August 1-
th
2002
/lanned and %erfor0ed research e8%eri0ents and anal'sis4
.andled research ani0als and collected tissues4
Maintained cell cultures with e0%hasis on ase%tic cell culture techni:ues4
/erfor0ed la&orator' tests, including /C7, :73/C7 and =estern *lot4
Assisted in writing research grants and %eerre(iewed ;ournal %u&lications4
I0%le0ented and o(ersaw che0ical and radiation safet' according to "S.A standards
and deter0ined &ioha9ards of the %ro%osed research and secured a%%ro(al fro0 the
institutional &iosafet' co00ittee %rior to initiation of wor)4
Ensuring co0%liance with !I. and C+C *iosafet' in Micro&iological and *io0edical
6a&oratories (*M*6) standards4
3rained and su%er(ised students and technicians in la& 0ethods and safet' 0easures4
Attended se0inars, wor)sho%s and conferences to 0aintain current )nowledge in
areas ger0ane to research %ro;ects in the la&orator'4
Maintained and %urchased la& e:ui%0ent and su%%lies, 0anaged in(entor' and
o(ersaw &udget
Laboratory Assistant, Uni(ersit' of Kentuc)', 3o&acco and .ealth 7esearch and
+e(elo%0ent, Ma'August 2001 and Ma' 200>,anuar' 200?
Assisted in %erfor0ing ani0al e8%eri0ents and ensured safet' and organi9ation of the
la&orator'4
/refor0ed co0%uter data entr'4
Library Assistant, Uni(ersit' of Kentuc)' Medical Center, Audio@isual 6i&rar'
A%ril 2001 Ma' 200>
Custo0er ser(ice including chec)ed out audio(isual 0aterials to %atrons4
"%erated and 0aintained audio(isual e:ui%0ent and assisted %atrons with its use4
Assisted in e(aluating and cataloging new 0aterials4
7ecei(ed and %rocessed interli&rar' loan re:uests4
Selected Worshops and !onferences Attended
!ew England *iola&s Molecular *iolog' Su00er =or)sho%, ,une 200<
Clar) Science Center, S0ith College, !ortha0%ton, MA
Intensi(e, twowee) course e0%hasi9ed handson 0olecular &iolog' la&orator'
techni:ues and co(ered a wide (ariet' of to%ics4 After co0%leting o(er 120 hours of la&
and lecture I gained the understanding of research %rotocols, the a&ilit' to conduct
inde%endent research, and anal'9e data with confidence4
20
th
Annual Su%erfund *asic 7esearch /rogra0 MeetingA +ec4 >-, 200BA +urha0, !C
/oster %resentation
3he 5ill .eart Institute Cardio(ascular 7esearch +a' 200< and 200BA 6e8ington, K#
/oster %resentations
"ublished Abstracts
#asa $adao%ic, Sung #ong Eu0, /ierre"li(ier Couraud, *ernhard .ennig and Michal
3o&ore)C /ol'chlorinated &i%hen'ls u%regulate /gl'co%rotein e8%ression in &rain
0icro(ascular endothelial cells4 The FASEB Journal4 200DA22CB>?410
Sung &ong Eum, Masa 7ada)o(ic, Ibolya Edit Andras, "ierre'(li%ier !ouraud,
)ernhard Hennig and #ichal ToboreC 3he role of ca(eolaeassociated signaling
in /C*induced tight ;unction disru%tion4 The FASEB Journal. 200DA22C111242