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Postdoctoral Fellow at Georgia Institute of Technology

Profile Summary

I have many years of experience working in chemistry labs in industry and top tier research institutions. I will help you with any aspect of scientific communication, writing, or experimental design and analysis. I have a Ph.D. in Chemistry and a B.S. in Chemistry and Chemical Physics. My research has ranged from industrial and environmental chemistry to studying the chemical reactions that gave rise to the origins of life on Earth. My work in research laboratories has required me to publish papers in scientific journals, help to write research and grant proposals, give many presentations at conferences, and organize academic conferences. My extensive experience in this field has developed strong skills in many aspects of scientific communication. I can help you write research papers, edit grant proposals, fine tune your presentations, or improve the quality of your thesis. I have received awards for excellence in teaching and I will be patient and encouraging in addition to providing top-notch work if you require feedback or training as part of my assistance. In addition, I have many years of experience in designing original experiments and processing large amounts of experimental data. I have used numerous software packages from Agilent, Waters, and Bruker as well having created my own processing packages in Igor, Excel, and C#. If you need help designing experiments or processing and interpreting your data, I can provide assistance in helping you figure out the best way to tackle an intractable experiment or deal with large piles of data while streamlining future data analysis. Let me help you not only find the significance of your results, but to present them in the most impressive way possible!

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Chemistry
• ☆ Analytical Chemistry
• ☆ Science Communication

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting
• Product Development

Work Experience

Postdoctoral Fellow

Georgia Institute of Technology

August 2015 - Present

Laboratory Technician II

Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts

August 2005 - July 2010

Research Assistant

University of Maryland, College Park

February 2001 - June 2003

Education

Ph.D. in Chemistry

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

August 2010 - July 2015

B.S. in Chemistry and Chemical Physics

Michigan Technological University

August 1997 - December 2000

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Bradley Burcar, Matthew Pasek, Maheen Gull, Brian J. Cafferty, Francisco Velasco, Nicholas V. Hud, César Menor-Salván(2016). Darwin{\textquotesingle}s Warm Little Pond: A One-Pot Reaction for Prebiotic Phosphorylation and the Mobilization of Phosphate from Minerals in a Urea-Based Solvent . Angewandte Chemie. 128. (42). p. 13443--13447. Wiley

Bradley T. Burcar, Laura M. Barge, Dustin Trail, E. Bruce Watson, Michael J. Russell, Linda B. McGown(2015). {RNA} Oligomerization in Laboratory Analogues of Alkaline Hydrothermal Vent Systems . Astrobiology. 15. (7). p. 509--522. Mary Ann Liebert Inc

Bradley T. Burcar, Mohsin Jawed, Hari Shah, Linda B. McGown(2015). In Situ Imidazole Activation of Ribonucleotides for Abiotic {RNA} Oligomerization Reactions . Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres. 45. (1-2). p. 31--40. Springer Nature

Bradley T. Burcar, Lauren M. Cassidy, Elizabeth M. Moriarty, Prakash C. Joshi, Kristin M. Coari, Linda B. McGown(2013). Potential Pitfalls in {MALDI}-{TOF} {MS} Analysis of Abiotically Synthesized {RNA} Oligonucleotides . Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres. 43. (3). p. 247--261. Springer Nature