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Alexandra Iuga

12204 Gayton Station Blvd., Richmond VA, 23233 - (224) 392-4051 - ai5rc@virginia.edu

EDUCATION

WORK EXPERIENCE
Fall 2015 to present

Fall 2015 to present

Fall 2015 to present

Fall 2012 to 2015

Fall 2012 to 2015

Summer 2013

PRESENTATIONS
and CONFERENCES

University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA


Masters of Teaching- Physics
December 2016 (current)

James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA


Bachelor of Science in Physics
Minors in Biology and Mathematics
May 2015 (past)


America Reads at University of Virginia
Working with middle school students in reading intervention courses
One on one reading and word attack
Fluency testing and data collection
So far I have completed a total of 120 hours.
Graduate Research in Education at University of Virginia
Working with Professor Frackson Mumba on analyzing The Physics Teacher
Inquiry analysis
Student Teaching at University of Virginia
Currently enrolled in two courses that require me to work as a student teacher
Working in a physics class, AVID tutoring program, ELL and physical science classes
So far I have completed a total of 64 hours.
Undergraduate Research in Computational Biophysics at James Madison University
Researched the protein folding of the WW domain of the Pin1 enzyme
Began using Density Functional Theory to conduct energy calculations
Collaborated with a professor and fellow research students on computational projects
Student Teaching and Grading at James Madison University
Working with students and professors to help encourage active learning during class
Learning Assistant and grader for University Physics I and II
Visiting Research Student at Princeton University
Completed a project that identified compounds by using Raman Spectroscopy
12th MERCURY Conference on Computational Chemistry Correcting Force Field Bias in Pin1WW
Folding, Poster Presentation Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA. July 25 - July 27, 2013.
16TH Undergraduate Research Symposium Correcting Force Field Bias in Pin1WW Folding, Poster
Presentation, University of Maryland at Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD. October 26, 2013.
Biophysical Society 59th Annual Meeting Understanding Force Field Bias in Pin1WW, Poster
Presentation, Baltimore, MD. February 7-11, 2015.

AWARDS AND
PUBLICATIONS

2nd Place at the 16th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium in the Chemical and Biological
Science from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County on October 26th, 2013
Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Award, 2015-2016.
Iuga, A. (2015). Understanding Force-Field Bias in Pin1WW. Biophysical Journal, 108(2), 46a-46a.

SKILLS
and CERTIFICATIONS
Content Areas
Education
Communication, Team
Collaboration and Leadership
Language

Completed the Praxis I and II for physics; intensive computational knowledge; experience with
Biology, Chemistry and Physics experimental labs, outside of my degree in physics I have completed
23 credit hours in Math, 24 in Biology as well as 21 in Chemistry
Student teaching in a high school physics course, tutoring across k-12+, currently enrolled in 17
credit hours at University of Virginia, and completed education courses at James Madison University
and as well as a Modeling course offered through the APS
Poster and oral presentations; taught several lessons individually, worked in large and small teams for
student teaching; leading group discussions; officer of the Society of Physics Students.
Fluent in English and Romanian, also I am a member of the National Language Service Corps

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