Sylwia Czarnota

Virtual assistant and a former scientist

Phone: +1 438 622 8444
Address: Ste Agathe-Des-Monts, QC
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sylwia-czarnota/
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Professional Profile

PhD in molecular sciences, experienced in biotechnology and chemistry. Currently homeschooling mom of 3, freelancer,  web & social media virtual assistant, web designer (WordPress & Wix).

Education

2014 - 2018

The University of Manchester, UK, Manchester Institute of Biotechnology

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Biotechnology

2010 - 2012

University of Warsaw, Poland

Master's degree, Chemistry; Bioanalitics

2006 - 2010

University of Marie Curie, Lublin, Poland

Bachelor's degree, Chemistry; Chemistry of bioactive substances and cosmetics, 

Experience

May 2021 - present

Hypnobirthingcanada.com

Virtual Assistant

Web design and management (WordPress and Wix), email campaigns (Mailer Lite), Social Media management, advertising design (Canva)

April 2020 - February 2021

The University of Montreal

Postdoctoral Researcher

Structural biology project involving NMR, crystallography, SAXS, protein expression&purification, cloning, PCR, circular dichroism, fluorescence spectroscopy.

June 2018 - March 2019

The University of Manchester, UK and C4X discovery

Research Associate

BBSRC Innovation Fellowship Fund for research collaboration between Academia and Industry. Project based on NMR, crystallography and molecular biology.

June 2014  -  May 2018

The University of Manchester, UK

Early Stage Researcher

MAGnetic Innovation in Catalysis (MAGIC) - Innovative Doctoral Programme (The University of Manchester). Project based of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) experiments to understand enzyme dynamics and structural biology.

September 2012 - January 2014

International European School

Teacher

Teacher of Science in primary school (international school with English as a first language), teacher of EFL (English as a foreign language) and PLF (Polish as a foreign language), teacher assistant in high school (chemistry, helping in the laboratory).

2010 - 2012

University of Warsaw

Master's degree in Chemistry, Bioanalitics

Electrochemical and spectroscopic investigations of interactions of oligopeptide cis-platinum derivatives with dsDNA.

2017

University of Tartu, Estonia

LC-MS method validation on-line course

Practice-oriented on-line course on validation of analytical methods, specifically using LC-MS as technique.

2014

University of Tartu, Estonia

Estimation of Measurement Uncertainty in Chemical Analysis on-line course

Estimation of Measurement Uncertainty in Chemical Analysis (P2AV.TK.652),
on-line course.

July 2009  -  July 2009 (1 month)

Herbapol Lublin S.A., Poland

Summer Internship in Department of quality control

Professional training in Herbapol-Lublin S.A. (a pharmaceutical company), in the Department of Quality Control. Duties: quantity and quality analysis (chromatography - TLC, HPLC, titration, laboratory work).

Skills and Techniques

Microsoft, Wordpress, Wix, Social Media, Canva

basic Python, LaTeX

Laboratory skills (biotechnology, chemistry)

Languages

English

(Full professional proficiency),

Polish

(Native)