Personal Information

• Citizenship- U.S.
• Age- 29
• resume

Chemistry Background-

• Two Degrees
  • Baccalaureate (ACS accredited) - Truman State University (TSU)
  • Doctor of Philosophy - University of Missouri- Rolla (UMR)
• Post-doctoral Research
  • Two year project with the Thames Research Group (TSU) at the University of Southern Mississippi (USM).
• Member of Alpha Chi Sigma - Chemistry Fraternity
  • Member at TSU and the UMR
  • Master of Ceremonies
  • Boy Scout Merit Badge Day Coordinator

Teaching Experience-

• Quantitative Analysis Lab Teaching Assistant, Fall 1989
• Organic Chemistry Lab, Fall 1993
• Honors Freshman Chemistry Lecture, Fall 1994
• Organic Chemistry Lab, Fall 1994
• Freshman Chemistry Lab, Fall 1995
• Honors Freshman Chemistry Lab, Fall 1995
  
  
• Undergraduate tutoring (Alpha Chi Sigma service project) - 1988 - 1991

Spanish Knowledge-

• Three semesters of Spanish while at UMR
  • Intermediate I, Intermediate II, Third year literature course
  • Courses taken hearer status as the graduate program would not permit graduate students to take lower level classes for credit
• Good reading and writing skills
  • Proficient at chatting on the internet
• Fair speaking and listening skills
  • Sufficient speaking and listening skills to converse with taxi drivers, use the bus transportation network, have pictures developed at the drug store, and do laundry at a local laundry mat while on vacation in Monterrey and Saltillo, Mexico.
  • Would like to relocate to an area with a large Spanish speaking population to continue developing Spanish skills.

Strong math/physics background-

Presentations to professional conferences-

Publications in professional journals-


comments may be be emailed to
Will Dechent- wdechent@hotmail.com

Last Revision, Jan 18, 1997- wld