| RESEARCH EXPERIENCE |
| Summer 2011 | Field Assistant
Department of Biology, City College of New York
Advisors: Dr. David J. Lohman & Dr. Marina Fernando
Field Supervisor: Enoka Kudavidanage
Buddhism and biodiversity conservation in Southeast Asia
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| Sept 2010 - May 2011 | Undergraduate Researcher
Lohman Lab, Department of Biology, City College of New York
Advisor: Dr. David J. Lohman
Phylogeography of a widespread tropical butterfly: Melanitis leda |
| Summer 2010 | Undergraduate Researcher
Department of Earth and Atmospheric Science, City College of New York
Advisor: Dr. Diamoris Padilla
Investigating particle (aerosol) aging, morphology, and chemical composition via Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (EDS) techniques. |
| Jan 2010 - May 2010 | Undergraduate Researcher
Department of Earth and Atmospheric Science, City College of New York
Advisor: Dr. Jeffrey Steiner
Investigating the formation of neo-minerals in soils through the crystallization of clays by the bacterium Pseudomonas syringae |
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| GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS |
| 2012 | NSF Graduate Research Fellowship |
| 2012 | Board of Regents Superior Graduate Fellowship, University of New Orleans |
| Summer 2011 | CCNY City Seeds Fellowship to Sri Lanka
Buddhism and biodiversity conservation in Southeast Asia |
| Spring 2011 | City College Academy of Professional Preparation AMS Stipend |
| 2010 - 2011 | Jacob Holman Memorial Scholarship |
| 2010 - 2011 | New York City Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) Scholar |
| 2010 | Greater Houston Chapter Scholarship |
| 2006 - 2010 | City College of New York Teacher Academy Program Scholar |
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| SELECTED WORK EXPERIENCE |
| Aug 2008 - May 2012 | College Assistant, Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture, City College of New York |
| Feb 2011 - May 2011 | Student Teacher, Academy of the Arts Middle and High Schools, City College of New York |
| Sept 2009 - May 2010 | Intern, A. Philip Randolph High School, New York, NY |
| Sept 2008 - May 2009 | Intern, Academy of the Arts Middle School, City College of New York |
| May 2008 - Aug 2008 | Explainer, New York Hall of Science, Queens, NY |
| Aug 2007 - Aug 2008 | Math Tutor, Gateway Academy, City College of New York |
| Sept 2007 - May 2008 | Intern, The Mott Hall School for Advanced Studies in Technology, New York, NY |
| Summer 2006 | Math Tutor, Teacher Academy Program, City College of New York |
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| POSTERS AND PRESENTATIONS |
| Apr 14, 2011 | Einsteins in the City International Student Research Conference, New York, NY
Phylogeography of a widespread tropical butterfly: Melanitis leda (Nympahlidae: Satyrinae) (Poster)
Sukhdeo, C.A.* & Lohman, D.J. |
| Mar 12, 2011 | 46th JTM/31st PRISM, UIA Bayamon, Puerto Rico
Phylogeography of a widespread tropical butterfly: Melanitis leda (Nymphalidae: Satyrinae)
Sukdhdeo, C.A.* & Lohman, D.J. |
| Apr 23, 2010 | 13th Annual Urban University Conference Series, Brookhaven National Laboratory, NY
Neo-mineral formation in soils: crystallization of clays by Pseudomonas syringae (Poster)
Sukhdeo, C.A.*, Steiner, J.C., Block, K., Katz, A., Gottlieb, P. |
| Apr 21, 2010 | NOAA-CREST Annual Poster Presentation, New York, NY
Neo-mineral formation in soils: crystallization of clays by Pseudomonas syringae
Sukhdeo, C.A.*, Steiner J.C., Block, K., Katz, A., Gottlieb, P. |
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| SYNERGISTIC ACTIVITIES |
| March 2010 - June 2010 | Volunteer, "We Are New York" Program, Elmhurst, Queens, NY |
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