MARIADELIA ARGÜELLO ACUÑA
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Key Skills
Writing materials and developing
activities about chemistry and
biochemistry.
Computational: Wolfram,
Mathematica, Solidworks, Microsoft,
Office Suite, Gnuplot, ChemDraw
Professional, Canva Design.
EXPERIENCE
NATIONAL CENTER FOR BIOTECHNOLOGICAL
INNOVATIONS OF COSTA RICA (CENIBIOT:
HTTPS://WWW.CENIBIOT.AC.CR/ES/)
August 2020-Present (Volunteering)
Extended virtual review of myxobacteria for possible
development of antibiotics based on secondary
metabolites (in English).
Currently writing a child- centric microbiology education
framework (in English).
Lab. STEM- University of Costa Rica Community work
August 2019– July 2020
Writing high school biochemistry education frameworks
based on Costa Rica Educational System.
CENTER FOR RESEARCH IN CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR
BIOLOGY (CIBCM: http://www.cibcm.ucr.ac.cr)
April-December-2018
Developed method to extract and recovery of surfactin
by reverse micellar extraction. Combining microbiology
techniques and chemistry techniques. Main purpose was
to use bacteria biosurfactants to repair and preservation
of historic stone in tropical regions.
MEDICNE SCHOOL, UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA
August- December -2017
Teacher assistant in Pharmacology and Toxicology
Laboratory for medical course.
PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
I have been a truly hardworking and
studious person. My discipline and
determination came from my
training in ballet from a young age.
Ballet gave me discipline, a quick
problem- solving mind, and the
ability to survive intense training.
LANGUAGES
Spanish (native speaker)
English ( TOEFL C1)
Chinese (Intermediate-HSK 3)
CEDAM (DAY CARE- CENTER OF ELDERLY)
July - 2017
Volunteer for helping employees to teach knitting.
ALCP (LATIN-AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR HOSPICE AND
PALLIATIVE CARE IN COSTA RICA)
February 2016 - Present
Volunteer at distributing meals and food to low income
and abandon elderly.
REGIONAL MUSEUM OF UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA.
February – December -2013.
Volunteer for teaching and promoting English as second
language to children between 7 -12 years.
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science in Chemistry
Universidad de Costa Rica.
Expected graduation April 2021.
