Mahsa Moshari

Ph.D. in Chemistry with more than six years of undergraduate chemistry teaching experience across general, analytical, and physical chemistry laboratories. Experienced in leading laboratory sections, explaining chemical concepts and instrumentation, preparing experiments and reagents, enforcing laboratory safety, grading student work, troubleshooting experiments, and supporting students with different levels of chemistry preparation. Strong research background in analytical chemistry, spectroscopy, materials chemistry, and biophysics.

Graduate Teaching Assistant / Laboratory Instructor - University of Florida - Gainesville, FL

(2022 - 2026)

Courses: CHM 2046L General Chemistry II Laboratory; CHM 4413L Physical Chemistry Laboratory

• Led undergraduate laboratory instruction, including pre-lab explanations, experimental procedures, chemical safety, data collection, and post-lab discussion.
• Explained core concepts in general and physical chemistry and connected theory to hands-on experiments and instrument-based measurements.
• Guided students through calculations, data interpretation, graphing, uncertainty, and scientific reporting while encouraging independent problem solving.
• Graded laboratory reports and assignments, provided constructive feedback, and helped students improve scientific writing and quantitative reasoning.
• Supported undergraduate laboratory preparation by organizing reagents and materials, checking equipment, and helping ensure experiments were ready before student sessions.
• Maintained a safe, organized teaching environment and helped students troubleshoot experimental errors, instrumentation issues, and unexpected results.

Graduate Teaching Assistant - University of Idaho - Moscow, ID

(2018 - 2021)

Teaching areas: General Chemistry and Analytical Chemistry

• Completed approximately three years of chemistry teaching support for undergraduate laboratory and course instruction.
• Taught and reinforced foundational topics including solution preparation, stoichiometry, equilibrium, acid-base chemistry, quantitative analysis, calibration, and analytical measurement.
• Demonstrated laboratory techniques and proper use of glassware and analytical instrumentation, emphasizing accuracy, precision, safety, and good laboratory practice.
• Assisted students during laboratory sessions, answered conceptual questions, and helped them identify sources of experimental error.
• Evaluated laboratory work and reports, communicated expectations clearly, and provided feedback to strengthen technical writing and data interpretation.
• Worked with faculty and instructional staff to prepare laboratory materials and maintain efficient, consistent laboratory operations.

R&D Co-Op – Membrane R&D - Entegris - Bedford, MA

(2026)

• Conduct analytical and materials R&D on high-purity membrane systems using controlled experiments, materials testing, adsorption studies, and chemical characterization.
• Use FTIR, UV-Vis, ICP-OES, microscopy, DOE, JMP, Python, and statistical analysis to connect experimental variables with material performance.
• Document methods and results clearly and collaborate with scientists and engineers, providing current industry examples that can enrich laboratory instruction.

Graduate Research Assistant - University of Florida Ph.D. Research - Gainesville, FL

• Study lipid and membrane biophysics using EPR, NMR, SAXS, DLS, XRD, microscopy, and quantitative data analysis.
• Develop multicomponent phospholipid and peptide-containing systems and investigate the effects of composition, hydration, and pH on molecular structure and dynamics.
• Use experimental design, spectroscopy, data interpretation, scientific writing, and presentation skills that directly support advanced chemistry instruction.

Graduate Research Assistant - University of Idaho - Moscow, ID

(2018 - 2021)

• Developed graphene oxide-based nanomaterials and biosensor systems using wet-chemical synthesis, surface functionalization, and biomolecular conjugation.
• Used LC-MS, NMR, FTIR, UV-Vis, SEM/EDS, XRD, AFM, and electrochemical methods to characterize chemical structure, surfaces, and analytical response.
• Designed and optimized experiments with strong emphasis on controls, reproducibility, calibration, and interpretation of quantitative data.

Ph.D. - Chemistry (Inorganic Chemistry) - University of Florida (2027-02)

M.S. - Chemistry (Analytical & Materials) - University of Idaho (2018 - 2021)

B.S. - Applied Chemistry - Kharazmi University (2012 - 2016)