ANA POP
Princeton University

My resume, or CV, is always a work in progress :) 
 

CAREER OBJECTIVE
To contribute to the field of bioinformatics by developing novel mathematical models and computational tools that will advance our understanding of microbiological systems and enable therapeutic applications.

EDUCATION
September 2007 - present
Princeton University (Princeton, NJ, US)
Degree: PhD in Computer Science (Quantitative Computational Biology Option)
Expected Graduation Date: May 2012

September 2002 – 2007
University of British Columbia (Vancouver, BC, Canada)
Major: Computer Engineering (Honours Mathematics Option)
Degree Conferred: May 2007 with Distinction
Standing: First Class
Ranked 2 from ~150 in Electrical and Computer Engineering Year 3
Ranked 9 from ~150 in Electrical and Computer Engineering Year 2

Academic Recognition
2008
Princeton University Fellowship – awarded to incoming graduate students ($21,000 stipend, tuition and health fee coverage)

2008
NSERC Canada Graduate Scholarship - Master’s (declined) – awarded to top-ranked PGS-M applicants based on academic, research, research abilities

2007
Computing Research Association Outstanding Undergraduate Awards Program Runner-Up – awarded to undergraduate students in North America who show outstanding research potential in the area of computing research

2005
General Motors of Canada Ltd. Scholarship in Electrical and Computer
Engineering ( $5,000 CAD ) – awarded to 1 female student in Electrical and Computer Engineering based on the recommendation of the department

2005
EECE412 Introduction to Security “Best Analysis Project” Award

2004
Student Feature in the UBC Faculty of Applied Science publication Ingenuity,
Fall/Winter 2004, “Applied Science’s bright young stars”

2004
UBC Thomas Beeching Scholarship ( $500 CAD ) – awarded to engineering
students based on the recommendation of the Faculty of Applied Science

2003 – 2006
UBC Dean’s Honour List – distinction made for students whose average is >80%

2002 – 2006
UBC Undergraduate Scholar Program ( $10,000 CAD ) – awarded to all undergraduates who maintain a yearly average >85% in the best 27 credits

2002 – 2006
IBM Canada Limited Pacific Development Centre Scholarship ( $10,000 CAD ) – awarded to 10 students entering a BC university in the IT sector

Associations
2005 – 2007
Division for the Advancement of Women in Engineering and Geoscience (DAWEG) Member

2003 – present
Golden Key International Honour Society Member

2003 – 2007
Microsoft Student Community Program Member

2003 – 2004
Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of BC – Career Awareness Committee Member

2002 – 2007
Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of BC – Member Advantage Program for Students

2002 – 2007
UBC Electrical and Computer Engineering Club Member

Notable Projects
2006
Developed a DNA Micro-array Image Processing Toolbox for Matlab

2005
Exploited vulnerabilities in a biometric RF fingerprint scanner

2005
Developed a 3D underwater game with multi-texturing to simulate caustics

2005
Developed an online collaboration tool designed to be used by teams

2004
Developed the internal stability module of a four rotor helicopter

COMPUTER SKILLS
Programming
C/ C++/ C#/ Java Languages
HTML/ ASP.NET
VHDL/ Verilog
OpenGL
Matlab Computing Language
Haskell Functional Language

Operating Systems
MS Windows 95/98/2000/XP
MS-DOS
Unix / Linux

Software
Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 and 2005
Eclipse Java Development Environment
Matlab Environment
Altera Quartus II CAD Software
RationalRose UML Development Software
LabVIEW Graphical Development Software
Microsoft Word/ Excel/ PowerPoint

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
September 2008 – December 2008
Princeton University (Princeton, NJ)
Position: Assistant in Instruction
Duties: to hold weekly tutorial sessions, to grade assignments and tests, to hold office hours and assist students in understanding material taught

June 2008 – July 2008
Princeton University Summer Programming Experience (Princeton, NJ)
Position: Advisor
Duties: to advise and supervise a rising sophomore student in a student initiated programming project

May 2006 – present
Rithmware Technologies Inc. (Vancouver, BC, Canada)
Position: Founder
Duties: to work on the GUI implementation, file persistence module, and security
features of a CAD software product in chemical engineering process simulation

September – December 2006
Department of Computer Science, University of British Columbia (Vancouver, BC, Canada)
Position: Website Developer
Supervisor: Dr. Anne Condon
Duties: to administer a website for a MITACS project “Improving Genome Annotation, Molecular Structure and Interaction Prediction: An Algorithmic Study of Biomolecular Functions”

August – December 2006
Cielo Systems Inc. (Vancouver, BC, Canada)
Position: Website Developer
Supervisor: Djun Kim
Duties: to update a Drupal module for a client’s website

May – August 2006
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (Vancouver, BC, Canada)
Position: Undergraduate Researcher at the UBC Computer Science Department
Supervisor: Dr. Anne Condon
Duties: to help design, implement, and test an algorithm that models the secondary structure of RNA

May – August 2005
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (Vancouver, BC, Canada)
Position: Undergraduate Researcher at the UBC Computer Science Department
Supervisor: Dr. Joel Friedman
Duties: to write computer programs, to study and model a discrete mathematics
problem in graph theory using that computer software

May – August 2004
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (Vancouver, BC, Canada)
Position: Undergraduate Researcher at the UBC Mathematics Department
Supervisor: Dr. Joel Friedman
Duties: to write computer programs, to study and model a discrete mathematics
problem in graph theory using that computer software

Conferences
October 2006
Poster at UBC/CS Bioinformatics-Industry Day
Vancouver, BC

July 2006
Poster: Hierarchical model for Pseudoknotted RNA Secondary Structure Prediction
Anne Condon, Hosna Jabbari, Ana Pop, Cristina Pop, Yinglei Shelly Zhao
RiboWest 2006 Conference
Prince George, BC

April 2006
Talk: Security Analysis of an RF Biometric Fingerprint Scanner
Kit Mun Chan, Ana Pop, Gurpreet Virdi
BC.NET/Netera Advanced Networks Conference
Vancouver, BC

March 2006
Poster: Security Analysis of a Biometric Fingerprint Scanner
Kit Mun Chan, Ana Pop, Gurpreet Virdi
University of British Columbia Multidisciplinary Undergraduate Research Conference
Vancouver, BC

Publications
2007
H. Jabbari, A. Condon, A. Pop, C. Pop, and Y. Zhao.; HFold: RNA pseudoknotted secondary structure prediction using hierarchical folding; Algorithms in Bioinformatics: 5th International Workshop

2007
Ana Pop, Eigenvalues of Non-backtracking Walks in a Cycle with Random Self-
Loops; RHIT Mathematics Journal

COMMUNITY/EXTRACURRICULAR INVOLVEMENT
2007
Princeton University Research Symposium Judge

2005 – 2007
UBC Dance Club Member at the Advanced Level

2005 – 2007
VSB/UBC Transition Program High School Peer Mentor

2002 – 2006
PIMS Elementary Math Contest Marker

2002 – 2006
UBC Annual Physics Olympics Committee Member and Event Organizer

2002 – 2003
Greater Vancouver Regional Science Fair Volunteer

1995 – present
Recreational skier, snowboarder, tennis player, swimmer, hiker

REFERENCES
Available upon request.
 

Tree
A lonely tree seen during a train trip from San Francisco to Vancouver.

Mosaic
A wall mosaic seen during the BC.NET conference in Vancouver.

Lamp
Photographed at Stanford.