Michael Segev

OBJECTIVE:

Attend a four-year university and focus in the areas of biology and sciences

EDUCATION:

2012-Present Centennial High School, Ellicott City, MD

Senior Expect to graduate May 2016
Unweighted GPA: 3.67 | Weighted GPA: 4.38

WORK EXPERIENCE
Summer 2015

Special Volunteer at National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Laboratory of Neurogenetics, National Institute of Aging

Member of a bioinformatics team studying the genetic origins of Parkinson s disease, researching
ways to visualize and analyze three-dimensional diseased mouse brain reconstructions from twodimensional slices in order to understand morphological and potentially functional changes of
mouse brain structures.

Co-authored a poster titled Parkinsons Disease-related LRRK2 Regulates the

Compartmentation of Murine Striatum, which was presented at NIHs 2015 summer poster day
Presented a review of a paper entitled Understanding the three-dimensional world from twodimensional immunohistological sections to more than 20 members of the lab, sparking further
interest, knowledge sharing and insight into the task of 3D brain reconstruction.
Worked with and developed extensions for various three-dimensional reconstruction software,
including microDimensions Voloom, Arrivis Vision4D, and Bitplane Imaris; Co-developed a lab
protocol to standardize the usage of these tools.
Worked with the biostatistics software R and Matlab and their respective programming
interfaces in order to analyze and present data.
Helped in developing a data pipeline between multiple pieces of software in order to streamline
and optimize the brain reconstruction process.
Worked with multiple software companies to compare products and determine if it is an
appropriate fit for the lab, and if so, how it needs to be adapted to the specific use of the lab.

2014-Present

Emergency Medical Technician

Volunteer EMT - Ellicott City EMS Station 2 and Station 8,
Howard County Fire and Rescue Services

Completed a 165 hour course.

Received both Maryland State EMT certification and National Registry of EMTs (NREMT)
certification as part of a program from University of Maryland Fire and Rescue Institute, a
division of University of Maryland, College Park 6 credits.
Provides pre-hospital care to patientsfrom stabilizing the patient, to providing treatment, to
transporting the patient to the appropriate hospital.
Coordinates with hospitals, law enforcement, and other rescue officials as necessary to ensure
the best care to the patient.

2014-Present

Android App Developer

Designs, develops, and releases android applications specializing in Geo-Location.

Applications developed for both private use in companies and are released publicly to the
Google Play store.

SCHOOL ACTIVITIES
2012-2014
2014-2015

Athletics: Cross Country Varsity Team

Club: Future Business Leaders of America

SKILLS

Microsoft Office: Proficient with Microsoft Word and associated, intra-Word, plugins and
applications; Microsoft Excel, Excel macros, Microsoft PowerPoint.
Proficient in Googles API (application programming interface) for the Android operating
system.
Fluent in Java programming using Google-Store approved programming and coding
standards.
Certified in Mental Health First Aid USA, a program that trains people how to provide
initial help to people experiencing mental health problems.

REFERENCES
Available upon request