Computational Research Intern @ Working in Adam Arkin's Lab for Systems and Synthetic Biology (http://genomics.lbl.gov) to help build a web user interface for a bacterial genomics database using Perl and SQLite3. Added various functionalities to the site as well (download scripts, new pages), as well as a complete overhaul of responsive site design, to improve usage for research scientists and others who may find the data of use. From May 2015 to Present (6 months) Berkeley, CAResearch Assistant @ Assisting with the Caldwell Lab in the Integrative Biology department at UC Berkeley, which studies mantis shrimp (stomatopods) and octopi, with semiweekly care and cleaning of mantis shrimp. I checked water levels, changed water, and ensured all animals were happy and healthy twice a week in order to help facilitate more effective research. From May 2015 to Present (6 months) Berkeley, CAEECS Research Assistant @ Working with two EE/CS graduate students and the EE chair to use R to analyze possible correlations between the gender of Electrical Engineering/Computer Science professors and student perceptions of those professors using course survey data. Initial report of findings completed Spring 2015, with further investigation currently ongoing. From November 2014 to Present (1 year) Berkeley, CAStudent Affairs Web Assistant @ Assisted with the migration of images and webpages for crucial UC Berkeley websites onto a new content management system and server, ensuring consistency and quality and helping improve efficiency by occasionally writing scripts on my own to speed up the process. From May 2014 to Present (1 year 6 months) Berkeley, CAHead Moderator and Marketing Intern @ Moderator responsibilities included keeping a safe and supportive anonymous community of five thousand users by flagging inappropriate, threatening, or spam posts, while marketing duties included driving traffic and buzz to Confess.ly by planning events and with guerilla marketing both on- and off-line. From October 2013 to Present (2 years 1 month) Berkeley, CAAdobe Student Representative @ Responsible for driving awareness, engagement, and excitement for Adobe Creative Cloud within the UC Berkeley community through strategic partnerships, sponsored events, and word-of-mouth. From August 2013 to May 2014 (10 months) Berkeley, CAVeterinary Intern @ Summer intern June - August 2011, May - August 2012, May - August 2013
Shadowed vet(s) to appointments and surgeries, answered questions for assignments, and assisted with holding animals, drawing up vaccines, checking inventory, cleaning rooms, filing, and much more. From June 2011 to August 2013 (2 years 3 months) Sunnyvale, CaliforniaCopywriting/Copyediting Intern @ Wrote copy for the magazine most issues, reviewed copy of entire magazine for grammar and clarity, and attended staff meetings several times a month. From August 2010 to June 2011 (11 months) Sunnyvale, California
Bachelor of Arts (BA), Integrative Biology @ University of California, Berkeley From 2011 to 2015 Bachelor of Arts (BA), Computer Science @ University of California, Berkeley From 2011 to 2015 High School @ Fremont High School From 2008 to 2011 Victoria Lo is skilled in: Photography, Photoshop, HTML, CSS, Python, Lightroom, Microsoft Office, Web Design, Adobe Creative Suite, Social Media, Copy Editing, Java, Image Manipulation, Piano, Carillon, C, R, MIPS, Unix, Git, Cross-browser..., Hadoop/MapReduce, Networking, Artificial Intelligence, Public Speaking, PowerPoint, Research