Afarley resume v2014

A LEXANDER F ARLEY 82 Pleasant St., Cambridge, MA 02139 | 626.429.2280 | afarley@mit.edu

EDUCATION Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA Master of Architecture 2014 Merit scholarship all semesters Thesis title: Laborlandschaft: Redesigning the Industrial Laboratory Module California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA PhD program in Biology, Specialization: Virology, Biochemistry, and Cell Biology Thesis title: Intracellular trafficking of a bipolar bridged complex of HSV-1 gE-gI, IgG, and a viral antigen) University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts and Bachelor of Arts in Biology with Distinction Cum Laude Honors Thesis title (Fine Arts): Magical Hyper-realism and the Postmodern Cityscape Thesis title (Biology): More Active Human L1 Retrotransposons Produce Longer Genomic Insertions

HONORS Group Exhibitions: New Artist Summer Group Show, Gross McCleaf Gallery; Senior Thesis, Cityscapes, Meyerson Gallery Awards: Dean’s Prize (Fine Arts); Rose Undergraduate Research Award; Neysa Cristol Adams Prize in Biology; Dean’s List Fellowships and Grants: College Alumni Society Research Grant; Department of Energy - Energy Research Undergraduate Laboratory Fellowship; Bristol-Myers Squibb Research Fellowship

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Hyperbina Design, Inc., Cambridge, MA — Design Intern  Designed presentation renderings and graphics  Reasearched design precedents and site context  Modeled custom elements in Revit

Sasaki Associates, Inc., Watertown, MA — Design Intern  Designed presentation renderings and graphics  Created design development options in Revit  Modeled custom elements in Revit

MIT Fabrication Laboratory, Cambridge, MA — Fabrication Teaching Assistant

May - July 2013

Jan - 2013

2010 - 2013

 Fabricated materials using traditional wood-working and computer-controlled machines  Supervised and aided students with fabrication projects  Maintained shop space and equipment

The Plant Connection Landscape Design, Philadelphia, PA — Design Intern  Prepared presentation renderings  Prepared site plans and drawings

May – August 2011

Bjorkman Laboratory, California Inst. of Technology, Pasadena, CA — Graduate Student

2004 - 2010

 Conceptualized and designed multi-year laboratory experiments  Published research documents and figures in peer-reviewed journals  Supervised and taught undergraduate Biology majors

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Kazazian Laboratory, U. of Penn, Sch. of Med., Philadelphia, PA — Research Technician Worked as part of team on multi-year laboratory experiments Presented research findings at professional conferences as invited speaker Published research findings as primary author and as part of research group Generated and managed transgenic mouse population

1999 - 2003

PUBLICATIONS Technical Scientific Papers — Author  Ndjamen B, Farley AH, Lee T, Fraser SE, Bjorkman PJ, The Herpes Virus Fc Receptor gE-gI Mediates Antibody Bipolar Bridging to Clear Viral Antigens from the Cell Surface., PLOS Pathogens. 2014 Mar;10(3):1-14  Sprague ER, Reinhard H, Cheung EJ, Farley AH, Trujillo RD, Hengel H, Bjorkman PJ, The Human Cytomegalovirus Fc Receptor gp68 Binds the Fc CH2-CH3 Interface of Immunoglobulin G., J Virol. 2008 Apr;82(7):3490-9. Epub 2008 Jan 23  Farley AH, Luning Prak ET, Kazazian HH Jr, More Active Human L1 Retrotransposons Produce Longer Insertions. Nucleic Acids Res. 2004 Jan 23;32(2):502-10. Print 2004.  Weinzweig J, Kirschner RE, Farley A, Reiss P, Hunter J, Whitaker LA, Bartlett SP, Metopic synostosis:

Defining the Temporal Sequence of Normal Suture Fusion and Differentiating It From Synostosis on the Basis of Computed Tomography Images. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2003 Oct;112(5):1211-8  Brouha B, Schustak J, Badge RM, Lutz-Prigge S, Farley AH, Moran JV, Kazazian HH Jr, Hot L1s Account for the Bulk of Retrotransposition in the Human Population. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2003 Apr 29;100(9):5280-5. Epub 2003 Apr

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Computer Skills: Revit, Rhino, 3DS Max, AutoCAD, Rendering (Maxwell, V-Ray, Mental Ray), Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Premier, Microsoft Office, Linux systems administration, Ableton Live Programming Skills: Python, Arduino, Grasshopper, Processing / Javascript, Max/MSP, bash, HTML, C (beginner) Fabrication Skills: 2D/3D CAD/CAM (water jet, 3-axis CNC mill), laser cutter, 3D printing, MIG welding, soldering and basic circuit design, general wood working Interests: hiking, painting, music production, travel (Japan, England, France, Netherlands, Austria, Mexico, Canada, Portugal