sample resume for SCIENCE WRITER

SCIENCE WRITER

Rajan Sharma
956/6, Ghandi  Nagar,
Delhi – 110011
(+91-11) 456 789

OBJECTIVE:

A research, science or technical writing position.

WRITING EXPERIENCE:

Science Writer (Freelance) - Blake Astoria Publishing Company, (1990-Present)
Responsibilities:

·         Wrote text “Physics Principles and Problems”, by Murphy and Sloat.

·         Wrote eighth grade science textbook.

Science Writer - Braeridge Publishing Company, Trenton, NJ (1988-1990) Responsibilities:

·         Wrote Earth Science Series (science texts on elementary level).

·         Wrote a series of slides to supplement the text.

·         Wrote a set of correlated workbooks.

On a free-lance basis, edited teacher’s editions of textbooks (grades 1-6; and a mathematics text, grade 8).

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

Physics/Physical Science Teacher - Purchase High School, Purchase, NY (September 1985-June 1988) Responsibilities:

·         Taught the following courses: Honors Physics (Text: Physics for High School by Jacob Tern). Science Survey which included the following disciplines: Astronomy, Geology, Ecology. Chemistry and Physics.

Lecturer - Rollins College - University College, Winter Park, FL (1981-1985)

·         Taught a survey course including the following disciplines: Astronomy, Meteorology, Geology, Physics, Chemistry, and Biology.

EDUCATION:

Graduate Study:
Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA
Master of Science degree. Geophysics (1980) Geophysics courses: Physics of the Earth, Seismology. Elastic Wave Theory, Meteorology, Geomagnetism.

Columbia University, New York. NY (1979)
Courses: Mineralogy, Sedimentology, Petrology, Chemistry, Thermodynamics, Electricity and Magnetism, Potential Theory.
Trenton State College, Trenton, NJ
B.A.degree, Mathematics (1978)
Related subjects: Physics, Geology, Geophysics.