Jerome S. Salem

7700 Seminole Ave jerrysalem@mac.com

Melrose Park, PA 19027 jerrysalem@email.com

(215) 782-3292 (H)

(215) 266-3042 (C)

Technical Expertise

Programming environments; VisualBasic6.0, Delphi, FileMaker, Transact-SQL

Operating Systems; Macintosh (8-9, OSX), Unix, Windows (95-XP)

Database Design, Programming and Maintenance

Web Development; raw HTML, Dreamweaver, Flash

Technical writing and Teaching

Work History

Computer Consultant, January 2000 to Present

Independent Contractor, Elkins Park, PA

Chief technology officer, September 2002 to Present

The CIMS Group Inc., Elkins Park, PA

Project Director, October 2001 to November 2002

GTS Prepaid, Inc., Marlton, NJ

Lead Programmer, May 2000 to October 2001

Vitals986, Inc., Mount Laurel, NJ

TECHNICAL DIRECTOR, April 1999 to May 2000

Structural Biology Core Facility, Department of Medicine, The University of Pennsylvania

TECHNICAL DIRECTOR, July 1996 to March 1999

Protein Expression Core Facility, Department of Medicine, The University of Pennsylvania

RESEARCH ASSOCIATE, June 1992 to March 1999

Infectious Diseases Section, Department of Medicine, The University of Pennsylvania

POST DOCTORIAL FELLOW, March 1989 to June 1992

Infectious Diseases Section, Departments of Medicine and Chemistry, The University of Pennsylvania

Principal Investigators: Drs. Harvey Rubin & Barry S. Cooperman

Project: Cloning and Characterization of Ribonucleotide Reductase from P. falciparum

GRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANT, August 1983 to February 1989

Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pa.

Thesis Advisor: Dr. Joseph J. Villafranca

Thesis: Site-Specific Mutagenesis of Glutamine Synthetase from E. Coli at the Site of Adenylylation

UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH, May 1982 to August 1982

The Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, Pa.

Advisor: Dr. E. Nodiff

Project: Synthesis & Characterization of Isoquinoline derivatives as anti-malarial drugs

Teaching Experience

LECTURER, June 1999 to May 2000

Structural Biology Core Facility

Specialized Hardware and Software Training Courses

ADJUNCT ASSISTANT PROFESOR, June 1995 to June 1996

Cabrini College, Radnor, Pa.

Lecturer, Biology Department

Adjunct assistant Profesor, September 1992 to December 1992

Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pa.

Lecturer, Masters in Biochemistry program

Patents and Awards

Author of 11 papers, articles, book chapters

Co-Organizer, 4^th and 5^th International Meetings on DNA Based Computers, Philadelphia 1998-9

Poster Presentation, ASM Conference Tuberculosis: Past, Present & Future, Colorado, 1997

Grant Review Committee, The Israel Science Foundation, 1996

Appointed to U. of Penn. IACUC, 1996-99

U.S. Patent # 5,459,063 P. falciparum Ribonucleotide Reductase DNA. Issued Oct 17, 1995

Listed in Who's Who in the East, 1995-99 Editions

Guest Lecturer, Chester Community Hospital, Department of Continuing Education, 1992

Recipient of Graduate Assistantship, Penn State Biotechnology Institute, 1988

Education

Ph.D. in Bio-organic Chemistry- Pennsylvania State University March 1989

B.S. in Chemistry- The University of Michigan May 1983