MAX MAZA
PERSONAL INFORMATION
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Address: 25 Murrell Way, Shrewsbury, SY26FN
Phone: 07800655374
E-mail: maxmazai@hotmail.com
EDUCATION
2011
MSc Infection, Immunity & Inflammation, Leicester University, UK
2010
PhD in Organic Chemistry, Bangor University, UK
2005
MSc Environmental Chemistry (Distinction), University of Wales Bangor, UK.
2001
BSc in Marine Chemistry, Vigo University, Spain.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2014
Chemist
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Chemist in healthcare industry. R&D, method development, QC, validation.
2012-2014 Research associate
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Cellpath ltd, UK
Glyndwr University, UK
Working with cancer detection materials in analytical chemistry using HPLC,
MALDI.
2011
Spanish tutor
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2009-10
2006-09
Bangor University, UK
Responsible of five groups of students divided into beginners and advanced
level. My duties include lectures preparation, examination and marking.
Freelance translator-Proof-reader
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2003
S.F. Paula School, Seville, Spain
Secondary School teacher through the medium of English in an International
Baccalaureate Private School. Responsible of teaching Physics and chemistry,
Science, organizing lab sessions and supervising final year projects.
Spanish associate teacher
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2006-on
Responsible of two groups of students divided into beginners and advanced
level. My duties include lectures preparation, examination and marking.
Physics and chemistry teacher
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Leicester University, UK
Translation in the following fields: Medical, chemistry, biology, general
sciences.
Laboratory Technician
Pescanova Group, Spain
 I worked for an Aquaculture company controlling physical and chemical
parameters, doing laboratory work.
LANGUAGES
French
Fluent
2002
French Language studies Diploma (DELF) levels A1, A2, A3 and A4.
1997
French Language Diploma (DL) at the Alliance Française Vigo, Spain.
1995
High School at the ‘Lycée Espagnol’, Paris, France.
English
Fluent
Spanish/Galician
Mother Tongue
EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
2012
Price for best MSc mark in Infection & Immunity at Leicester University, UK
2008
Qualified Teacher Status obtained by the GTC.
2008
Andrew N C Johnstone Prize for best 3rd year PhD presentation talk.
2008
First price in the Royal Society of chemistry for best presentation.
2008
XXVII Congress of the European Academy of Allergology and Clinical Immunology.
2007
Web pages translation (English-Spanish) http://www.bridgemarinescience.com/
2005
2005
Health and Safety at Work, Chemical Safety in the Laboratory, Health Hazards and
hazardous substances control (COSHH), Department of Chemistry, Bangor University.
Emergency Life support-Adult course by the Red Cross, Bangor University, UK.
2004
Summer Project at Martha’s Vineyard Group, Massachusetts, USA.
2003
ISO 14001 Course (30 hours). Spanish Chemistry Society, Vigo, Spain.
2003
Risk assessment course at the Spanish Chemistry Society, Vigo, Spain.
2003
Waste Management course at the Spanish Chemistry Society, Vigo, Spain.
PUBLICATIONS AND COLABORATIONS
2010
Molecular structure of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis virulence factor, mycolic acid,
determines the elicited inflammatory pattern, European Journal of Immunology
2010
Structure–function relationships of the antigenicity of mycolic acids in tuberculosis
patients, Chemistry and Physics of Lipids
2010
Patent on cord factor synthesis (WIPO) WO/2010/086667
2008
The first unique Cord Factor Synthesis, Tetrahedron Letters
2004
Production and Culture Performance of Triploid Bay Scallops, 2004. Annual report
northeastern regional aquaculture center, University of Maryland, USA.