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Charles Lin

Course Title: Economics For Public Policy- Education, Environment, Equity, Insurance
Department: Economics Department

Email: lin.charles@gmail.com

Education

August 2007 - Present
University of California, San Diego
Ph.D. Graduate Student in Economics

August 2003 – May 2007
University of California, Berkeley
B.A. in Economics with Honors

Experience

Fall Quarter 2007
UC San Diego in La Jolla, CA
Teaching Assistant, Economics 2: Market Imperfections and Policies with Dr. Maria Candido (Economics)
Led discussion sections of students
Supervised hands-on, online economics experiments simulating various market scenarios.
Held office hours featuring one-on-one question and answer help for student homework.
Proctored exams and graded midterms.

Feb. 2006 - Present
UC Berkeley in Berkeley, CA
Research Assistant, Prof. Stefano DellaVigna (Economics)
Used Stata to clean and merge pharmaceutical revenue data
Constructed model to predict pharmaceutical patent expiration dates.
Compiled extensive bibliography of behavioral economics papers.
Read background literature on economics of intellectual property and behavioral economics.

Oct. 2005 - Dec. 2005
UC Berkeley in Berkeley, CA
Research Assistant, Prof. Brad DeLong (Economics)
Examined effects of intellectual property laws on macroeconomic consequences of nanotechnology.
Focus on current issues of computer, biomedical, pharmaceutical and chemical industry patents and policy.
Read background literature on microeconomic theory of research and development.

June 2004 – Oct. 2004
UC Berkeley in Berkeley, CA
Research Assistant, Prof. Ramamoorthy Ramesh (Materials Science and Engineering)
Managed requisition and purchase of lab equipment.
Operated and maintained pulse laser deposition and chemical vapor deposition systems for magnetic materials production.
Constructed temperature control system for chemical vapor deposition.

Oct. 2002 – Aug 2003 ACK Technology, Inc. in Buena Park, CA
Computer Technician
Constructed and maintained company computers and network.

Honors/Affiliations/Publications

Golden Key Honor Society Member: Awarded to top 10% of each class by GPA.
Lipson Scholar: Prize and research grant based on essay about humanistic values. Winning essay about global warming and the conflicting interests between developed and developing nations

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Miriam Goldstein	\|	A Hands-on Introduction to the Marine Invertebrates
Joshua Adam Gregory	\|	The Human Body - Inside and Out
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Andrea M. Letamendi	\|	Psychology: A "Real" Science
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Erin Malone	\|	Principles of Journalism: Journalism Practicum
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