Jesse Rego-Martin
né: Arsenault
Personal Summary
Skilled communicator of scientific and technical information with ten years' combined experience in science, tech, and writing. With a background in science (biochemistry), I am pursuing my Master’s in Library and Information Science. I hope to leverage my technology skills and scientific background to facilitate the research of others.
See my about me page for a more detailed (and hopefully less formal) introduction.
I have experience working in person and remotely.
Work Experience
2019-Present | PrismHR | Technical Writer
- Responsible for producing documentation and release notes for several teams, including Compliance, API, and custom programming.
- Developed my MadCap Flare skills to a high level and became a technical point of contact for the team. Helped teammates troubleshoot advanced MadCap Flare features.
- Worked with Operations team to set up Jenkins automation to build our documentation, greatly improving the speed and efficiency of our publishing process.
- Developed an interactive PowerShell script so the team could quickly and easily synchronize all our documentation projects.
- Learned software development from the API team manager for several months. Contributed new Java and Basic code as part of the development team, while fulfilling my usual documentation responsibilities.
Summer 2018 | PrismHR | Technical Writing intern
Responsible for converting content from legacy PDFs to MadCap Flare topics. Gained working experience with Agile/Scrum, Jira, Confluence, and Salesforce.
Summer 2017 | Biogen | Drug Development intern
Regularly performed protein isolations and purifications using common methods (affinity and size exclusion chromatography using Akta Avant, SDS-PAGE). Assisted with drug target characterization using x-ray crystallography, thermal shift, and surface plasmon resonance (SPR). Prepared insect and E. coli cell cultures for the lab. Maintained an electronic lab notebook and presented weekly results during lab meetings. Concluded with a poster presentation featuring x-ray crystallography results.
2015-2018 | Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, UMass Amherst | Researcher
Thesis advisors: Elizabeth Vierling (Principal Investigator), Minsoo Kim
Honors thesis: available to read in the publications section, below.
| Skills |
|---|
| Languages: English (fluent) and Spanish (high proficiency). |
| Writing: Experienced communicator in professional, scientific, and technical contexts. |
| Reading: Ability to research, process, distill, and present highly technical information. |
| Math: Elective courses in multivariate calculus, linear algebra, computer science. |
Education
| Grad Year | Degree | Subject | School |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 (Exp.) | M.S. | Library & Information Science | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign |
| 2019 | Certificate | Professional Writing & Technical Communication | University of Massachusetts Amherst |
| 2018 | B.S. | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | University of Massachusetts Amherst |
Master’s Degree Courses
- Bibliographic Metadata
- Collection Development
- Instructional Strategies
- Academic Librarianship
- Data Visualization
- Government Information
- Information Consulting
- History of Information
- Information Organization and Access
- Libraries, Information, and Society
Publications
“Mitochondrial ATP synthase subunit d, a component of the peripheral stalk, is essential for growth and heat stress tolerance in Arabidopsis thaliana”,
- Author(s): Tianxiang Liu, Jesse Arsenault, Elizabeth Vierling, and Minsoo Kim
- Publication: The Plant Journal (2021) 107, p. 713-726.
- Details: Paper that emerged from my honors thesis research with Minsoo Kim and Elizabeth Vierling. After I left the lab, a graduate student named Tianxiang Liu developed the project much further.
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“Decreased expression of mitochondrial ATP synthase subunit d (a component of the peripheral stalk) impacts growth, gametophyte development, and heat stress tolerance in Arabidopsis thaliana”
- Author(s): Jesse Arsenault
- Publication: University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2018
- Details: Commonwealth Honors College undergraduate research thesis
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