Jesse Rego-Martin
né: Arsenault
Personal Summary
Skilled communicator of scientific and technical information with ten years of combined working experience in science, technology, and writing.
My educational background is in biochemistry and molecular biology. I also have broad interests in fields such as mathematics, organic chemistry, computer science, and history of science.
I am now pursuing a long-held interest in library and information science (LIS). I am eager and motivated to combine my technical background with the principles of LIS to further the research of others.
After six years working in the software industry, I am comfortable working with complex and challenging software, troubleshooting computer issues, and automating repetitive or inefficient tasks.
I have experience with both office-based and remote work.
Work Experience
2019-Present | PrismHR | Technical Writer
Responsible for producing documentation and release notes for several teams including Compliance and API. Developed MadCap Flare skills to a high level and became a technical point of contact for the team. Helped teammates troubleshoot advanced features. I also expanded my technical knowledge, learning how to develop command line scripts to improve my efficiency.
I worked with members of our Operations team to set up Jenkins automation for building our documentation outputs, improving publish speed by approximately 10 times.
For several months, I also trained as a software developer with the API team lead. During this time I contributed original Java and Basic code as part of the development team, including new APIs, bug fixes, technical enhancements, and research tickets.
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: Multiple elective courses including multivariate calculus, statistics, and linear algebra. |
| Tech: Web design (HTML/CSS), command line, scripting in Python and JavaScript, MadCap Flare, basics of networking/APIs. |
| Library and Information Science: Understanding of MARC, cataloging principles, classification systems, metadata, database structure and searching. |
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
- Information Consulting
- 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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