James Chao

Obtain a challenging position utilizing my experience in 3D modeling and animation.

University of Pennsylvania - College of Arts and Sciences, Philadelphia, PA

• Bachelor of Arts in Biology and Biological Basis of Behavior
• Minors in Psychology and Chemistry

JVC Digital Arts Studio, Inc. (formerly JVC Interactive, Inc.), Torrance, CA
3D Artist / Animator    December 1996~Febuary 1998

• Responsible for character models and animation for My Perfect World, an educational title for JVC Kids' PC console platform.
• Responsible for characters, sets, and logo models and animation for Little Red Schoolhouse, an educational title for JVC Kids' PC console platform.
• Responsible for character and logo models, and animation for Zero G (tentative title), a proposed action game for the PC platform.
• Responsible for character and prop models, and animation for Iron John Hawk: The Shards of Power, an action game for the PC platform.

Pharmacology, Univ. of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
Research Specialist      July 1995~August 1996

• Researched the antagonist property of a new drug, N1-Dansyl-Spermine, on NMDA receptors.
  First author of findings published in Molecular Pharmacology. (51 : 861-871, 1997)
• Studied the role of D732 residue in glycine activation of NMDA receptors.
  Co-author of findings published in Molecular Pharmacology. (50 : 701-708, 1996)
• Characterization of spermine and proton sensitivity at D669 residue of NMDA receptors.
  Co-author of findings published in Molecular Pharmacology. (49 : 1131-1141, 1996)
• Characterization of the polyamine sensitivity of NMDA channel and distal N-terminal mutants.

Radiation Oncology, Univ. of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
Research Project         September1994~July 1995

• Investigated the effect of cisplatin, a chemotherapeutic drug, on intracellular HMG 1/2 and UBF proteins.
  First author of findings published in Biochem. Biophys. Acta. (1307 : 213-219, 1996)

• Hardware and Platforms: Intel/PC MS-DOS, Windows 3.x/95/NT, Macintosh System 7.x.
• 3D Packages: Autodesk/Kinetix 3D Studio R4, MAX R1.2 and MAX R2; Caligari trueSpace3, Hash's Animation Master.
• 2D Packages: Autodesk Animator Pro / Animator Studio, Fractal Design Painter, Adobe Photoshop /Illustrator, and Deluxe Paint Enhanced /Animator.
• Traditional Media : acrylic and pencil life drawing, watercolor painting, origami, hobby model kit.
• Extensive knowledge of Intel PC hardware setup, system configuration, and networking.