- Technical Services Scientist IV (9/2003-present) Promega
Corporation.
- Provided technical support for Promega's complete product line
via telephone, Fax, and e-mail.
- Attended conferences as a Promega representative.
- Provided technical training for new Technical Services
Scientists, Field Applications Specialists, and various other
Promega employees.
- Followed ISO9000 procedures.
- Lead internal teams to database Promega's technical service
information resources and rewrite the technical appendix section
of Promega's print catalog.
- Provided computer support for the technical service department.
- Developed a number of web based tools for biology (for example http://www.promega.com/siRNADesigner/default.htm
).
- Extensive computer use including:
- FrontPage Explorer & Editor
- HTML
- JavaScript
- VBscript
- Microsoft Word
- Bioinformatics servers on the web
- Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft
- Excel
- Access
- A number of different internal software package
- Technical Services Scientist III (9/2000-9/2003) Promega
Corporation.
- Provided technical support for Promega's complete product line
via telephone, Fax, and e-mail.
- Attended conferences as a Promega representative.
- Served on the High Throughput Screening Business Unit Team.
- Wrote and Edited technical documents (for instance Screening
for Genetically Modified Organisms in Food Using Promega's Wizard®
Resin)
- Provided technical training for new Technical Services
Scientists, Field Applications Specialists, and various other
Promega employees.
- Followed ISO9000 procedures.
- Designed web pages for Promega's internal and external web sites
using FrontPage.
- Provided computer support for the technical service department.
- Learned JavaScript, VBscript, SQL, and developed a number
of web based tools for biology (for example www.promega.com/biomath
www.promega.com/transfectionasst
, www.promega.com/ctx, http://www.promega.com/readit/probedesign/default.asp,
http://www.promega.com/apoasst/,
and www.promega.com/cellprolif
).
- Maintained the FAQ, Biomath,
Transfectionasst,
and Biolink, sections
of Promega's external web page.
- Served on the Internet Team.
- Served on Gateway (Intranet) Team
- Served as a "Computer Wizard"
- Extensive computer use including:
- FrontPage Explorer & Editor,
- HTML
- JavaScript
- Microsoft Word
- Bioinformatics servers on the web
- Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft
- Excel
- Access
- A number of different internal software package
- Technical Services Scientist II (9/98-9/2000) Promega
Corporation.
- Provided technical support for Promega's complete product line
via telephone, Fax, and e-mail.
- Wrote and edited literature for Promega
- Developed and maintained web pages for Promegas internal and
external web sites.
- Technical Services Scientist I (10/97-9/98) Promega Corporation.
Provided technical support for Promega's complete product line via
telephone, Fax, and e-mail. Designed web pages for Promega's internal
web site.
- Postdoctoral Research Associate (8/96-10/97). Dr. Schuyler Korban.
Department of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resources, University
of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign. Investigated fatty acid synthesis in
soybean: expression of genes involved in fatty acid synthesis and
modification during soybean embryo development. Cloned fatty acid
synthase genes, constructing overexpressing soybeans to produce high
oil varieties. Developed a lab web page (No longer available)
- Visiting Instructor (8/95-5/96). Department
of Biology, St. Mary's College of
Maryland. Teaching at a small liberal arts college; directed
independent student research projects, participated in departmental
and campus-wide faculty meetings, advised students, and developed and
taught courses.
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Courses Taught
- Contemporary Bioscience (Fall 1995). Introductory biology for
non-majors.
- Contemporary Bioscience (Emphasis on agricultural
technology)(Spring 1996). This course focused on various
technologies, ranging from methods for sustainable agriculture to
the use of genetic engineering in crop plants, used in
agriculture.
- Biology of Plants (Spring 1996). Introductory botany with
laboratory. Physiology, anatomy, development, genetics, and
diversity of higher and lower plants and fungi.
- Plant Physiology (Fall 1995). General plant physiology. Original
research papers relevant to plant physiology were read and
discussed in class. Laboratory exercises were designed to give the
students some familiarity with modern plant physiology techniques
(i.e. PCR and tissue culture) and instrumentation (i.e. porometers
and pyschrometers).
- Introductory Biology Laboratory (Fall 1995, and Spring 1996).
Laboratory for introductory biology for biology majors
- Graduate Research Assistant (9/90- 8/95). Dr. Stellos Tavantzis.
Department of Plant Biology & Pathology, University of Maine.
Studied molecular genetics of Potato Virus X (PVX) and PVX resistance
in potato. Studied mycovirus genome structure and expression using
VSB717, a double-stranded RNA virus of the plant pathogenic fungus Rhizoctonia
solani, as a model system. Computer analysis of DNA, RNA, and
protein sequences. Trained professors, graduate students, postdocs,
and technicians in a variety of computer techniques including the use
of PCgene, BLAST DNA homology search programs, and various internet
tools. Trained undergraduate lab assistants in molecular biology
techniques.
- Teaching Assistant. Introductory Botany (1/95-5/95). Dr. Christa
Schwintzer and Dr. Benedict Neubauer. Department of Plant Biology
& Pathology, University of Maine. Taught plant physiology and
plant anatomy laboratories
- Laboratory Coordinator. Introductory Botany (for students with no
biology background) (8/94-12/94). Dr. Douglas Gelinas. Department of
Plant Biology & Pathology, University of Maine. Designed,
scheduled, and taught introductory botany laboratories .
- Teaching Assistant. Introductory Biology Laboratory (4 semesters
between 1992 and 1994). Departments of Plant Biology & Pathology,
and Zoology, University of Maine. Presented laboratory lectures,
designed and graded all lab assignments. Designed of molecular biology
and immunology labs for all laboratory sections (about 800 students).
- Research Assistant (1/88-8/90). Dr. Rodney Sparks. Department of
Cell Biology and Anatomy, Oregon Health Science University. Studied
molecular and cellular biology of differentiation and oncogenesis of
murine cells in culture. Trained and supervised lab aides and summer
interns in basic cell culture and molecular biology techniques.
- Laboratory Assistant (summers '86 & '87). Dr. John Hearst.
Department Chemistry, University California at Berkeley. Studied
photosynthesis in photosynthetic bacterium Rhodobacter capsulata.
Attempted to develop monoclonal antibodies for research on nucleic
acid structure.
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