Experience

NovoBiotic Pharmaceuticals

• Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Associate Scientist - Microbiologist

  • Nov 2013 - Present

  • Duties include isolation and identification of microbes from soil samples. Using aseptic technique and following SOPs. Screening all active compounds using PAMPA. Worked with Mycobacterium tuberculosis for two years which included developing assay for screening of over 10,000 samples, testing MICs, synergy experiments and coordinating multiple departments and sites. Experience with secondary assays, including MICs, MBCs and mutation frequency. Cell culture and cytotox experience with 3T3 and HepG2 cell lines. Currently developing a protocol for entomopathogenic nematode isolation from soil samples. Additional lab work includes researching and designing experiments to improve isolation. • Responsible for personal time management, working with a group, developing and implementing experiments, giving presentations, creating databases and communicating across departments. Responsible for training new microbiologists. Extensive work with Microsoft excel and data analysis. Show less



Kent County YMCA

• Warwick, RI

• Assistant Gymnastics Coach and Child Care Worker

  • Jun 2012 - Jun 2016

  • Child Care duties include: supervising and ensuring the safety of children ages 6 weeks old to 12 years old as well as working as a member of a team and conflict resolution. • Gymnastics duties include: setting up and breaking down equipment, ensuring the safety of children ages 3-15 years old and helping run classes • Child Care duties include: supervising and ensuring the safety of children ages 6 weeks old to 12 years old as well as working as a member of a team and conflict resolution. • Gymnastics duties include: setting up and breaking down equipment, ensuring the safety of children ages 3-15 years old and helping run classes



University of Vermont

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Residential Advisor

  • Aug 2012 - May 2013

  • Responsible for the well-being of my 52 residents • Serve as a mentor for the first year RAs and aid in their training • In a given week, I complete more than 20 hours of RA tasks including facilitating meetings, coordinating events, updating the webpage and doing the scheduling for the staff. • Responsible for the well-being of my 52 residents • Serve as a mentor for the first year RAs and aid in their training • In a given week, I complete more than 20 hours of RA tasks including facilitating meetings, coordinating events, updating the webpage and doing the scheduling for the staff.



University of Vermont and Fletcher Allen Hospital

• Burlington, VT

• Chief Research Associate

  • May 2011 - May 2013

  • Duties included: screening, recruiting and enrolling patients in 13 different studies, delivering informed consent in a clinical setting, administration of study protocols, writing SOPs and data collection. • Supervision and training of 2-3 returning students and a minimum of 40 new students per semester. • Responsible for a research project testing the accuracy of a noninvasive carbon monoxide monitoring device. Analyzed the data using bland-altman analysis and presented results continuously throughout the semester, including presenting a poster at the student research fair. Show less



the Student Leadership Training Program

• Education Administration Programs

• Leadership Instructor

  • Aug 2007 - Nov 2012

  • SLTP is an all volunteer program with an aim to empower student leaders. • Each year I complete more than 200 hours of training under the supervision of Dr. Jim Fitzgerald. • Responsibilities include: Facilitating workshops at conference, planning curriculum, public speaking, the general safety of our students and working as a member of team • SLTP is an all volunteer program with an aim to empower student leaders. • Each year I complete more than 200 hours of training under the supervision of Dr. Jim Fitzgerald. • Responsibilities include: Facilitating workshops at conference, planning curriculum, public speaking, the general safety of our students and working as a member of team



University of Vermont

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• • Jan 2012 - May 2012

  • Taught the course with a fellow undergraduate student and a professor and had 15 students. • Responsibilities include: writing lesson plans, making handout, giving lectures, writing and grading quizzes and exams and helping with lab procedures. • Some of what the course covered included: primer design, DNA gel electrophoresis, restriction enzymes, ligations, transformation, yeast 2 hybrid, β-gal assay and PCR

• • Aug 2011 - May 2012

  • Responsible for the mental and physical well-being of the residents in my community. • I planned events collaborating with both on and off campus resources.• Other duties include crisis management, and administrative tasks.

• • Sep 2011 - Dec 2011

  • In charge of a lab section containing 32 students along with one other undergraduate. • Duties included: creating lesson plans and giving lectures, grading assignments, writing test questions and correcting basic microbiology lab practices.• Some of what the course covered included: gram staining, catalase and oxidase, selective and differential medias, biochemical identification tests, isolation plating technique, enumeration techniques, basic mycology and unknown microbe identification Show less



Hondal Biochemistry Research Lab at the University of Vermont

• Burlington, VT

• Lab Assistant

  • Sep 2009 - Dec 2010

  • Daily tasks: washing dishware, making stock solutions and basic laboratory maintenance. • Assisted a graduate student on a research project looking at a mutant form of the enzyme. Techniques used included bacterial transformation, DNA and protein gels, protein assays, mass spectrometry, HPLC, as well as many other common biochemical techniques. • Daily tasks: washing dishware, making stock solutions and basic laboratory maintenance. • Assisted a graduate student on a research project looking at a mutant form of the enzyme. Techniques used included bacterial transformation, DNA and protein gels, protein assays, mass spectrometry, HPLC, as well as many other common biochemical techniques.