Lorenz Dale Decena

Academic Research Support at Imperial College London
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(386) 825-5501
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UK
Languages
  • Filipino Native or bilingual proficiency
  • English Native or bilingual proficiency

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Experience

    • Research Services
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Academic Research Support
      • Jun 2022 - Present

      • Assisting with the upkeep, sampling, and dosing of Mesocosms • Assisting with ERCITE (Emerging risks of chemicals in the environment) related experiments• Collating data from previous ERCITE experiments • Analysing data from previous ERCITE experiments• Ordering necessary equipment for the lab and ERCITE experiments• Assisting with ERCITE-related student projects• Assisting with Woodward Lab administrative duties

    • Biological Sciences PASS Mentor
      • Sep 2020 - Jun 2022

      Peer Assisted Study Skills (PASS) mentor• Facilitated discussions between 1st year undergraduates to encourage critical thinking across different academic topics within the degree.• Guided learners to improve study skills and general academic capabilities via presentations and group discussion with their cohort.• Planned presentations and organised regular meetings via Microsoft Teams

    • Imperial Global Summer School - Academic Mentor
      • Jun 2021 - Jul 2021

      • Encouraged participation and discussion during academic sessions within small groups to come up with solutions for questions/problems posed by Imperial academics.• Provided insight to prospective students regarding studying Life Sciences at Imperial and living in London.

    • United Kingdom
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Summer Research Internship
      • Jul 2021 - Sep 2021

      • Organised an eight-week summer internship at the School of Biological Sciences, working in the laboratory of Dr. Deepak Kumaresan, supervised by PhD student, Alexander Allenby. • Main duties included assisting PhD students with data collection through field sampling in the Sperrin Mountains. • Analysed metagenomic data using bioinformatic pipelines (QIIME) and also introduced to other tools such as Kaiju (taxonomic profiling) and Anvi’o (metagenomic analyses). • Organised an eight-week summer internship at the School of Biological Sciences, working in the laboratory of Dr. Deepak Kumaresan, supervised by PhD student, Alexander Allenby. • Main duties included assisting PhD students with data collection through field sampling in the Sperrin Mountains. • Analysed metagenomic data using bioinformatic pipelines (QIIME) and also introduced to other tools such as Kaiju (taxonomic profiling) and Anvi’o (metagenomic analyses).

    • United Kingdom
    • Food & Beverages
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Team Member
      • Jun 2017 - Dec 2018

    • United Kingdom
    • Research Services
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Northern Ireland Summer School
      • Jun 2018 - Jun 2018

  • Craigavon Area Hospital
    • Craigavon, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
    • Work Shadowing
      • Feb 2018 - Feb 2018

      Microbiology Department: • Observed processing of microbiological samples. • Carried out gram-staining techniques and subsequent bacterial identification using microscopy Microbiology Department: • Observed processing of microbiological samples. • Carried out gram-staining techniques and subsequent bacterial identification using microscopy

Education

  • Imperial College London
    Bachelor of Science - BS, Biology/Biological Sciences, General
    2019 - 2022
  • St Ronan's College Lurgan
    GCSE and A-levels
    2015 - 2019
  • Rizal National Science High School
    First 2 years of High School
    2013 - 2015

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