OBJECTIVE
Seeking position in Wildlife Biology , Conservation Biology , or Molecular Biology. Field work and/or laboratory work.
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science, December, 2013
University of North Alabama, Florence, AL
Major: Biology
EXPERIENCE
Field Experience & Field Skills:
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Collected & released crayfish, studied their population distribution patterns; populations of woodlice also studied.
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Collected, pressed, keyed, and identified several local plants: trees, flowers, mosses, liverwarts, ferns, algae, etc.
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Collected, keyed, and identified several local vertebrates (or their remains): deer, foxes, armadillos, lizards, frogs, rodents, birds, fish, etc.
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Performed tests of, and recorded environmental parameters, including: temperature, rH, soil moisture, foot-candles, ppm, pH, dominant species, etc.
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Located and identified which kind of animal left specific tracks.
Lab Experience & Lab Skills:
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Experienced with microscope: dissecting and compound light microscopes; light field, dark field, and phase contrast microscopy; utilization of stains, etc.
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Identified, cultivated, streaked bacterial plates, performed bacterial colony counts, and bacteriophage plaque counts, and experimented with microorganisms.
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Performed several laboratory procedures: Pipetting, micropipetting, vortexing, microcentrifugation, TLC, column chromatography, polymerase chain reaction,
 plasmid insertion, gel electrophoresis, gel analysis, Southern blot, Western blot, dot blot, fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH), enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), recombinant DNA
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 experiments, used a spectrophotometer, studied Beer-Lambert law, etc.
Dissected numerous plants and animals for anatomical study and taxonomic study.
Studied biological diversity of flora & fauna, both large and small; analyzed owl pellets.
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Can create & edit charts, graphs, and tables; can use Microsoft Excel , PowerPoint , and Word .
ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE
Sales Associate , Pet Depot, Florence, AL, August 2011 - Present
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Maintain all live animals in store including feeding and grooming
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Perform customer service including sharing knowledge of all aspects of pet ownership for a wide variety of animals