Work:
Fish Vet Group Feb 2013 to 2000
Fish Health Laboratory Technician
Avon Products, Inc - Suffern, NY 2008 to Feb 2013
Research Scientist I in Cell Biology/In Vitro Toxicology (CBIVT)
Microbiology 2005 to 2008
Senior Technician
Education:
Farleigh Dickinson University, Metropolitan Campus - Teaneck, NJ 2006 to 2007
Master of Biology
Purchase College - Purchase, NY Jan 2000 to Jan 2005
Bachelor of Science in Biology, concentration in Microscopy and Imaging
Skills:
Equipment: refractometer, melting point apparatus, light microscope, scanning electron microscope (SEM), transmission electron microscope (TEM), digital camera, chromatograph, spectrophotometer, autoclave, electronic balances, centrifuge, microtome, sputter coater, critical point dryer, infrared (IR) spectrometer, automatic Gram stainer, Vitek and Vitek 2 Compact, Celsis, BioRad Luminex, Beckman-Coulter Lab Automation... Techniques: culture preparation; pelleting cell suspensions; slide preparation and examination; dissection; culturing; Gram stains; subculturing; wet chemistry; osmium tetroxide, uranyl acetate, and colloidal gold stains; sample preparation; aseptic; printmaking; epoxy embedding... Computer Skills: Microsoft Office (Access, Word, Excel, Powerpoint), Microsoft Operating Systems (3.1 through 7), Macintosh Operating Systems (Panther 10.3 through Snow Leopard 10.6), Adobe Photoshop, Ulead PhotoImpact, DOS system commands.