Claire Amalfitano

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Austin, TX 78704

acrigo@r.postjobfree.com

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EDUCATION

Eastern Florida State College

College Credit Certificate in Computer Programming, 4.0 GPA, Graduated 2015 Coursework:

• Business-oriented programming fundamentals in C#, C++, Visual Basic, Java

• Database design

• Software project design and management

University of Florida

B.S., Botany, Graduated 2009

Undergraduate Women in Science (Historian), Community Advocates SKILLS

• Object-oriented program design

• Project documentation using UML

• IDEs: Eclipse, Microsoft Visual Studio

• Relational database design using Microsoft Access

• Graphic design and visual presentation: Advanced knowledge of Adobe CS5, including Adobe Premiere, Illustrator, and Photoshop

EXPERIENCE

Biological Scientist, Lab Manager

University of Florida, January 2009 – October 2012

• Oversaw laboratory working environment, including maintaining excellent compliance for EH&S, DHS, and ITAR regulations.

• Took independent initiative to modernize chemical inventory database from paper records to a Microsoft Access database.

• Procured laboratory supplies and coordinated equipment maintenance and repair, and maintained a working relationship with industry vendors.

• Assisted graduate students and postdoctoral students with bench work, including PCR, RT- PCR, gel electrophoresis, bacterial cloning, and RNA and DNA extraction.

• Trained and supervised undergraduate students in laboratory techniques.

• Prepared experimental materials to be used in spaceflight experiments through the NASA space shuttle program and aboard the ISS.

• Prepared experimental material in parabolic flight experiments on the Zero-G aircraft in Houston, TX, and participated in gathering experimental data during low-gravity flight.

• Developed method for quantifying and visualizing root morphology in low-gravity environments.

• Maintained and cultivated transgenic Arabidopsis lines and tissue cultures. PUBLICATIONS

Paul AL, Amalfitano CE, Ferl RJ (2012) Plant growth strategies are remodeled by spaceflight. BMC Plant Biol 12: 232-****-**-***

Paul AL, Zupanska AK, Ostrow DT, Zhang Y, Sun Y, Li JL, Shanker S, Farmerie WG, Amalfitano, CE, Ferl RJ (2012) Spaceflight transcriptomes: unique responses to a novel environment. Astrobiology 12: 40-56

Paul AL, Toghranegar S, Amalfitano CE, Sarafan A, Giongo A, Triplett E, Lee P, Berinstain A, Ferl RJ (09/2010) Planetary Analogs as Models for Biologically Relevant Extraterrestrial Exploration. LPI Contribution No. 1595: p.51

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