Quality Assurance Manager

Jeffrey R. Babb

**** **** ****** • Evart, Michigan 49631 • 231-***-****

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Objective

I would like to utilize my experience collecting and analyzing data that I have acquired from Lake Superior State

University and Miami University towards a future career as a junior level environmental scientist.

Education

Miami University

M.En. Environmental Science. August 2013. GPA of 3.74/4.0

Client Based Practicum - Developing Outreach Materials on Advanced Wireless Sensors

Lake Superior State University

B.S. in Chemistry with minor in Environmental Science. May 2011: GPA 3.33/4.0

Dean’s List 2006 and 2010

Thesis- Gold Nanomaterial Based Sensing and Photothermal Therapy of Prostate Cancer Cells

Relevant Experience

Miami University. September 2011 - August 2013

Assistant Manager of a Water Quality Lab and Site Operator of a USEPA/NADP Weather Station

Sample collection and analysis, data management, writing project study plans and quality assurance

plans, community outreach, and instrument calibration and maintenance

Graduate Coursework

Habitat Assessments- Fish-IBI, QHEI, and the Ohio Rapid Assessment Method for Wetlands, and

Wetland Delineation.

Study Abroad Experience- 1 month in Zambia, Africa consisting of groundwater sampling and dye t racing

for future planning and better groundwater quality

1-Year Client Based 5 Member Team Project- Collaboration among Miami University, the Oxford

community, and the Talawanda School District to recommend uses for unused natural areas

Modeling and Programming - ArcGIS, Groundwater Vistas, Surfer Software, Stella Modeling Software,

Bugs Scratchpad, and R

Hazardous Waste Site Investigation- Interpreting monitoring well, contaminant behavior, and geologic

data to model groundwater flow and contaminant transport

Passive Soil Gas Sampling- Collection and analysis of soil samples using GC-MS

W etlands Science- Function, assessment, and legislation

Writing Experience

Technical Writing- Laboratory work, research project reports, and client-based reports

Grant Writing- Awarded the Isabel and Arthur Watres Student Research Fund, 2012

Lake Superior State University. September 2006 - May 2011

Undergraduate Coursework

Instrumental Analysis- ICP-MS, GC-MS, HPLC, Flame A.A., NMR, and IR, Fluorescence, and UV-Vis

Spectroscopy

Lacawac Sanctuary. May 2012 - July 2012

Ecological wireless sensors

Profiling water monitoring buoy- equipped with15 different sensors

Participant in a wireless sensor workshop

Research Experience

NSF-REU Summer Internship. Jackson State University. June 2010 - August 2010

Chemical Synthesis

1st place verbal presentation

Certifications

40-hour OSHA Hazwoper certified. Expiration: July 2013

Level 2 OEPA quality data collector: stream habitat assessment (QHEI). Pending Status

Level 2 OEPA quality data collector: chemical water quality assessment. Pending Status

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