Plant Data Entry

Caroline Black

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Education

Florida State University Tallahassee, FL

Bachelor of Science in Biological Science

Bachelor of Science in Geography

Professional Experience

National Plant Diagnostic Network November 2014 - present

NPDN First Detector. Hillsboro, OR

• Certified in identification, diagnostics and screening of various national and regional high

risk pests.

Nature Abounds March 2014 - present

'Watch the Wild' Volunteer Observer. Hillsboro, OR

• Monitor an area of 1sq. mile of my choosing for wildlife activity and plant life.

• Document climatic conditions, changes in animal behavior and flowering habits.

The Pennsylvania State University June 2013 - August 2013

Penn State Plant Disease Clinic Aid. State College, PA

• Data Entry of disease incident reports.

• Isolated plant pathogens and identified them microscopically.

• Gained proficiency in serological and molecular analysis such as ELISA and PCR.

USDA/ARS/CMAVE/CBC May 2010 - August 2011

Biological Research Aid. Tallahassee, FL

• Developed a method to sustain chili thrips populations invitro.

• Maintained insect colonies for use in virus transmission experiments.

• Grew and managed tomato plants for experimental insect-virus transmission.

• Performed many serological tests using ELISA.

• Identified insects from previous field collections using optical microscope.

• Monitored insect populations for invasive species in the field.

Dr. Austin Mast Laboratory May 2007 - December 2007

Florida State Undergraduate Researcher. Tallahassee, FL

• Processed plant material for DNA extraction procedures.

• Created a DNA library for phylogenetic studies.

Skills

Languages: English (Fluent), Spanish (Fluent), French (Intermediate), Arabic (Beginner).

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Operating Systems: Windows (XP, 7), Mac OS (PowerPC, OS X), and Linux (Ubuntu).

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Coding languages: HTML, CSS, Ruby on Rails (Beginner).

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Familiar with: Adobe Dreamweaver, Adobe Photoshop, Matlab, and ArcGIS.

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