Plant Quality
Resume:
Kelley M. Duckworth
*********@*****.***
Home:
McAlisterville, PA 17049
EDUCATION:
B.S. Biology: Ecology and Environmental Biology concentration.
Lock Haven University
WORK EXPERIENCES:
Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture. May - August 2010
Title: Plant pest Surveyor, Clinton County, PA
Duties: Deployed and maintained plant pest traps for various invasive insect species specifically the
Emerald Ash Borer. Internship duties were completed using teamwork with another surveyor
and dedication to the work at hand.
Dept. Biological Sciences, Lock Haven University. August 2009 – May 2011
Title: Student Worker
Duties: Assisted Genetics Professor with lab set up, and organizing paperwork including lecture/lab
tests and quizzes.
John Yost Center of Lock Haven - C.A.P.E. January 2008 – May 2010
Title: Tutor in C.A.P.E. program (Children Actively Protecting Our Environment)
Duties: Tutored disadvantaged elementary students in the sciences which allowed me to increase
my communication skills to younger children rather than just adults. Also, the children needed a
mentor with leadership qualities to teach them the studies and also from right/wrong.
Keystone Lawn Company. May 2007 – August 2009
Title: Gardener/ Landscaper
Duties: Used teamwork, problem solving, and organization to complete the responsibilities of my
position as a gardener/landscaper. This entailed me to do physical labor in harsh weather
including mulching, tree removal, garden landscaping and also planting/designing garden beds.
Oregon Dairy Farm Market. August 2003 – January 2011
Title: Meat Clerk/Butcher
Duties: Attending to customers in the market and cutting special requests. Dedication to this job
and leadership allowed me to move up in rank in the department and also earned respect from
fellow employees and managers/owners.
Log Cabin Restaurant. May 2006 – 2008
Title: Busser
Duties: Tending to customers and bussing tables at a five star restaurant which entailed me to
demonstrate teamwork, maturity, and communication.
SKILLS:
Field Laboratory
Water quality testing, Soil Sampling, GIS Run Polymerase Chain Reaction, dye loading,
Surveying: Geographic Information Systems (GIS),
(dbh, line transect sampling, invasive insect traps) Microsoft Excel/Word/Office, Water quality
Administering nicotine based insecticide for HWA testing
Identification:
Trees, Plants, Fungi, Fish,
Insects (aquatic/terrestrial),Vertebrates,
Minerals
• Leadership
• Very well organized
• Willing to learn new things/open minded
ACTIVITIES/INTERESTS:
- Published abstract in 2010 annual CPUB (Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania’s University of Biologists) for the isolation and
characterization of fungal endophytes from a wet bryophyte specie
- Published abstract and second place winner in 2011 annual CPUB
(Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s University of Biologists) for
Toxicity of Fracturing Mixture on Ephemeroptera (Mayfly) Larva
Volunteer
- Biology Club President August 2008-May 2011)
- Clinton County Clean Scapes (CCCS)
- Lancaster County Humane League
- Little Pine State Park, PA clean up
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