High School Plant

CREATIVE, COMPETENT, PERSONABLE PROFESSIONAL

EDUCATION

Master of Management, Marketing, J. L. Kellogg Graduate School of

Management, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, 1985

GPA 3.4/4.0

Master of Science, Crop Science (plant pathology), University of Illinois

at Urbana, 12/2004 GPA 3.4/4.0

Bachelor of Science in Art, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois

GPA 3.5/4.0

QUALIFICATIONS

. Excellent writing skills

. Started two small businesses

. Five years leadership and volunteer roles in community service

. Problem solving, goal-oriented communication skills

. Friendly and enthusiastic personality

. Three years college level classroom teaching including Writing

Across The Curriculum, 1 year high school science, 2 years

elementary science and math

SKILLS

Software

SAS statistical analysis, Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Adobe

Photoshop, ImageQuant TL, Kodak 1D gel imager, database, Mac and PC

computers, Mimio, Smart Board, United Streaming

Project Management

. Small business retail establishment, wholesale sales

development, and hiring

. Literature research, planning and successful completion of multi-

year experiments

. Initiation and development of community educational garden

project

Communication

. Strong written of scientific articles and abstracts

. Oral presentation; graphic design, layout

Interpersonal

. Training and supervision of hourly employees

. Hands-on, multi-modality instruction with technology

incorporation, elementary, secondary & college

Professional Experience

Research Associate - Plant Virus Curator of Tall Grass Prairie Project,

Virology Lab, Plant Biology Division of the S. R. Noble Foundation,

Ardmore, Oklahoma 2005-2006

Improved database design to facilitate communication between groups in

disparate locations and specialties

Assays of native plant species for dsRNA viruses, with cloning and

sequence analysis

Graduate Research Assistant and Academic Hourly Researcher - Soybean

Pathology Lab, UIUC 2003-2005

Biological control of fungal plant pathogen using naturally occurring

dsRNA mycoviruses

Transition study of field soil for organic farming, greenhouse

varieties disease resistance trials with Phytophthora sojae, Fusarium

solani and Rhizoctonia solani

. Authored research article, abstracts and created posters

. Research presentation with Microsoft PowerPoint

. Procurement of lab supplies and equipment, hiring and

supervision of student workers

Visiting Research Specialist - Fungal technician, Soil Microbial Ecology

Laboratory, Univ of IL 2002-2004

Ecology of fungal-weed seed associations for biological control of

weeds

. Design, acquisition and maintenance of 45 species collection

spanning Kingdom Fungi

. DNA isolation and amplification to find universal primers for TRFLP

analysis

. Lab maintenance, including 14C scintillation counts and hazardous

waste disposal

High School Science Teacher - Waelder ISD 2009-2010

Elementary Instructional Aide - science, math Granbury ISD 2007-2009

Tutor - elementary math 2007

Graduate Teaching Assistant - University of Illinois at Urbana 1997-

2001

Biology and Writing Across the Curriculum

Tutor - College of DuPage Student Government, Ill. General Chemistry,

Biology 1995-1996

COMMUNITY SERVICE AND LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE

Master Gardener Volunteer - Cooperative Extension Service of Du Page

County, Ill 1994-1998

Plant disease diagnosis and cultural and pesticide instruction;

educational garden

Chair for Horticulture and Environment - Edison School PTA, District 205,

IL 1995-1997

Spearheaded establishment of educational garden. Secured funding with

four grants

Volunteer Coordinator - rotating overnight shelter for homeless in

Chicago area 1988

HONORS

. Illinois Chapter of Gamma Sigma Delta Honor Society of Agriculture

. Phi Theta Kappa International Scholastic Order of the Two-Year

College

. Illinois State Scholar and National Merit Semi-finalist

GRANTS

Four awards - Edison Educational Garden, 1996 Thiems Grant, Dist 205

Foundation for Excellence in Educ.

PUBLICATIONS

APS 2004 Annual Conf, Anaheim, CA poster abstract; MPMI 2001

International Annual Conf, Madison WI poster abstract; APS, MSA, SON

2001 Joint Conf, Salt Lake City, Utah poster abstract

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