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Thomas David Nichols

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Philadelphia, PA 19144

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Candidate for Scientist 1/Microbiologist Position

Education:

West Virginia Wesleyan College B.A. (Environmental Science)

(2004)

(Research: Ecology and succession of urban watersheds)

West Virginia University, M.S. (Biology), GPA (3.72)

(2010 Pending)

(Research: Effects of nitrogen deposition on phosphorus cycling and fungal

communities)

Laboratory Skills:

-four years experience in developing agar medium for species selection and

determining nutrient utilization patterns

-five years experience and teaching experience general microbiological

techniques including sterilization, isolation, staining and microscopy

-four years experience in water and soil assays to determine microbial

contribution to nutrient transformations

-four years experience creating and maintaining stock collections of

supplies and chemicals used in the processing of bacteria and fungi

Software:

- SAS JMP

- Microsoft Office Suite

- Shimadzu TOC_TN control software

Special Skills:

-Creative, hard worker with high level of interest in microbiology,

professionally and personally.

-Very patient and a team oriented worker.

Teaching Experience:

Biology 115 lab:

(Fall 2007-2006-2005-2004)

(Isolation of bacteria from environmental samples, gram staining, agar

development, antibiotic resistance in E coli. samples)

Biology 117 lab:

(Spring 2007-2006)

(Examining genetic crossovers in Sordaria fimicola, microbial processes in

food production)

Biology 321:

(Spring 2008-2005)

(Examining soil microbial processes in a changing environment)

Peer Reviewed Publications:

Gress, Stephen E., Nichols, T. D., Northcraft, C.C. and Peterjohn, W. T.

(2007) Nutrient limitation in soils exhibiting differing nitrogen

availabilities: What lies beyond nitrogen saturation? Ecology 88: 119-130.

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