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Daniel Hess

Email: *********@********.***

Address: 1A Rizzo Ave

City: New Castle

State: DE

Zip: 19720

Country: USA

Phone: 573-***-****

Skill Level: Assistant

Salary Range: $40,000

Willing to Relocate

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Job History / Details:

Daniel Rusk Hess

University of Delaware (UD)

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

102 Brown Laboratory

Newark, DE 19716

573-***-**** (phone)

*********@********.***

Education

2008-present: Master of Science Candidate, Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware

2003-2008: B.S., Chemistry, Math Minor, Emphasis in Physics, University of Missouri Columbia

Honors / Awards:

Professional Development Award for Graduate Students, University of Delaware, Summer 2012

Selected for Chemistry / Biology Interface Program at University of Delaware, Fall 2008

Graduated summa cum laude from University of Missouri Columbia, Spring 2008

Publications / Presentations / Patents:

Poster Presenter: Understanding the Function and Biosynthesis of Chlorobiumquinone, Molecular Basis of Microbial One-Carbon Metabolism Gordon Conference, Bates College, Lewiston, ME, August 5-10, 2012

Poster Presenter: Understanding the Function and Biosynthesis of Chlorobiumquinone, Microbial Systems Symposium, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, January 24, 2012.

Publication: SpoIIE is necessary for asymmetric division, sporulation, and expression of sigmaF, sigmaE, and sigmaG but does not control solvent production in Clostridium acetobutylicum ATCC 824 Authors: Changhao Bi, Shawn W. Jones, Daniel R. Hess, Bryan P. Tracy and Eleftherios T. Papoutsakis. J Bacteriol. 2011 Oct; 193 (19):5130-7. doi: 10.1128/JB.05474-11

Papoutsakis, E. T., Hess, D. R., Tracy, B. P. Generation of Asporogenous Solventogenic Clostridia. U.S. Patent Application 13/009215, filed January 2011. Patent Pending

Research / Work:

Graduate research with Dr. Thomas Hanson, November 2009 current, University of Delaware. Understanding the function and biosynthesis of chlorobiumquinone in Chlorobaculum tepidum. Research involves growing cultures under different conditions, analyzing HPLC sample data, voltammetry measurement and analysis, plasmid construction and analysis, synthesis of a novel molecule and its physical characterization via chromatography and NMR, and its physiological effect on Cba. tepidum.

Deletion of the gene SpoIIE in Clostridium acetobutylicum with Dr. Eleftherios T. Papoutsakis, January 2009 October 2009, University of Delaware. Research involved constructing a plasmid for a targeted gene deletion and subsequent strain analysis via HPLC after the deletion had been confirmed by PCR and enzymatic digests.

Undergraduate research with Dr. Judy Wall, April 2007 June 2008, University of Missouri Columbia. Research includes analysis of quinones in Desulfovibrio vulgaris and construction of plasmids for targeted gene deletions.

Undergraduate research with Dr. Kattesh V. Katti, June 2006March 2007, University of Missouri Columbia. Research involved synthesizing Selenium/Cadmium nanoparticles and analyzing their spectral properties in preparation for animal studies.

Undergraduate Research Experience for Undergraduate (REU) Program at Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA with Dr. Ying Liu, June 2005July 2005. Research involved assembling gold nano-junctions and testing their electronic properties at cryogenic temperatures.

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