State University Professional Experience

Iryna Tishechkina

(Maiden name Iryna Kononova)

**** ********* ***** • Baton Rouge, LA 70817

Cell 225-***-**** • ac00i2@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Experienced in wet chemistry analysis and instrumentation

Sugar and sugar product related analysis (Brix, Pol, purity, conductivity, reducing sugars etc.)

Biomass compositional analysis, including SOXTEC extractions, acid hydrolysis, reducing sugars, ash, moisture etc.

Particle size analysis

Operated CILAS particle size analyzer, spectrophotometer, polarimeter, turbidimeter, digital microscope, autoclaves, centrifuges, viscometer, pH meter, moisture analyzer, Retsch Sieving Machine, ovens, furnace, HPLC, refractometer etc.

Developed a unique procedure for crystal size analysis, which has become an annual service that AgCenter, Audubon Sugar Institute provides to eleven sugar factories in Louisiana

Grain starch analysis

Maintained all lab equipment by following current standards and maintenance schedules

Experience working under Louisiana State University safety guidelines and regulations

Trained student workers and graduate students to work on lab equipment

Good communication skills

Possessed flexibility and adaptation to a changing work environment; ability to multitask and ability to work independently as well as a part of a team

Showed excellent organizational skills and record keeping ability; strong attention to detail

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Research Associate, Audubon Sugar Institute, Louisiana State Univ. Agricultural Center, St. Gabriel, LA, 2007-Present

Supervised Advanced Technology lab at the Audubon Sugar Institute. Lab activities included all necessary analytical techniques required to support sugar factory operations (purity, color, pol, Brix, conductivity, moisture, turbidity, reducing sugars etc.)

Provided technical and logistical assistance to the research group directed by a supervisor for a variety of projects including a large USDA funded project on biomass conversion to fuels and chemicals

Provided sugar factories with the critical information for factory production optimization during the grinding season

Reported monthly about the lab performance and daily during the crop season

Supervised undergraduate student workers and MS students; assisted Ph.D. students in the laboratory

Operated CILAS particle size analyzer, spectrophotometer, polarimeter, turbidimeter, digital microscope, autoclaves, centrifuges, viscometer, pH meter, moisture analyzer, Retsch Sieving Machine, ovens, furnace, HPLC, refractometer etc.

Showed excellent organizational skills and record keeping ability; strong attention to detail

Maintained all lab equipment by following current standards and maintenance schedules

Conducted lab safety training for new employees

Kept MSDS and the safety papers updated

Communicated with equipment vendors and suppliers

Maintained all necessary chemical inventory and lab supplies

Conducted literature searches

Research Biologist, Institute of Zoology, Belarusian Academy of Sciences, Minsk (Belarus), 1990-1999

Was responsible for parasitological research on wild animals dealing with ticks, mites, fleas, lice and intestinal micro- and macro parasites of rodents and insectivores, for the identification of collected specimens using microscope

Conducted organ sampling of small mammals

Participated in ecological research on ectoparasitic arthropods in the areas affected by Chernobyl Nuclear Power Station explosion

Supervised lab technicians and student workers involved in specimen collecting, processing and identification

Completed four years in extramural PhD graduate program

MS Student, Belarusian State University, Minsk, Belarus, 1985-1990

Lab Technician, Institute of Zoology, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Minsk, Belarus,

1984-1985

Performed fieldwork for the Laboratory of Parasitology

Was responsible for collecting, processing and sorting research specimen; preparation of permanent microscope slides

EDUCATION

Master of Science in Biology, Minor in Chemistry (formal title of the degree is Biologist, Teacher of Biology and Chemistry), Belarusian State University, Minsk (1990)

Degree was certified by the US certification agency

PROFESSIONAL SHORT COURSES

Affinity-Based Separation Technologies: Existing Applications and New Challenges. Baton Rouge,

LA. June 26-27, 2008. Holiday Inn South

Basic HPLC Method Development. New Orleans, LA, Pittcon 2015, March 10

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

American Society of Sugar Cane Technologists (ASSCT)

Audubon Society

LANGUAGES

English, Belarusian, Russian (native)

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

Was instrumental in organization, marketing and assistance of five international Audubon Sugar Institute Courses (2008-2012) on Affinity-Based Separation Technologies: the course was attended by several hundred specialists worldwide

PUBLICATIONS (including those under maiden name, Kononova)

Online publications

Franz Ehrenhauser, Daira Aragon, Cy Gaudet and Iryna Tishechkina, 2017. Size Matters: Crystal Size Analysis for the Louisiana Sugar Industry. LSU AgCenter. Louisiana Agriculture. Winter issue.

Referred Journals

Tishechkina, I. M., A. G. Labetskaya, K. M. Kireenko, I. V. Baydakova, 1997. Effect of some ecotone types on structure of small mammal ectoparasite assemblages. Archives of the Belarusian Acad. Sci. Ser. Biol. Sci. 42: 143-145 (In Belarusian).

Kononova, I. M. 1996. The ectoparasitic fauna of Root Vole (Microtus oeconomus) in the Priluki Reserve, Belarus. Parasitology (St. Petersburg) 30: 27-31.

Kononova, I. M. 1992. Ectoparasitofauna of small mammals of the Pripyatsky Nature Reserve. Archives of the Belarusian Acad. Sci. Ser. Biol. Sci. 37: 88-92 (In Belarusian).

Book Chapters & Symposia Proceedings

Kochergin V., S. Goudeau, I. Tishechkina, A. Wittenberg, F. Van Noord, 2012. Investigation of color transfer during crystallization of beet and cane sugar blends. SIT Proceedings. Auckland, New Zeeland. Pp.231-240

Labetskaya, A. G., K. M. Kireenko, I. V. Baydakova, I. M. Tishechkina. 1997. Acarimorph Mites Order Acariformes. Pp. 48-49 in: Khotko, E.I. (chief ed.) Invertebrates of the Pripyatsky National Park. Minsk: Navuka i Tekhnika (in Russian).

Labetskaya, A. G., K. M. Kireenko, I. V. Baydakova, I. M. Tishechkina. 1997. Lice Order Anoplura. Pp. 53-55 in: Khotko, E.I. (chief ed.) Invertebrates of the Pripyatsky National Park. Minsk: Navuka i Tekhnika (in Russian).

Labetskaya, A. G., K. M. Kireenko, I. V. Baydakova, I. M. Tishechkina, G. A. Efremova. 1997. Fleas Order Siphonaptera. Pp. 156-162 in: Khotko, E.I. (chief ed.) Invertebrates of the Pripyatsky National Park. Minsk: Navuka i Tekhnika (in Russian).

Baydakova, I.V., I. M. Kononova, V. V. Izmaylov. 1993. Ectoparasite assemblages of small mammals in ecotone territories in natural and anthropogenic landscapes in Belarus. Pp. 103-104 in: Proc. Conf. Actual Problems of Medical and Veterinary Parasitology. Minsk: Navuka i Tekhnika (in Russian).

Kireenko, K. M., I. M. Kononova, I. V. Baydakova. 1993. Ixodes tick prevalence on small mammals in forest communities of the Polessky Radio-Ecological Reserve, Belarus. P. 104 in: Proc. Conf. Actual Problems of Medical and Veterinary Parasitology. Minsk: Navuka i Tekhnika (in Russian).

Kononova, I. M., I. V. Baydakova. 1993. Ectoparasite prevalence on small mammals in evacuated area around Chernobyl Nuclear Power Station and adjacent areas. Pp. 569-570 in: Proc. Int. Radiobiological Meeting, Kyiv, Ukraine. Nauka: Pushchino, Russia.

PARTICIPATION IN PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS

Annual Meeting of Louisiana Division of ASSCT. 2017. Franz Ehrenhauser, Daira Aragon, Cy Gaudet, Iryna Tishechkina. Size Matters – Crystal Size Analysis for the Louisiana Sugar Industry

Factory Operational Seminar. Saint Gabriel, LA, 2014. Tishechkina I., Ehrenhauser F., Aragon D. Size Matters - Crystal Size Analysis for LA Sugar Mills (I). Oral presentation.

Joint Annual Meeting of Louisiana Divisions of American Society of Sugar Cane Technologists (ASSCT) and American Sugar Cane League. Baton Rouge, LA, 2010. Kochergin, V., I. M. Tishechkina. Crystal size measurement: a convenient tool for sugar mill tune-up. Oral presentation

The 39th Annual Joint Meeting of Florida and Louisiana Divisions of ASSCT. Biloxi, MS, 2009. Miller K., I. M. Tishechkina, V. Kochergin. Effect of sugar crystal size and uniformity on C-centrifugal performance. Oral presentation

Annual Meeting of Louisiana Division of ASSCT. Baton Rouge, LA, 2008. Kochergin, V., K. Miller, I. M. Tishechkina. Effect of crystal size and uniformity on low grade boiling and centrifugation. Oral presentation

National Conference Problems of Medical and Veterinary Parasitology. Vitebsk, Belarus, 1993. Kononova, I.M. Gamasid ticks (Acari: Gamasidoidea) of the Pripyatsky Nature Reserve, Belarus. Oral presentation

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