K AT H E R I N E VALDIVIESO
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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Enthusiastic master graduate with international academic training. Possesses strong data recording, interpreting, and analyzing skills. Experience in building detailed reports and working in a fast- paced environment.
SKILLS
• Microsoft Excel
• Data entry
• Statistical Analysis
• Scientific writing
• JMP statistical software
• Detail oriented
WORK HISTORY
Genomic Laboratory Assistant – 11/2014 to 04/2015
Ceres, Inc. – Newbury Park, CA
Ceres is an agricultural biotech company that develops crops primarily for bioenergy. Main tasks include plant DNA extraction, data entry, organizing, in addition to seed cleaning and packaging. Moreover, I became familiar with quantitative PCR and SNP genotyping. Herbarium Assistant – 09/2012 to 07/2013
Christopher Lay – University of California, Santa Cruz Working with the Consortium of California Herbaria, I was tasked to georeference plants by analyzing localities of specimens. Software used included Google Maps, Berkeley Mapper, and the Consortium of California Herbaria database.
EDUCATION
Uppsala University – Uppsala, Sweden
Masters Degree, Biology – 2017
University of California, Santa Cruz – Santa Cruz, CA Bachelor of Science, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology – 2014 REFERENCES
Arianna Cocco
Doctoral student
Department of Neuroscience,
Physiology;
Dept. Behavioral
neuroendocrinology
Uppsala University
Telephone:+461*-*******
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Dr. Mikael Thollesson
Senior lecturer in Systematic
zoology
Director of Studies and
Deputy Head of Department
Systematic Biology,
Dept. Organismal Biology
Uppsala University
Norbyvägen 18D
SE-752 36 Uppsala, Sweden
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Dr. Mats Hjertson
Curator (vascular plants)
Museum of Evolution,
Botany Section
Uppsala University,
Norbyv. 16
SE-752 36 Uppsala,
Sweden
+46 (0-18-471-****
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