Songnian

Liu,

Ph.D.

** *******

St

#B* ***- *14- 8199

New

Haven,

CT

06512 ac5v5y@r.postjobfree.com SUMMARY

Knowledgeable

and

creative

biologist

with

8+

years

of

experiences

and

expertise

across

a

broad range

of

microbiology

and

molecular

biology

R&D

projects,

scientific

consulting,

assay

development, and

QA/QC

program

maintenance

Excellent

communication

skills

and

adept

public

speaker

as

demonstrated

through

6

national

and regional

conference

presentations,

3

invited

seminar

talks,

and

7+

years

of

college

teaching

and mentoring

experience

Strong

leadership

skills

and

project

management

ability

in

collaborative

projects

leading

to

4

peer reviewed

scientific

publications

and

5

on- going

manuscripts

Authorized

to

work

in

the

United

States

without

sponsorship WORKING

EXPERIENCE

Rappahannock

Community

College,

Glenns,

VA Instructor,

01/2018

–

Present

Designing and delivering lectures on Introductory Biology and Microbiology to 25+ pre- nursing and non- science

major

students

in

both

face- to- face

and

online

modes

Developing

curriculum

outlines

for

2

courses

to

adapt

to

a

diverse

student

body Virginia

Commonwealth

University,

Richmond,

VA Postdoctoral

Fellow,

11/2016

to

11/2017

Organized

a

DTRA- funded

project

on

determining

the

stress

responses

in

Yersinia

pestis

in

terms

of

bacterial viability,

metabolic

activities,

whole

cell

fatty

acid

profiles

and

single

cellular

ultrastructure

changes

Consulted regionally

and internationally

collaborative

projects

on studying

ultrastructure

of

pharmaceutical DNA probe, the surface binding property of oral bacterial biofilm, and fluorescence profiling of varied clinical/forensic

samples

Guided 1 Ph.D. candidate, 3 undergraduate students and 2 lab technicians for molecular biology assay development

and

laboratory

QA/QC

program

maintenance The

University

of

North

Carolina

at

Greensboro,

Greensboro,

NC Research

Associate,

09/2015

to

10/2016

Designed,

executed,

and

managed

2

projects

from

the

beginning

to

the

end

with

significant

findings

on

the fundamental

mechanisms

of

mercury- mediated

development

of

cardiovascular

disease,

which

was

awarded

a

$25,000

UNCG

Giant

Steps

Research

Development

Grant

for

future

biomedical

research

Supervised

2

graduate

students

on

the

study

of

identifying

the

biogeochemical

cycle

of

mercury

in

terrestrial and

aquatic

ecosystems

resulting

in

increased

effectiveness

of

sample

manufacturing

systems

by

improving

2 experimental

SOPs

Provided molecular biology technical consulting for a collaborative project on the identification of mercury- methylating

bacteria

and

assisted

PI

to

secure

a

$50,000

NSF

research

funding Clark

University,

Worcester,

MA

Doctoral

Researcher,

09/2009

to

08/2015

Details- orientated

innovator

as

exhibited

through

discovering

3

bacterial

mercury

resistance

mechanisms

via the

synthesis

of

biogenic

magnetite,

enzymatic

reduction

mediated

by

a

new

functional

mercury

resistance operon,

and

anaerobic

bacterial

cell

membrane

adsorption

Effective

communicator

as

demonstrated

by

several

national

and

regional

conference

presentations

Mentored 15+ undergraduate students and 3 graduate students for various molecular biology techniques, microbial

genome

annotation,

statistical

analysis,

and

laboratory

information

management Shandong

University,

Shandong,

China

Undergraduate

Researcher,

09/2007

to

06/2009

Improved

the

understanding

of

conservative

domains

in

glycoside

hydrolases

family

11

Participated in the study of isolating agar/pectin/cellulose- digesting bacteria and accumulated extensive hands- on

experience

on

microbial

fermentation

bioreactor EXPERIMENTAL

SKILLS

Molecular

biology,

cell

biology,

microbiology

and

biochemistry

DNA

and

RNA

extraction

Plasmid

and

genomic

DNA

isolation

DNA

sequencing

PCR/RT- PCR/qRT- PCR

Plasmid

construction

and

cloning

Agarose

gel

electrophoresis

Eukaryotic

cell

line

maintenance

Eukaryotic

cell

viability

assay

Aerobic/Microaerophilic/Anaerobic

bacteria

cultivation

Handling

of

pathogenic

bacteria

Pure

culture

isolation/CFU

quantification

Physiological/phenotypic

characterization

Antibacterial

testing

Bacterial

viability

and

vitality

assay

Immunofluorescence

assay

Protein

expression

and

purification

Column

chromatography

Western

blot

analysis

SDS- PAGE

Biochemical

in

vitro

functional

assay

Fatty

acid

methyl

ester

analysis Analytical

and

imaging

instruments

Flow

Cytometry

Gas

Chromatography

(GC)

Direct

Analysis

in

Real

Time

(DARTtm)

Mass

Spectrometry

Cold

vapor

atomic

adsorption

fluorescent

spectroscopy

(CAVFS)

Atomic

force

spectroscopy

(AFM)

Fourier

transform

infrared

spectroscopy

(FT- IR)

Scanning

electron

microscopy/energy

dispersive

X- ray

spectroscopy

(SEM/EDX)

Optical/fluorescence

microscope

Bioinformatics

BLAST

Multiple

sequence

alignments

Phylogenetic

reconstruction

Genome

annotation

Protein

structural

simulation

Evolutionary

rate

constant

test

Research

software

Oligo7,

SnapGene,

ImageJ,

Geneious,

Guava

Soft,

FlowJo,

CLC

sequence

viewer,

Seaview,

ClustalW, MAFFT,

RAxML

BlackBox,

Bayesian

Analysis,

MEGA,

FigTree,

VMD,

PyMOL

Chimera,

MOE Computer

skills

GraphPad

Prism6,

Microsoft

Office

Suite

(Word,

Excel,

Access,

Outlook,

PowerPoint,

etc.) EDUCATION

CLARK

UNIVERSITY

Worcester,

MA

Ph.D.

in

Biology 08/2009- 08/2015

SHANDONG

UNIVERSITY

AT

WEIHAI

Shandong,

China B.Sc.

in

Biotechnology

09/2005- 06/2009 AFFILIATIONS

&

HOBBIES

Member

of

American

Society

of

Microbiology

(ASM)

Avid

sports

fan

especially

soccer

and

basketball,

New

trend

technology,

Travelling,

Foodie

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