Scientist
Resume:
Songnian
Liu,
Ph.D.
St
New
Haven,
CT
06512 ***********@*****.*** 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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