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SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

• 8+ years’ experience in plant science (agronomy, physiology and breeding including grafting, crossing, experimental design, maintenance of growth chambers, and evaluating plant response to abiotic stress in growth chambers)

• 5+ years’ experience growing a broad range of crops in the field and environmentally controlled growth chamber

• 5+ years’ laboratory experience in plant physiology o Applied experience with lab tools, equipment and software

• 5+ years’ statistical experience (data collection, analysis and interpretation using SAS)

• 5+ years’ experience using Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)

• Master of Science in Plant Science from the University of Saskatchewan o 3+ years of research on the effect of drought (intermittent and terminal) and growth media on plant traits

• 1+ year teaching experience

• Excellent communication skills and highly capable of delivering effective presentations

• Fluent in English and Farsi; intermediate knowledge of Italian

• Teamwork oriented, fast learner and attentive

WORK EXPERIENCE

SEASONAL FIELD LAB TECHNITIAN

NUTRIEN AG SOLUTIONS SEPTEMBER – OCTOBER 31

• Harvest of canola plots

o Operated a plot combine

o Harvested and threshed selfing bags and tentted seed production o Cleaned, treated and set up seeding envelopes

PLANT SCIENCE RESEARCHER

Crop Development Center (CDC) – Saskatoon January 2014 – December 2017

• Design and execution of drought experiments on lentil grown on different media to investigate root and shoot response under drought and well-watered conditions o Preparation of seed (scarification, disinfecting), nutrient solutions and biological sprays o Measured soil moisture, light intensity, various shoot and root traits (biomass, height, transpiration rate, etc)

o Transplanted lentil seedlings

o Seeded small plot field trial

o Operated small plot field equipment such as tractors o Compared germination rate under varying temperature and light conditions o Familiar with imaging (Epson Photo), analyzing (WinRhizo), graphing (SigmaPlot), and statistical

(SAS) software, as well as Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)

• Post-harvest processing of grain samples (seed cleaning of barley and oat; weighing, sorting and organizing lentil)

• Grafting of lentil onto rootstocks

• Crossing of wheat

• Grant proposal writing

Related volunteer works – Saskatoon Summer 2014 – Spring 2017

• 2017: Worked at soil and grain stations of educational tours for children (U of S AgBio College) ELIZA MOHSENZADEH RABANI ● 106 Highlands Crescent, Saskatoon, S7H 4Y1 ● EMAIL: ac7om8@r.postjobfree.com

CELL-PHONE: 306-***-****

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• 2014: Provided information to farmers on newly released varieties of crops through conversation and pamphlet distribution (Crop Production Show)

Unrelated volunteer works – Saskatoon – Saskatoon Spring 2015 – Spring 2016

• 2015 – 2016: Worked with a team of volunteers to help refugee students adjust to life in Canada. Interacted with refugee students as a treasurer to ensure their financial needs were met (World University Service of Canada student refuge program, WUSC)

ENGLISH TEACHER

Go Safir. - Tehran July 2012 - November 2013

• Taught English to students of all ages

• Managed classes of up to 24 students

• Built a very friendly and trusting relationship with students STUDYING FOREIGN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE

Italian Università degli Studi di Udine-Udine September 2010 – December 2010

• Studied Italian and English languages at the University of Udine STUDYING ITALIAN LANGUAGE

Scuola Italina di Tehran – Tehran September 2009 – April 2010

• Took elementary and intermediate Italian courses EDUCATION

• M.Sc. in Plant Science • Department of Plant Sciences, University of Saskatchewan • January 2014 – December 2017

• B.Sc. in Agronomy and Plant Breeding • Department of Agronomy and Plant Breeding, University of Tehran

• September 2005 – September 2009

SOFTWARE SKILLS

• Well versed in visual basic (VBA) programing with MS Office

• Proficient in MS Windows

• Extensive experience and expertise with statistical analysis software like SAS

• Hands-on experience with SigmaPlot 13

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

• Attended at the 6

th

International Food Legume Research Conference and 7 th

International Conference on

Legume Genetics and Genomics, Saskatoon, SK, Canada, July 2014 REFERENCES

Rosalind Bueckert

Professor at University of Saskatchewan, Department of Plant Sciences Email: ac7om8@r.postjobfree.com Phone Number:306-***-**** Adam Campbell

Canola Breeding Technician at Nutrien Ag Solutions Email: ac7om8@r.postjobfree.com Phone Number:306-***-****

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