Sales Representative High School
Resume:
Alan Durbin
R sum
Address:
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(949) 237 - 3470 . *******@***.***, ********@*****.***
Education
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill M.S., Marine Sciences, August 2009
Indiana University-Bloomington B.S., Biology & B.A., English, magna cum
laude (GPA: 3.8/4.0)
Research Experience
Research Technician, University of North Carolina-Chapel, Biochemistry, lab
of Dr Ed Collins (February-August 2011); Psychiatry, lab of Dr Diana
Perkins (June 2010-January 2011)
MS Student, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Dr. Andreas Teske,
(2006-2009)
Subject: Archaeal 16S diversity of ultraoligotrophic South Pacific Gyre
sediments and Archaeal/Bacterial 16S diversity of oligotrophic SPG
sediments
Teaching Experience
Current:
Tutor, C2 Education, Diamond Bar, CA, 909-***-**** (April 2013- current);
Academic Learning Labs, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA, 949-***-**** (Sept 2013-
current)
- I am tutoring junior high and high school students in mathematics,
language arts, and biology. I also taught an intensive SAT I prep
course and have some experience on the math/English ACT
Tutor, Sovereign Health Group, San Clemente, CA, www.sovcal.com (February
2013- current)
- I am working with people in recovery as they pursue various
educational goals
Past:
Tutor, Sylvan Learning Center, Fullerton, CA, 714-***-**** November 2012-
February 2013); Berktree Learning 949-***-****; March 2013-June 2013)
- I tutored junior high/high school students in language arts and
mathematics at Sylvan, and tutored students in biology and mathematics
at Berktree Learning under short-term contracts
Teaching Assistant, University of California, Irvine
. Biology 1A, Life Sciences (Fall 2011); Biology 94, From Organisms
to Ecosystems, Winter 2012; Biology 112, Physiology Lab, Winter &
Spring 2012
Publications
Durbin, A., Hebert, P.D.N., Cristescu, M.E.A. (2008) Comparative
phylogeography of marine cladocerans. Marine Biology 155: 1-10. Web of
Science DOI: 10.1007/s00227-008-0996-x
Durbin, A., Teske, A. (2010) Sediment-associated microdiversity within the
Marine Group I Crenarchaeota. Environmental Microbiology Reports 2: 693-
703.
Durbin, A., Teske, A. (2011) Microbial diversity of oligotrophic abyssal
sediments at the southern edge of the South Pacific Gyre. Environmental
Microbiology 13: 3219-3234.
Durbin, A., Teske, A. (2012) Archaea in organic-lean and organic-rich
marine subsurface sediments: an environmental gradient reflected in
distinct phylogenetic lineages. Frontiers in Extreme Microbiology 3: 168.
doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2012.00168 .
Teske, A., Durbin, A., Arnosti, C., Cox, C., Siervogel, K. (2013) Microbial
activities and diversity in the coastal marine sediments and water column
of Svalbard. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, in press.
Conference presentations
Durbin, A.M., Biddle, J., Klingensmith, M., D'Hondt, S., Teske, A. (2009)
Microbial community stratification within TOC-depleted marine subsurface
sediments of the Pacific. Oral presentation, Goldschmidt 2009: Challenges
to Our Volatile Planet, Davos, Switzerland.
Skills/Techniques
1 - 5 Experience Scale
Microbiology:
BSL2 experience (3); Environmental sample processing for molecular biology
procedures (5); Large-scale, anaerobic, aseptic batch culture (4)
Cell Biology
Cell enumeration (2); Flow Cytometry (1); Human Cell Culture (2);
Microscopy (1)
Molecular Biology
Clone library construction (5); DNA/RNA extraction (5); DNA/RNA/Protein
quantitation (5); FISH imaging (2); HPLC purification (2); Next-Generation
sequencing sample prep (Illumina) (3); PCR/RT-PCR/qPCR (5); Protein
expression, extraction, concentration, and purification (5); Vector cloning
and subcloning (5)
Computational Biology
Coding in Python (1); Phylogenetic reconstruction (5); Primer and vector
design (4); Regular expressions (5); Statistical analysis using R (3);
General Research Skills/Techniques
Aseptic, contamination-free sample manipulation (5); Careful note taking
(5); Communication of results to others (5); Protocol development and
optimization (5)
Professional References:
Jessica Chean
Supervisor, C2 Education Diamond Bar, CA
Jonathan Jones
Assistant Director, Marketing
Academic Learning Labs Trabuco Canyon, CA
Jared Friedman
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Supervisor at Sovereign Healthcare
Personal References:
Shantia Anderheggen
Administrator, National Trust for Historic Preservation
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Relationship: Friend, neighbor
Stephen White
Sales Representative, Thermo Fisher Scientific
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Relationship: Friend, neighbor
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