High School Training

Brian House

Environmental Scientist

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Summary

Currently a Laboratory Analyst testing several surface, well, and waste water parameters. Seeking professional

and volunteer opportunities in the Environmental Field.

Organizations

Sarasota Bay Estuary Program

Citizens Advisory Committee

December 2012 to Present

Sea Level Rise Subcommittee Chair

Sarasota Bay Guardians

Volunteer

December 2012 to Present

Experience

Utilities Laboratory Technician-Central Laboratory at Manatee County Government

August 2012 - Present (1 year 5 months)

NELAC Water Quality Analysis: TSS, TDS, VSS, %TS, cBOD, BOD, DO, pH, Conductivity, Alkalinity,

Volatile Acids, Total Coliform, Membrane Filtration Fecal Coliform, Fecal Coliform MPN, Heterotrophic

Plate Count, Total Residual Chlorine, Turbidity

Sample Receiving/LIMS Log-in/Sample Prep, S.O.P. Revisions

Ethics and Data Integrity Training

Hazards Communications Training

Respiratory Health Training

Workplace Blood Borne Pathogens Training

Analyst at Sanders Laboratories, Inc.

November 2011 - August 2012 (10 months)

NELAC Water Quality Analysis; BOD/cBOD, Chloride, Fluoride, Conductivity, TSS,, Membrane Filtration

Fecal Coliform, pH, Color, Chlorine, DO. Well Surveys-Total Hardness, TDS, Chloride, pH + HACH DR

5000 UV-Vis Spectrophotometer (Sulfate, Color, Iron), Chloride Analysis on SEAL AQ2 Discrete Analyzer,

Total Nitrogen, Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen, Total Phosphorous, Nitrite, Nitrate, Organic Nitrogen, %TN, %TP

via LACHAT QuikChem FIA

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Contract QA Lab Tech at ConAgra Foods

August 2011 - October 2011 (3 months)

Competitive Direct Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (CD-ELISA) for detection of Deoxynivalenol

(Vomitoxin), Solvent Retention Capacity

Chemical Fate and Effects Intern at Mote Marine Laboratory

January 2011 - May 2011 (5 months)

Organic extractions of water using solid phase extraction techniques, LC/MS/MS for detection of Florida Red

Tide Brevetoxin, Liquid/liquid extractions, Toxicological exposure studies on larval fish

1 recommendation available upon request

Skills & Expertise

Instrumentation

Wet Chemistry

Nutrient Analysis

Dilutions

Titration

Solid Phase Extraction

Digestion

BOD/cBOD

Lachat Quik Chem FIA+

HACH DR 5000 Spectrophotometer

SEAL AQ2 Discrete Analyzer

CD-ELISA

Chemistry

Laboratory

GIS

Education

Elizabethtown College

B.S, Environmental Science; Ecotoxicology (concentration), 2006 - 2010

Activities and Societies: ICE protocol and Macroinvertebrate Research, Conewago Creek 2010

Manheim Township High School

2002 - 2006

Activities and Societies: Varsity Wrestling 2002-2006

Concert Band 2002-2006

Percussion Ensemble 2002-2006

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Honors and Awards

Boy Scouts of America Troop 84 Neffsville, PA: Senior Patrol Leader, World Conservation Award, Eagle

Scout

Elizabethtown College Provost Scholarship

NASBLA Florida Boating Safety Course

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Brian House

Environmental Scientist

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1 person has recommended Brian

"Brian is a skilled scientist with great initiative. As an intern at Mote Marine Laboratory, he was eager to

learn new extraction techniques and was proactive in completing laboratory tasks. I have no reservations

recommending Brian for any position as he has the drive and determination to do most anything, and would

be a great asset in any lab."

Rebecca Medvecky, Staff Chemist, Mote Marine Laboratory, managed Brian at Mote Marine Laboratory

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