Assistant Management
Resume:
Jordon Beckler
Jordon
Beckler
*************@*****.***
Dr.
NW,
Atlanta,
GA
30332
(404)
594-
0293
STATEMENT
OF
QUALIFICATIONS
Extensive
laboratory
and
field
research
experience
in
chemistry
and
microbiology
of
metals
in
aquatic
systems;
expertise
in
instrument
and
method
development
for
in
situ
measurements
and
metal
speciation
studies;
expertise
in
thermodynamic
modeling
and
good
knowledge
of
kinetic
geochemical
modeling;
ability
to
plan
and
execute
long
oceanographic
research
campaigns;
excellent
technical/science
writing
and
oral
communication
skills.
EDUCATION
Georgia
Institute
of
Technology
Doctor
of
Philosophy,
August
2014
Geochemistry;
Inorganic
electrochemistry
(minor)
Bachelor
of
Science,
May
2006
Earth
and
Atmospheric
Sciences:
Industry
option
Relevant
course
work:
Geochemical
Thermodynamics,
Mineral
Surface
Geochemistry,
Geochemical
Kinetics,
Organic
Geochemistry,
Geomicrobiology,
Aqueous
Geochemistry,
Ocean
Biogeochemical
Cycles,
Biogeochemical
Cycles,
Electrochemical
Engineering,
Electroanalytical
Chemistry,
Advanced
Inorganic
Chemistry,
Accounting,
Principles
of
Management,
I/O
Psychology,
Marketing
Management
FIELD,
LABORATORY,
AND
COMPUTATIONAL
SKILLS
Environmental
monitoring
(CTD
probe,
spectrophotometric
techniques,
water
level
monitoring,
meteorology
stations);
water,
soil,
and
sediment
sampling;
chemical
extractions
of
sediments;
analytical
speciation
of
metals
in
solutions;
electrochemistry
(voltammetry,
potentiometry);
HPLC
(ion
chromatography,
size
exclusion
chromatography,
reverse
phase
separation);
ICP-
MS;
X-
ray
diffraction;
anaerobic,
sterile,
and
trace-
metal
techniques;
computational
modeling;
MINTEQA2;
PHREEQC;
Java;
C++;
MATLAB;
GIS
RESEARCH
EXPERIENCE
Investigated
processes
governing
metal
and
nutrient
transformation
in
estuaries
using
a
combination
of
in
situ
instruments
and
soil,
sediment,
and
water
sampling
Sources
of
soluble
iron(III)
complexes
in
organic-
rich
sediments
Beckler,
J.S.;
Jones,
M.E.;
Taillefert,
M.
(In
revision,
Geochimica
et
Cosmochimica
Acta)
The
flux
of
soluble
organic-
iron(III)
complexes
from
sediments
represents
a
source
of
stable
iron(III)
to
estuarine
waters
and
to
the
continental
shelf.
Jones,
M.E.;
Beckler,
J.S.;
Taillefert,
M.
Limnology
and
Oceanography,
2011,
56,
1811.
1
Jordon Beckler
Used
ICP-
MS
and
voltammetry
to
determine
the
effects
of
heavy
metals
and
phosphate
on
anaerobic
respiration
in
river
sediments
and
incubations
and
concomitant
contaminant
mobilization.
Arsenic-
promoted
dissolution
of
iron
oxides
by
iron
reducing
bacteria.
Beckler
J.S.;
Taillefert,
M.
2013
12th
International
Conference
on
the
Biogeochemistry
of
Trace
Elements,
Athens,
GA.
Isolation
of
organic
metabolites
from
natural
waters
and
pure
cultures
of
Shewanella
sp.
with
size-
exclusion
chromatography
and
solid-
phase
extraction,
then
characterization
by
LC/ESI-
MS.
Shewanella
putrefaciens
produces
an
Fe(III)-
solubilizing
organic
ligand
during
anaerobic
respiration
on
insoluble
Fe(III)
oxides.
Taillefert,
M;
Beckler,
J.S.;
Carey,
E;
Burns,
J.L.;
Fennessey,
C.M.;
DiChristina,
T.J.
Journal
of
Inorganic
Biochemistry,
2007,
101,
1760.
Designed
the
first-
ever
in
situ
HPLC
capable
of
fully
autonomous
operation
in
the
deep-
sea
and
developed
an
ion-
chromatographic
method
for
measurement
of
anions
in
seawater.
Development
of
single-
step
liquid
chromatography
methods
with
ultraviolet
detection
for
the
measurement
of
major
anions
in
marine
waters.
Beckler,
J.S.;
Nuzzio,
D.B.;
Taillefert,
M.
Limnology
and
Oceanography
Methods
(in
press).
TEACHING
EXPERIENCE
Environmental
Field
Methods,
Teaching
Assistant,
4
semesters,
January
2009-
May
2012.
Worked
closely
with
between
7
and
13
undergraduate
students
conducting
independent
geochemical,
geophysical,
atmospheric
chemistry
and
dynamics,
and
meteorology
field
studies
at
the
Savannah
Ecosystem
Research
Facility
(SERF)
research
facility
at
Skidaway
Institute
of
Oceanography
as
part
of
their
senior
capstone
project.
Assisted
with
all
aspects
of
the
projects
including
hypothesis
conception,
proposal
writing,
field
work
planning
and
execution,
data
manipulation
and
presentation,
and
report
writing.
Ensured
students
worked
as
a
team
by
assisting
each
other
and
helped
integrate
each
student’s
findings
into
a
larger
group
synthesis.
Earth
Processes,
Teaching
Assistant,
2
semesters,
August
2009
–
December
2010.
Explained
essential
knowledge
concepts
for
weekly
labs
on
topics
such
as
rock
and
mineral
identification,
structural
geology,
basic
geochemistry,
geophysical
concepts,
and
GIS.
Graded
lab
reports
and
helped
students
needing
assistance
prior
to
exams.
Thermodynamics
of
Earth
Systems,
Teaching
Assistant,
1
semester,
August
2008-
December
2008.
Lecture
TA
for
junior
core
course.
Duties
included
substituting
as
an
instructor
for
professor
on
several
occasions,
holding
weekly
office
hours
for
students
needing
extra
help,
grading
homework
assignments.
OUTREACH,
AWARDS,
AND
HONORS
Organizing
Committee
for
the
Southeastern
Biogeochemical
Symposium,
2013
-
2014
Best
student
presentation,
2013:
American
Chemical
Society
meeting,
“Biogeochemical
Transformations
of
Transition
Elements”
session
Mentor
for
NSF
REU
students
for
10
weeks
during
the
summers
of
2012
-
2013
Career
Day
participant
at
Richards
Middle
School
2010
-
2013
EAS
John
Bradshaw
award,
2008:
for
expertise
in
a
variety
of
analytical
techniques
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