Gerard C. Snyder
*** ********** *** *** *** • Caldwell, NJ 07006
Phone: 631-***-**** • E-Mail: acqdn0@r.postjobfree.com
Profile
●Analytical environmental scientist skilled in the use of high tech laboratory techniques and equipment including HPLC, FTIR, UV Spectrometers, Centrifuges, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance machines, and Gas Chromatography equipment.
●Experienced in writing clear and convincing reports and presentations.
●Expertise using MS Office, Adobe CreativeSuite and ArcGIS software.
●Collaborative personality - work well with others and independently.
●Able to manage multiple tasks and meet deadlines with top quality results.
Work Experience
Certified Laboratories Inc. -- Microbiology Lab Technician
●Detection of pathogenic and non-pathogenic organisms.
●Skilled in presumptive and confirmation detection equipment such as VIDAS and PCR.
●Authority for quality control calibrations throughout the laboratory.
●Plate reading and plating techniques.
●Regularly assist with technical issues (computer software, networking problems, and general IT issues).
●Collaborate regularly with other laboratory scientists on projects.
●Shift-work environment, daily change-over without loss of company work-hours.
SUNY Stony Brook & U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory – Internship
●Worked on a collaborative technical team researching pyrolysis oil and micro membranes.
●Managed, organized and planned experimental procedures.
●Reported results and revisions to chief scientists regularly.
●Experience in academic/government research institution.
Laboratory Skills
●HPLC, FTIR, UV-Spec, Centrifuges, NMR machines, IR spectrum machines, Gas Chromatography, TLC chromatography, Sublimation, Distillation, Recrystallization, Synthesis, pH testing, Titrations.
●Plate counts, serial dilutions, gram's staining, inoculation on multiple mediums, plate streaking, VIDAS Immunoassay, polymerase chain reaction (PCR).
●General laboratory safety courses.
●Groundwater testing, environmental data collection, soil sampling, carbon testing, soil texturing, soil bulk density.
●Topographic imaging, satellite imagery, remediation techniques, risk modeling, risk management.
Education
The University of Arizona, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Tucson, AZ
Bachelor of Science: Environmental Science with Microbiology focal area - 2012
Coursework: Environmental Remediation, Principals of Analytical Chemistry, Environmental Microbiology, Organic Chemistry, General Chemistry, General Biology, Ecology, Soil Science, Physics, Fundamentals of Environmental Science and Sustainability, Careers in Environmental Science.