Anthony J. Robertson
Innovation & Process Efficiency
Job Function: Research & Laboratory Management
Highest Education: Doctoral Degree, Biochemistry
Career Summary
Management
Laboratory - instrument purchasing as well as development of operation procedures, maintenance processes, data collection, data analysis and reagent tracking systems linked to cost analysis
NGS - data storage and secure regulation to access
Team building - promotion of innovation through talent pooling
Research
- systematic experiment design
- high-throughput screening system design
- research informatics including large data analysis and interpretation through literature mining
Work Experience
Chemistry Professor
The International Academy of Sciences
April ‘19 – present
Machine Specialist
Northrop Grumman Lake City Army Ammunition Independence, MO
Sep '18 – April ‘19
Hospitality and Customer Service
Continuous Employment (outside the chosen career field) Bar Harbor, ME
Jun '14 - Sep '18 (4 Years, 2 Months)
Senior Research Engineer
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology Thuwal, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Jan '10 - Jun '14 (4 Years, 5 Months)
Next Generation DNA sequencing Management - set up a new facility, instrument installation and maintenance, establish protocols for sample handling, data handling and business starting in the inaugural year of a new University.
Coinvestigator/Senior Associate
Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratories Bar Harbor, Maine
Aug '05 - Jan '10 (4 Years, 6 Months)
Basic Medical research centered on the oncogenic transcription factor AML1 included studies of the evolution of the cell proliferation control of AML1.
Research Scholar
The Stowers Institute for Medical Research Kansas City, MO
Nov '00 - Aug '05 (4 Years, 9 Months)
Basic Medical Research centered on the oncogenic transcription factor AML1 included genomics and molecular biology of AML1.
IRTA Post-Doctoral Fellow
The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Research Triangle Park, NC
Sep '97 - Nov '00 (3 Years, 2 Months)
Basic medical research centered on the DNA repair pathway Base Excision Repair (BER). Mapping the protein interaction domains of Polymerase Beta.
Post-Doctoral Research Associate
UNC - Marzluff Laboratory Chapel Hill, NC
Jun '95 - Aug '97 (2 Years, 3 Months)
Basic medical research centered on the characterization of the RNA binding protein, SLBP.
PhD. Candidate
UMKC - Waterborg Laboratory Kansas City
Sep '90 - Jun '95 (4 Years, 9 Months)
Chemist - Quality Assurance
Coopers Animal Health Kansas City, KS
Jun '87 - Sep '90 (2 Years, 2 Months)
Research Technician
Takeru Higuchi Research Laboratory Lawrence, KS
Jan '85 - Jun '87 (2 Years, 5 Months)
Education
Doctorate Degree '94 Biochemistry
graduated 9/94 Ph.D. Biochemistry - University of Missouri, Kansas City, Missouri.
Bachelor Degree '86 Biochemistry
graduated 1/86 B.S. Biochemistry - University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas.
Bachelor Degree '78 Comparative Literature
graduated 6/78 B.A. Comparative Literature University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas.
Skills
Business and Laboratory Management
(Intermediate) 4 to 5 Years
Core facility management including sample tracking, ordering, data delivery and instrument set-up with following maintenance.
Molecular Biology, Genomics and Training
(Expert) More than 20 Years
Students trained on laboratory practice and theory of experimental design.
Bioinformatics and Research Informatics
(Expert) More than 20 Years
In addition to publications with analyses included, an open workshop was conducted while at KAUST with over 200 individual participants.
Technical Writing
More than 30 refereed publications
About Me
Scientific discovery, in fact any sort of discovery or innovation, is the ultimate achievement. The discovery or innovation process is, subsequently, the ultimate skill. This skill has been repeatedly demonstrated in a series of great venues listed in the work history. Also, the skill of leadership ending in a discovery is demonstrated in a significant publication list with a link to the list included.
Social Media & Personal Websites
Publications are listed at
Robertson on ResearchGate : (https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Anthony_Robertson)
Contact
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