Nicole Cusack, B.S.

Candidate, Master’s in Forensic Science

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Oxon Hill, MD 20745

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EXPERIENCE

George Washington University, Washington DC — Laboratory Coordinator

AUGUST 2019 - DECEMBER 2019

Teaching lab curriculum editing, reagent preparation, laboratory set-up, experiment troubleshooting, chemical inventory maintenance First Light Biosciences, Chelmsford, MA — Laboratory Technician MAY 2016 - MARCH 2017

Chemical inventory maintenance, reagent/consumable ordering, reagent/buffer preparation, clinical sample processing with aseptic technique

Genzyme, Framingham, MA — Laboratory Technician

SEPTEMBER 2015 - MARCH 2016

Daily meter calibration, sterile sample aliquoting, buffer preparation, column chromatography in accordance with cGMP, data analysis, calibration of Inline Buffer Dilution instrument, assisted with AKTA and HPLC operations

EDUCATION

George Washington University, Washington DC — Master’s in Forensic Science

AUGUST 2018 - MAY 2020

Concentration: Forensic Molecular Biology

Saint Michael’s College, Colchester VT — Bachelor’s of Science AUGUST 2011 - MAY 2015

Concentration: Biology

PAPERS & PRESENTATION

DNA storage under multiple conditions — Cusack, Nicole S.; Malik, Laksh; Podini, Daniele S., Ph.D.; Schanfield, Moses S., Ph.D. To be presented orally at the 2020 American Academy of Forensic Sciences Annual Scientific Meeting

SKILLS

Micropipetting, DNA extraction

& quantification, separation &

purification techniques,

calibration, capillary

electrophoresis,

electropherogram interpretation,

STRmix validation

MS Office proficient

HONORS

University Graduate Award,

Dean’s Scholarship,

Edmundite Catholic

Scholarship

RELEVANT COURSEWORK

Fundamentals of Forensic

Science I & II, Forensic

Biology, Forensic Molecular

Biology I, II, & III, Forensic

Photography, Population

Genetics

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