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Resume:
Moira A. Lawson, PhD, MSc
Wallingford, CT 06492
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Summary
Broad based experience in the following areas
• Grant writing
• Program development
• Teaching
• Student Advising
• Public speaking
• Curriculum development
• Team Building
• Training
• Publicity
• Strategic planning
Profile
Experienced education professional with excellent team abilities; strong leadership and presentation skills. A passion to succeed and strong critical thinking skills.
Experience
CUNO Inc - a 3M Company Meriden, CT 2008-2009
Scientific application support scientist
• Worked closely and directly with customers to design experiments and write protocols to investigate serious filtration problems that may occur.
• Advised customers on process improvements
• Monitored or performed on-site tests to solve filtration problems.
• Planned and designed knowledge development experiments to be run at CUNO laboratories to gain a better understanding of how products work and potential product limitations.
• Prepared reports describing work performed at customer site or in CUNO laboratories, and reviewed test results with customers and sales/marketing personnel as needed.
• Participated in multi-disciplinary teams to address problems and serves on new product teams.
• Composed technical articles for trade and peer reviewed publications and prepared and presented data at scientific meetings, conferences, and customer sites.
• Trained new or junior personnel and other employees in use of filtration products.
Private consulting 2007-2008
• Assisted non-native English speaking scientists with grant acquisition from NIH, EU and private sources
• Edited manuscripts for submission in international peer reviewed journals
• Reviewed manuscripts from international journals
• Assisted young researchers in project formulation
• Reviewed grant applications for the Bard Israeli-American research council
• Organized scientific mentoring sessions at international congresses
Copenhagen University, Faculty of Life Sciences (Formerly KVL), Frederiksberg C, Denmark 1996 - 2007
Associate Professor, International Coordinator, and Director of the LMC Center for Advanced Food Imaging
• Taught and advised students at the bachelor, master and PhD level from more than 15 different countries
• Directed a research group of 12 scientists and graduate students.
• Founded a fee-for-service bio-imaging facility at the university and was responsible for managing the facility and handling all marketing, budgeting and staffing issues.
• Travelled to 5 continents to recruit new students and to evaluate existing and proposed student exchange agreements.
• Served on the numerous university committees including the education committee, the research committee and the internationalization committee.
• Developed a new master’s of science level curriculum and designed the marketing plan to attract students worldwide.
• Authored and submitted successful proposals to attract more than 1 million dollars in research and education funding from public and private sources.
Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY 1993-1996
Postdoctoral Fellow
• Performed research on neutrophil motility and phagocytosis
• Was responsible for running and general maintenance of epifluorescence and confocal microscopes
• Supervised graduate students and technicians
• Delivered oral presentations at local and national conferences
Ciba-Geigy Corporation, Ardsley N.Y 1984-1987
Organic chemistry research technician
• Performed experiments under the supervision of senior scientists
• Maintained laboratory equipment
• Kept detailed laboratory records
Education
• PhD. Cell biology/Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Department of Anatomy and Structural Biology, Bronx, NY. Graduated June 1993
• M.Sc. Cell Biology/Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Department of Anatomy and Structural Biology, Bronx, NY. Graduated June 1991
• B.Sc. Chemistry/Math, Pace University, Dyson College of Arts and Sciences
Pleasantville, NY. Graduated Cum Laude June 1987
Professional development
• Annual American Society for Cell Biology conferences
• Annual International Conference for Meat Science and Technology
• Leadership training course at Copenhagen University
• Training course in design of distance learning courses (Web CT)
Honors and activities
• Author of more than 50 research papers in international peer reviewed journals
• Invited speaker at more than 15 international research conferences
• Regularly interviewed for Danish newspapers and radio on issues dealing with human nutrition.
• Membership in the American Society for Cell Biology, The Centre for Advanced Food Studies, The Nordic Network for Meat Science, Foundation for Advancement in Medicine and Science, and the International Society For Vertebrate Morphology
• Member of the grant review board for the Norwegian research council, the Swedish research council and the Bard Israeli-American research council
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