Skills:
o Laboratory practices: solid phase extraction, use of dissection/compound/photograph... microscopes, preparing cultures, mixing reagents and internal standards, sample staining, culturing and isolation of colonies, collection of blood and fecal samples, taking X-rays and developing film, dental cleanings, performing CBCs and BODs, performing fecal staining, UV spectrometry tests, fecal coliform tests, maintenance of lab records, calibrating equipment, use of incubators, micropipettes, scales, pH meters and autoclaves, flame sterilization, wet slide mounting. o Animal care: to include feeding, cleaning and enrichment learned during internship at the Montgomery Zoo in Montgomery, AL in 2006. o Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint. o Computer software programs: DnaSP, Electronic Fly Colony, Arelquin, ArcPad Sentinel GIS, QuikLab (LIMS) and ChemWare Horizon(LIMS).