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Potential Employers
1319 ADA ST. • AKRON, OHIO 44306
PHONE 330-724-7065 • CELL 330-256-3322 • E-MAIL TYMOM100@YAHOO.COM
LAUREN SMITH
EDUCATION
▪ 08/1996 – 05/1998 St. Thomas Aquinas High School [ City, State ]
Louisville, Ohio
▪ 08/1998 – 05/2000 Hoover High School
North Canton, Ohio
08/1999 – 05/2004
The University Of Akron
Akron, Ohio
B.S. Biology
GPA: 3.33 (Out of 4.0).
08/2003- 05/2005
University of Akron
M.S. Biology.
GPA: 3.829 (Out of 4.0).
I am currently finished with all coursework and am preparing my thesis
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
▪ 06/1993 – 08/2001 Skyland Pines/ Pizza Oven 3550 Columbus Rd. Stephanie Condric 330-454-1481 Canton, Ohio 44705
Job Titles: Pool manager, lifeguard, snack bar employee, waitress, dishwasher, pizza oven employee, office/secretarial, product/event sales
Related Experience
ADJUNCT FACULTY POSITION
2004 - 2004 Walsh University. Design and teach a course in Botany including lecture and lab components for a junior-senior level elective.
GRADUATE ASSISTANT
2003 - Present University of Akron. As a graduate assistant, I taught general biology to approximately 120 students per semester. My current research has focuses on the evolution of E. coli utilizing long term evolutionary lineages. I have acquired additional experience in plasmid preparations, construction of competent cell lines, creation of genetic markers, as well as a variety of staining and other diagnostic techniques. Working with the construction of a molecular phylogeny of hornworts, I also have experience using PCR, DNA cloning, DNA sequencing and clean-up reaction, and gel electrophoresis. During this time, I have supervised several undergraduates.
GRADUATE MENTOR
University of Akron. As a participant of the Muehlstein Academy for Math and Science, I was responsible for leading a team of high school teachers, undergraduates, and high school teachers in summer research projects. For the 2003 year my team focused on several projects including creation of a molecular phylogeny for E.coli, using growth curves to explore resource utilization in E. coli, and correlating oxygenation levels in zebra fish to aggression. In the 2004 year my team focused on water quality of steams in nearby Bath Nature preserve correlated to levels of hydromodification and disturbance. We also correlated numerous types of qualitative and quantitative data correlated with observed disturbance areas to indicate which data type was the be biological indicator of disturbance.
UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH
1999 - 2002 University of Akron. My research interest first involved the role of leptin in fat metabolism, concentrating on leptin activity in fish tissue. Working with sunfish I performed numerous enzyme assays on liver to look at level of leptin. I then went on to work with Escherichia coli. I helped set up the lab where I was to work as a graduate assistant. Here I learned many microbiological and molecular techniques such as performing bacterial competitions, performing and reading bacterial growth curves, PCR reactions, media preparation, and sterile lab techniques. I also successfully utilized a variety of electron microscopy techniques to obtain several images of my bacterial lineages. I was also responsible for bacterial stock maintenance and liquid nitrogen storage.
Professional Meetings
2003 Midwest Ecology and Evolution Conference. University of Akron, Attendee.
2000 The 2000 joint meeting of The Society for the Study of Evolution (SSE), The American Society of Naturalists (ASN), The Society of Systematic Biologists (SSB), and The Association of Tropical Biologists (ATB). Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, Poster Presentation.
Honors & Activities
Delta Gamma alumni, Beta Beta Beta alumni, member of the Society for the Study of Evolution.
References
Dr. Francisco Moore
Assistant Professor, University of Akron. 330-972-2572
moore@uakron.edu
Dr. Stephen Weeks
Professor, University of Akron. 330-972-7156
scweeks@uakron.ed
Dr. Joel Duff
Assistant Professor, University of Akron. 330-972-6077
rjduff@uakron.edu
Dr. Murli Manohar M.D. PhD.
330-492-4321
personal reference
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