Academic background includes courses and lab work in Biology.
Work includes image analysis of ice crystals using a refrigerated glove box and digital analysis system, the use of gas chromatography systems to study the fatty acid methyl esters of milk and forages including lipid extraction and methylation, assisting with cheese manufacture and purification processes in a pilot plant, literature searches, microbial tests including SPC's, assisting professor with laboratory exercises in dairy processing, working with biological industries on contracted projects, assisting with the Ice Cream and Cultured Products Short Course, sensory panelist, sustaining the general upkeep of the lab including supervising undergraduates, assisting graduate students, ordering supplies, maintenance of equipment and maintaining budgets. Experience testing insect venom using PAGE, Lowry and Hyaluronidase assays. Duties include writing and modifying SOP's, calibration and validation studies and completing statistical analysis on data. Technical assistance dealing with fermentation of bacteria, fungi and yeast using 5L-300L bioreactors with computer control and nutrient feeding. Research Assistant on field projects dealing with DNA analysis of extra-pair copulations and brood parasitism in mourning doves and bank swallows.