Dana Moore Email & Phone Number

Corvallis, OR, US

Corvallis, Oregon, United States

• Work performed for ODFW Fish Health Services at the Corvallis Fish Health Laboratory, Oregon State University
• Frequently drove state vehicles to Oregon hatcheries during spawning
• Processed tissue samples for ELISA and virology analyses
• Prepared media using sterile techniques in a biological safety hood
• Performed DNA and RNA extractions
• Performed nested PCR and agarose gel electrophoresis

Newport, Oregon, United States

• Work performed for the NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center Fisheries Behavioral Ecology Program at the Research Support Facility building, Hatfield Marine Science Center
• Collaborated in the execution of laboratory experiments examining the growth, development, diet, and behavioral responses of embryonic, larval, and juvenile fishes to aspects of their environment including carbon.
• Maintained a continuous culture of 200 million rotifers for larval fish diets
• Independently cared for up to 30 million brine shrimp for juvenile fish diets
• Dissected juvenile fish (removed otolith, gut, fin, muscle, and liver samples)
• Dissected larval Arctic cod under magnification to assess gut contents

Corvallis, Oregon, United States

• Work performed for the USDA Agricultural Research Service National Forage Seed and Production Research Center (USDA-ARS NFSPRC) in the Ryan Hayes laboratory
• Collected bulk spore and single pustule isolates of stem rust (Puccinia graminis) to assess genetic diversity of the pathogen population in the Willamette Valley (using SSR markers)
• Performed and created protocols for specialized tasks such as PCR, agarose gel electrophoresis, autoclaving, micropipetting, pouring agar plates, assessing fungal spore germination ratios, working with hazardous.
• Learned how to operate and maintain specialized equipment (precision spray chamber, PCR machine, spore collection devices, desiccator, centrifuges, gel electrophoresis rig, growth chambers)
• Maintained hundreds of perennial ryegrass plants in a growth chamber and greenhouse setting (watering, fertilizing, transplanting, propagating by seed, labeling, organizing)
• Worked long field hours in adverse weather conditions (maintaining field plots, collecting plant pathogen samples, gathering data)

Corvallis, Oregon, United States

• Work performed for the USDA Agricultural Research Service National Forage Seed and Production Research Center (USDA-ARS NFSPRC) in the Ryan Hayes laboratory
• Performed general greenhouse duties safely and efficiently (watering, fertilizing, transplanting, propagating by seed, labeling, organizing)
• Entered and tabulated data from root chelator study in perennial ryegrass
• Maintained and assisted with the planting of field plots of fescue, ryegrass, vetch, clover, and orchardgrass
• Drove federal vehicles to field sites
• Independently acquired plant pathogen samples from field plots around the Willamette Valley, often working with agency partners and the general public to access field sites

Corvallis, Oregon, United States

• Work performed in the Ryan Hayes laboratory
• Worked long field hours in adverse weather conditions (maintaining field plots, collecting plant pathogen samples, gathering plant health data, working safely alongside farm equipment)
• Operated specialized machinery for seed counting studies and assisted with the harvest of vetch field plots
• Performed disease severity experiments with stem rust on perennial ryegrass in a growth chamber setting, often working long/odd hours to gather data
• Entered and performed QA/QC on data from various studies in Microsoft Excel
• Represented the agency at local conferences with the public and various partners by preparing and presenting research topics

Santa Barbara, California, United States

• Internship through the National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates program
• Worked with PhD student Elizabeth Forbes in the Hillary Young Lab to process soil samples imported from the Mpala Research Institute in Kenya
• Performed total organic carbon and soil organic carbon extractions utilizing vacuum filtration and hazardous chemicals after week-long soil incubations
• Weighed and sorted soils
• Took carbon dioxide measurements on LI-COR carbon dioxide gas analyzer and measured organic carbon on Shimadzu TOC analyzer

Nehalem, OR

• Honed valuable communication and problem-solving skills
• Learned to work under pressure
• Worked directly with the public
• Responded to grievances professionally and courteously
• Worked 8 hrs/wk during school (roughly 8 months per year), 40 hrs/wk during breaks (roughly 4 months per year)

Bsc Biology: Concentration In Marine Biology, Biology, General, Graduated

Activities and Societies: Volleyball, Integrative Biology ClubChemistry minor, GPA 3.76

Bsc Botany: Concentration In Molecular, Cellular, And Genomic Botany, College Of Agricultural Sciences, Graduated

Activities and Societies: Botany and Plant Pathology Club, Mycology Club Vice President 2017-2018GPA 3.76

High School Diploma, Valedictorian, Graduated

Activities and Societies: Leo's Club, National Honor Society, Volleyball, Basketball, Student Government, Band