Derrick Dorph Email & Phone Number

Pine Brook, Nj

Clinton Nj

• Collaborated and coordinated with an elite team of scientists facilitating the advancement of research. • Independently maintained and operated numerous fixed-bed reactors and analytical instrumentation. • Conducted numerous experiments involving synthesis and characterization of catalysts. • Retained a detailed log of laboratory operations including chemical inventory and equipment maintenance. • Maintained a safe and secure work area to comply with ExxonMobil and OSHA/industry regulations.• Individually managed a soccer league on site with over 120+ ExxonMobil participants.

• Conducting independent study quantifying bacterial sub-groups of soil/wall/roost samples from the Hibernia Mines. • Developing a PCR detection method for Pseudogymnoascus destructans, a fungus that causes White-Nose Syndrome in bats, using autoclaved samples. • Utilized multiple methods of DNA extraction including Guanidine Isothiocyanate-Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate, and Cetylrimethyl Ammonium Bromide. • Researched a nested-PCR protocol creating P.destructans specific primers running alongside with primers targeting the ITS ribosomal region. PCR products were analyzed using gel electrophoresis. • Presented findings at the Annual Garden State LSAMP meeting at Rutgers University, 10th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium and Explorations at William Paterson University, and the New Jersey Academy of Science meeting at Kean University.

• Coordinated paraprofessional advising to undergraduate students. • Created a positive living environment connecting residents and faculty, often resolving conflict. • Developed and conducted many programs on academic success, community building, and stress management. • Organized a canned food drive successfully collecting approximately fifty pounds of non-perishable goods and donating it to the local food pantry. • Managed administrative tasks including room condition reports, incident reports, overnight guest applications, duty reports, and roommate agreements.

• Researched Whole-Continent Molecular Phylogenetics on Agelenidae (a family of spiders). • Compiled a thirty-species database for three gene partitions. Ran Bayesian analysis to develop general relationship.• Presented findings at the Annual Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology in West Palm Beach, Florida and the University Research and Scholarship Day at William Paterson University.

William Paterson University

• Served as an instructor for a group of academically successful high school students in the AIM High program. • Taught alongside WPU professors in several biomedical classes, conducted DNA based lab experiments with students, and was responsible for student development and safety outside of the classroom.