Jacinda Leopard Email & Phone Number

Cleveland, Mississippi, United States

Cleveland, Mississippi, United States

Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States

• Successfully defended my thesis where I researched the microbial profile of raw goat milk. Other projects include cheddar cheese long-term storage, lamb marination, strawberry preservation, and catfish preservation.
• Aid in running the Department of Food Science, Nutrition and Health Promotion – MSU Facebook page by serving as a photographer, collaborating with other admins to highlight food science, and by creating relevant posts.
• Develop recruitment strategies and volunteer in laboratory and departmental promotional and recruitment events
• Scientific skills include development of research procedures, sterile preparation of equipment and samples, performing serial dilutions, pipetting, plating on select media and films, incubating and assessing bacteria.
• Oversee and direct activities of undergraduate laboratory workers
• Skills include an intermediate understanding of Canvas, grading assignments, providing students with feedback and commentary, developing occasional lectures and lesson plans, posting assignments and announcements, and.

Starkville, Mississippi, United States

• Daily husbandry and healthcare of chicks and ducklings including feeding, watering, cleaning bedding, observing for signs of illness, removing sick from general population, helping sex chicks
• Country Mile Recognition for excellent customer service
• Worked greeting, in charge of reminding customers of COVID-19 recommendations, enforcing mask use, disinfection of shopping carts and checkout lanes, aided in directing customers
• Worked cash register, in charge of monies, accepting returns, preventing product loss, customer service
• Worked recovery and freight, assigned to straighten shelves, restock empty items, clean displays, sort and distribute incoming items from freight trucks onto the shopping floor, check item counts to account for store.
• Participated in sustainability efforts and forklift operation

Starkville, Mississippi

• left due to COVID-19 closures**
• Daily husbandry and healthcare of 80 head of research market hogs
• Participated in pipetting, DNA and RNA extraction, PCR, and other immunohistochemistry techniques
• Operated a NanoDrop, Centrifuge, and HomogenizerResearch Experiences Include:○ Determining the temporal and spatial regulation of marbling in the loin muscle of pigs.(Mississippi State University: Dr. Derris.

Starkville, Mississippi, United States

• Daily husbandry and healthcare of 100+ cattle on a cow/calf operation
• Participated in herding, moving, and sorting cattle
• Conducted daily wellness checks
• Operated large farm equipment and helped with farm upkeep

Starkville, Mississippi, United States

• Used standard milking procedures to sanitize teats and prevent mastitis spread for over 120 lactating cattle
• Wash and sanitize milking equipment and bulk tank pipes to prevent contamination of milk products
• Participated in handling, processing, moving, feeding, and cleaning bedding for calves, heifers, and cows
• Cow/calf health management including but not limited to applying CIDR’s, giving vaccinations, drying off, castrating, tagging, and assisting with difficult births
• Helped with general cleaning and farm chores
• Volunteered for multiple dairy education events including Dairy Awareness Day, Breakfast at the Dairy, 4H/FFA Dairy Judging Contest, and Dairy Education at the First Presbyterian Church of Starkville

Oxford, Mississippi, United States

• General small animal care and management (feeding, medicating, bathing, etc.)
• Handled customer service and reception
• Prepared vaccines, assessed fecal tests and blood tests
• Assisted in exam rooms

Master Of Science - Ms, Food Science And Technology, 4.0

Activities and Societies: Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources and Related Sciences- Vice President; Food Science Club - Social.

Bachelor'S Of Science, Animal Sciences

Activities and Societies: Collegiate Cattlemen's Association - member; Block and Bridle - Webmaster officer, Dairy group leader, member.

Associate Of Arts - Aa, General Studies

Activities and Societies: Phi Theta Kappa