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Durham, North Carolina, United States

Western Wake Campus, Cary, North Carolina

Manage a program to train entry level process technicians for Biomanufacturing and Pharma manufacturing industries.

Raleigh, North Carolina

Developed and delivered short courses to train incumbent industry workers in the pharmaceutical manufacturing areas and train students wishing to enter those employment opportunities. Managed laboratory training facilities and purchased equipment used to train worker employed in pharmaceutical manufacturing operations.

Raleigh, Nc

Supervised fermentation (30,000 liter scale), freeze drying, packaging, and distribution of a fungal spore product used in the paper / pulp industry. Performed all quality control testing of fungal spore product. Managed cold storage and shipping of product to customers.

Research Triangle Park, Nc, Usa

Project leader-Novel Insecticide discovery group. Developed techniques for discovery of bioactivities from diverse microorganisms and expression of DNA from unculturable microorganisms or other environmental DNA sources. Set up project and necessary outside contracts. Actively managed discovery group and directly participated in project. Three patents issued.Senior Scientist- Development of native and recombinant Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) insecticides. Developed DNA based strain-screening methods and supervised screening project. Supervised quality control of fermentation stocks of Bt strains and final product. Served as US coordinator for contract research operations in Wuhan, China. Duties included travel to China to set up and coordinate research activities. Co-authored one published abstract and one invited paper.

Albany, Ca, Usa

NIH Postdoctoral Fellow / USDA Research Associate, laboratory of D.W. Ow- Site-specific recombination in plant genetic engineering, transient and stable plant transformation, use of site-specific recombinase to remove transformation selection markers, transcript analyses, viral based plant expression vectors, analysis of herbicide tolerance in transgenic cotton, and genetic manipulation of the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Developed a laboratory section of a Cold Spring Harbor plant molecular biology course. Authored/co-authored three publications and one invited talk.

Berkeley, Ca, Usa

NIH Postdoctoral Fellow, laboratory of G. F.-L. Ames- Study of repetitive extragenic palindromic (REP) sequences in Escherichia coli chromosome structure. Examined distribution of REP sequences in the E. coli genome and role of REP sequences in chromosome stability. Trained and supervised undergraduate / graduate students. Co-authored one publication.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Microbiology, General

Activities and Societies: American Society for Microbiology American Phytopathology Society

Bachelor'S Of Science, Biology, Microbiology Speciality