Michael Clear Email & Phone Number

New York City Metropolitan Area

Upton, Ny

Oxford, Ms

-NASA Mississippi Space Grant Fellow-President of Biology Graduate Student Society (2017-2018)-Designed, built, and programmed continuous culture device with real-time environmental monitoring and control-Designed and conducted transcriptomic studies to probe species-species interactions-Analyzed large dual-transcriptome datasets -Directly mentored 2 Ronald E. McNair Fellows, 1 NSF REU undergraduate, 2 honors undergraduate students, and 9 additional undergraduate researchers

-Collaborated with a diverse team of engineers and scientists to troubleshoot the design and operation of 4000 closed algal bioreactors while minimizing contamination-Traveled to Gujarat, India to oversee the build-out of an algal biorefinery and lab QC facilities, develop and test SOPs, and train technicians to run and operate the biorefinery-Designed, conducted, presented experiments, and wrote reports related to novel contamination control strategies, physiology and population… Show more -Collaborated with a diverse team of engineers and scientists to troubleshoot the design and operation of 4000 closed algal bioreactors while minimizing contamination-Traveled to Gujarat, India to oversee the build-out of an algal biorefinery and lab QC facilities, develop and test SOPs, and train technicians to run and operate the biorefinery-Designed, conducted, presented experiments, and wrote reports related to novel contamination control strategies, physiology and population dynamics of microbes-Developed and wrote SOPs for operation of large-scale closed algal bioreactor systems Show less

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

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Environmental Science

Activities and Societies: NSF REU Research Fellow 2012