Nadia Phillips Email & Phone Number

Mankato, Mn, Us

St Paul, Minnesota, United States

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Description of Work in Attached Document

St Paul, Minnesota, United States

Mostly same duties as IPREFER internship, except more seedling transplanting and greenhouse work in general.*Dr. Julia Zhang is in charge of the Pennycress Breeding Program

St Paul, Minnesota, United States

1. Finished Genotyping Five Populations of BC1F1 plants with KASP Markers for Four Domestication Mutants-DNA was extracted by first using a TissueLyzer machine and then a BioSprint machine-Quantified the DNA using a BioTek Epoch Microplate Spectrophotometer -Normalized the DNA-Created PCR plates and ran them through a Roche LightCycler 480 or Roche LightCycler 96-Identified the segregation ratio for each plant in each population for each domestication gene and the segregation ratio for the plants that were heterozygous for all four domestication gene mutants-Used Excel to run Chi-square tests to provide evidence for each plant population following the expected segregation ratio or to provide evidence that they were not following the expected segregation ratio2. Learned to Make Pennycress Crosses-How to emasculate the pennycress flowers (female parent) using a dissecting microscope-How to pollinate the emasculated flowers (male parent)3. Harvested Over 1,000 Pennycress Plants from our Greenhouses (with help from other undergraduates)-Using hand pans, removed the chaff and harvested seed was put into envelopes4. Cleaned Chaff from Yield Plant Trials Using a Clipper Office Tester Machine-Weighed the seed using a scale connected to a computer, which imputed the data into an Excel spreadsheet5. Hand Harvested Pennycress Field Plots, Including one in Morris, MN (with help from other undergraduates)-Also helped de-weed the plots 6. Labeled Harvested Pennycress Envelopes from the Greenhouse and the Tags for the Yield Plots7. Used the NIR (Near-infrared spectroscopy) Machine on Greenhouse Samples8. Used the MARViN ProLine Seed Analyzer Machine on Greenhouse Samples 9. Sprayed wheat scab (Fusarium Head Blight) Inoculum on Wheat Field Trials and Recorded the Scores after Infection (with help from other undergraduates)10. John Deere Gator Certification and use*Worked for Dr. Julia Zhang, UMN Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics

St Paul, Minnesota, United States

1. Planted and transplanted differing wheat populations, including plants for wheat stem rust inoculation2. Hand harvested and threshed adult wheat using a small grain cleaning machine3. Calculated seed protein and weight measurements using a Perten IM 9500 NIR grain analyzer machine4. Maintained all stages of development for wheat, barley, oats, etc. for the Rouse Lab and other labs in the Cereal Disease Lab when needed5. Sorted, labeled, and inspected seed populations for pests for storage, and for national and international shipment6. Harvested wheat stem rust spores using a chemical fume hood*Paid by UMN Department of Plant Pathology; Considered a Contractor for the USDA-ARS

Silver Bay, Minnesota, United States

St Paul, Minnesota, United States

1. Removed leaf litter and fallen branches from sidewalks for accessibility and aesthetics2. Composted fallen branches and leaves 3. Identified and hand pulled invasive plant species from native protected areas at the Bell Museum, St. Paul, MN4. John Deere Gator training and use

Mankato, Minnesota, United States

1. Responded promptly to customers needs with high customer satisfaction2. Followed food safety procedures and kept the kitchen, counter and dining areas sanitized3. Leadership with co-workers, especially when understaffed and busy4. Memorization of specific food preparation, order numbers, and custom orders5. Time management and timely nightly shut-down of the work area6. Replenished serving stations and shelves, while removing stock that was close to its expiration date

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Plant Sciences, 3.6

Activities and Societies: Minnesota Land Grant Legacy Scholar under CFANS CFANS Ambassador for the University of Minnesota UMN First.

High School Diploma, 3.816

Activities and Societies: MN Mankato FFA; Floriculture CDE Member and Leader Mankato Girls Track and Field Sprinter Mankato VEX Robotics