Laboratory Technician
Biology Annex, University Of New Mexico
Albuquerque, New Mexico Area
• Maintained, operated, repaired, and troubleshot laboratory instruments including autoanalyzers, elemental analyzer, fluorometers, GC-MS, and Shimadzu TOC analyzer• Conducted hydrologic field research under Army Corp of Engineers grants including biogeochemical fire impacts, hyporheic flow gradient analysis, nutrient transport, and water quality impacts across New Mexico• Conducted biological field research including elemental stoichiometry of organisms in aquatic food webs, invertebrate identification quantification, plant and soil biomass, and soil profiling• Maintained field instrumentation including Cycle-P phosphate analyzer, Sondes for dissolved oxygen, electrical conductivity, redox potential, stage, temperature, and turbidity, and SUNAs for nitrate• Measured discharge rates and developed rating curves• Trained new employees in the operation of lab instrumentation, field methods, and protocols