Ratinderbir Kaur Email & Phone Number

Canada

- Responsible for the initial implementation and ongoing maintenance of new/existing Procedures or Accreditations within the lab.-Performing review of day to day of all quality and technical documents and report on quality performance, identifying trends and areas requiring intervention.- Lead and investigate root cause failure analysis for external and internal Non-Conformances.- Participate and conduct lab audits and ensuring compliance with the standards, addressing client needs, managing risks, training the employees for new implementations of Standard Operating Procedures from the Quality Team.

Brampton, Ontario, Canada

- Conducting microbiological assays in food samples and evaluating culture plates for growth and further identification using PCR and VIDAS methods- Identification of essential food indicators and pathogens like E. coli/Coliforms, Salmonella, Listeria, S. Aureus, Enterococci and other Enterobacteriaceae following FDA-BAM and Health Canada SOPs- Documenting specimen results into LIMS system and authorization of lab reports prior to sending out to clients

Markham, Ontario, Canada

- Conducted microbiological tests using different techniques such pipetting and plating, PCR, ELISA and other biochemical testing

Kapurthala

• Planned and executed research projects on identification of fungal and bacterial pathogens and their management• Expertise on experimental designs, field layouts, data collection, statistical analysis and technical report writing• Expertise in making different media, isolation, purification of the fungal and bacterial pathogens and further pathogenicity testing• Screening of sugarcane and wheat germplasm against fungal and bacterial diseases- Insect-pests and disease surveillance in the Province• In-charge of plant pathology laboratory and expertise in handling different equipments like autoclave, BOD incubator, Laminar air flow, PCR machine, Gel Electrophoresis, microscope, spectrophotometer • Detection of hidden infection in the plant and seed samples for healthy seed purpose.• Provided professional consultative services to the extensions specialists, industry staff and farmers

Ludhiana Area, India

• Planned and executed research projects on identification of fungal and bacterial pathogens and their management• Expertise on experimental designs, field layouts, data collection, statistical analysis and technical report writing• Expertise in making different media, isolations, biochemical and molecular assays for detection like PCR and ELISA• Insect-pests and disease surveillance in the Province• In-charge of plant pathology laboratory and expertise in handling different equipments like autoclave, BOD incubator, weighing balance, Laminar air flow, PCR machine, Gel Electrophoresis, microscope, spectrophotometer • Detection of hidden infection in the plant and seed samples for healthy seed purpose.• Provided professional consultative services to the extensions specialists, industry staff and farmers

Ludhiana Area, India

• Establishment of pest free areas (PFAs) for Brown rot of potato (Ralstonia solanacearum) to facilitate export of potato to European Countries• Monitoring of fungicide sensitivity and resistance risk in important phytopathogenic fungi in Punjab and development of Anti-resistance strategies• Bio-efficacy studies of formulations UPF-106 and UPF-206 against rice and potato diseases• Generation of weather data for formulation of disease prediction models, study of crop phenology (Rice, Wheat and Mustard), physiology and reduction of crop yield due to different diseases• Germplasm development using wide hybridization and doubled haploid approaches to facilitate basic studies and efficient breeding for heat tolerance in wheat

Master Of Science (M.Sc.), Plant Pathology/Phytopathology, Ocpa/Ogpa- 8.55/ 10.00

Activities and Societies: -Member of Indian Phytopathological Socity, New Delhi, India - Member of Indian Society of Mycology and Plant.

Bachelor Of Science In Agricultural Honours, Plant Protection, Ocpa/Ogpa- 8.24/ 10.00

• Awarded University Merit Scholarship during Bachelor of Science (2000- 2004) • Awarded Merit certificate in Bachelors of Science.