Renae Crothers Email & Phone Number

United States

Ogden, Utah, United States

• Execute all aspects of sugar beet seed production including planting, irrigation, plant maintenance, and seed harvest for breeding program
• Create planting maps and design trials for optimal performance
• Ensure full compliance for USDA regulated trials including in field compliance and proper documentation for external audits
• Collaborate with Quality Assurance to create and update documents for SOPs and training forms
• Train new employees
• Travel on behalf of the company for meetings and hands-on experience

• Part-time Remote
• Transcription of commodity market updates and weather reports
• Use of multimedia software for communicating daily commodity updates
• Experience using WordPress to build webpage for customer communications
• Collected grain basis data for an agricultural marketing company

Santa Maria, CA

• Lead researcher for local agricultural breeding program to improve germplasm, designed and executed experimental trials to evaluate genetic traits in strawberries
• Collaborated as a cross-functional team to meet the needs of customers and consumers in the fresh produce industry
• Responsible for trial design, planting of over 5,000 varieties per year, daily harvest, and plot maintenance such as irrigation and PMI.
• Recorded detailed notes and evaluations for field and laboratory experiments
• Analyzed and interpreted data using statistical software, and made decisions for cultivar advancemento Presented data to scientists, farmers, marketing and other business professionalso Patented multiple new cultivars
• Managed research budget (approx. $650,000) and four fleet vehicles

West Lafayette, IN

• Completed laboratory, greenhouse, and field experiments to study the physiology and developmental biology of glyphosate resistant Ambrosia trifida L.
• Searched research literature for procedures and techniques to perform laboratory, field, and greenhouse experiments
• Designed experiments using the appropriate statistical tests
• Performed multiple biology/agricultural experiments such as chlorophyll extractions, reactive oxygen staining, herbicide translocation study, and fluorescence measurements
• Analyzed data using SAS software to prepare and present the data in manuscripts
• As a Teaching Assistant, instructed and assisted students with proper techniques in plant propagation

Tucson, Arizona Area

• Utilized molecular biology techniques to improve the efficiency of gene silencing techniques such as RNAi
• Operated and maintained laboratory equipment and instruments, growth chambers
• Cloned bacteria, ran gel electrophoresis and PCR, performed DNA extractions and Arabidopsis transformations, practiced sterile techniques in a tissue culture environment, prepared chemical solutions for experiments and.
• Shoot bagged maize
• Maintained plants in growth chambers and greenhouses

Lincoln, Nebraska Area

• Part-time undergraduate work
• Performed general plant care, assisted with research maintenance and proper sanitation

Certificate Of Completion, Plant Breeding Academy

Master Of Science (Ms), Plant Sciences

Non-Degree Course Work, Plant Sciences

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Horticultural Science