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Greater London, England, United Kingdom

• aDNA (ancient DNA) Lab Technician specialising in crop genetics, focusing mainly on wild and domestic Barley (Hordeum species). Experienced in extracting and analyzing DNA from herbarium specimens up to 200 years old.
• Sampling from historical herbaria collections, ensuring careful handling of fragile specimens
• Performing DNA isolation and NGS library preparation for whole genome sequencing of ancient plant samples
• Maintaining stringent aDNA lab protocols to prevent modern DNA contamination
• Conducting bioinformatics analysis using tools like FastQC, BWA, and mapDamage for data quality control
• Validating aDNA authenticity based on patterns of aDNA damage and quantifying endogenous DNA percentages

Kew Gardens, Greater London, United Kingdom

Kew is the world-leader in plant diversity science, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a major visitor attraction that shows the importance of plants and fungi in all our lives. My role involves delivering exceptional customer service in the retail shop, ensuring visitors have a memorable experience. Skills required/gained included strong communicaton.

London, England, United Kingdom

London, England, United Kingdom

As a lecturer in Biosciences at Middlesex University, I had the opportunity to share my expertise and passion for the field of biology with undergraduate students pursuing a BSc in Biology. In this role, I designed and delivered lectures, led seminars and tutorials, and assessed student progress through assignments, exams, and individual feedback.

London, United Kingdom

Representing the university to various people such as new students, existing students and school children. Duties varies from giving presentations about personal statements both in and out of campus, to organise, deliver and supervise outreach events, to recruiting possible future students at STEM festivals, Career fairs, UCAS fairs and Higher Education.

London, UK

The programme is a student-to-student approach to improving academic skills and practice to enhance student employability. The intention of the role is to increase students' engagement with their programme and help develop the skills needed to make them effective independent learners, with the aim of improving grades and reducing student drop-out. Duties.

London, United Kingdom

This summer assignment involved collecting data of equipment present in the university for the faculty of science and technology and creating an online database (Planon based) for future maintenance and replacement.

London, United Kingdom

Thanks to years of diligent work in the management team for Muriel's kitchen (part of ATFC ltd) I was offered a part time position as senior front of house waiter to help supporting my studies. Transferable skills obtained from this employment included: - Teamwork;- Time management;- Customer care and satisfaction;

London, United Kingdom

Next in line to the general manager and responsible for running the overall restaurant operations, fully accountable for increasing sales, ensuring efficiency and for maintaining the highest standards by following and improving all standard operating procedures (SOP).Responsible to create a constructive and challenging environment for the team and to.

Phd Student, Evolutionary Biology

Bsc Biology, Environmental Biology, First Class Honours

Catering And Hospitality Diploma, Hospitality Administration/Management