•Work on sponsored researched projects, analyze data and write scientific reports independently. Help graduate students working on related projects•Maintain common laboratory and/or technical equipment, and train new users. Maintain common research supplies. Maintain laboratory safety records and protocols. Organize and update laboratory research protocols and research material stocks •Co-supervise undergraduate student workers in daily laboratory tasks •Collaborate with other research entities to optimize fermentor-based production protocols that compatible with large scale phages production

•Isolate and characterize bacteriophages for Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. citri •Identify potential receptor site(s) of phages •Conduct efficacy studies of phages cocktail to reduce canker symptoms in greenhouse trials •Assist associate research scientist in greenhouse and field trials to study the efficacy of phages against Xylella fastidiosa•Supervise undergraduate student workers in daily laboratory tasks and greenhouse maintenance of grape vines for trials

•Developed virulent phages for control of plant diseases•Developed high molecular weight bacteriocins for control of citrus canker disease•Characterized bacteriophages for citrus canker pathogens •Analyzed bacteriophages movement in greenhouse tests and field trials •Annotated the bacteriophages genome for further characterization of virulent lifestyles•Assisted with scale-up production of phage using tangential flow system •Assisted with characterization of the high-molecular-weight bacteriocin, which could be potentially used as an antimicrobial agent against members of Burkholderia cenocepacia complex in CF patients

•Prepared experimental media and maintain laboratory equipment•Assisted post-doc with the isolation of phage from field samples•Screened Burkholderia isolates for phage •Prepared and analyzed grape vines in greenhouse to study the effects of phage on specific bacteria and disease

•Set up experiments for Physic laboratory•Prepared chemicals for Chemistry laboratory•Researched and presented “Spectroscopic Analysis in Chemistry Experiments” (Summer 2009)•Assisted in front office duties