OBJECTIVE

EXPERIENCE

• Administrative Faculty position.
• Provide technical assistance to scientists conducting multi-disciplinary research in a large university center.
• Manage a large inventory of analytical and computational equipment.

• Commonwealth of Virginia classified employee. Grade 11.
• Manage a multidepartmental research laboratory in a large university.
• Maintain and operate analytical instruments including gas chromatography, mass spectroscopy, high-performance liquid chromatography, and atomic absorption spectrophotometry.
• Provide technical assistance for analytical method development and implementation to faculty, students, and independent researchers.
• Schedule lab activities and manage chemical inventory.
• Supervise staff of student assistants.

• Instructor for Special Topics in HPLC, fall term 2000.
• Bioinstrumentation Lab, Sections 1 and 2, spring term 1999.
• Biochemistry Recitation, Sections 1 and 2, fall term 1998.
• General Chemistry Lab II, spring term 1996.
• Organic Chemistry Lab II, summer term 1995.

• Develop instrumental methods for determining levels of PCBs, PAHs and pesticides in environmental water and sediment samples.
• Analyze samples on GC-MS and GC-ECD.
• Interpret data and generate reports to EPA.

• Coordinated collection and analysis of environmental samples.
• Developed specialized laboratory methodology.
• Supervised lab activities, maintained equipment, and managed inventory.
• Designed custom software to simplify data analysis.

• Developed and marketed complex menu.
• Cultivated diverse customer base and fostered public relations.
• Trained and supervised staff of 15 to 20.
• Implemented payroll and accounting procedures.
• Performed head-chef duties.

Solved various unexpected problems in a time-critical environment.

EDUCATION

• United States Environmental Protection Agency STAR Fellow. Tenure August 1999 to August 2002.
• Research on environmental antibiotics from agricultural runoff in Chesapeake Bay Eastern Shore tributaries.

Computational Science and Informatics Program, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia. Pursuing a Graduate Certificate in Computational Techniques and Applications. January 2000 to present. Anticipate certificate May 2002.

M.S. Chemistry. George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia. Conferred August 16, 1997. GPA 3.66.

• Awarded the American Institute of Chemists Student Award for academic excellence in the graduate program. May 2, 1996.
• Funded by a National Park Service Grant to analyze water quality in the Potomac River and Dyke Marsh near Alexandria, Virginia.
• Thesis: Determination of Bioavailable Levels of Persistent Organic Pollutants in Water Using Semipermeable Membrane Devices.

• Sharpened scientific skills.
• Redefined career goals.
• Fulfilled entrance prerequisites for Master's program.

• Wildlife management track.
• Environmental Science Internship: Collected and analyzed water samples from a small lake in New Jersey.
• Senior project: Radiotelemetry of White-Tailed Deer.

SKILLS

• Fundamental laboratory techniques for environmental research.
• Operation and maintenance of HPLC, gas chromatography, GC-MS, and atomic absorption
• Solid communications ability and exceptional writing skills.
• Extensive planning, managing and leadership experience.
• Well organized and task oriented.

COMPUTER SKILLS

• Internet Web page design and resources locating.
• Presentation graphics design using MS Powerpoint, Corel Photo-Paint, scanner, and slidemaker.
• Advanced-level spreadsheet applications with macros in Quattro Pro for DOS or Windows. Lotus and Excel.
• IBM PC word processing in MS Word, WordPerfect in DOS and Windows.
• SAS computer statistical analysis.
• Pascal and C++ programming.

PRESENTED RESEARCH PAPERS

• Sourcing Sedimentary Organic Matter Using Steroid Ratios. Kimberly P. Lauer, Thomas B. Huff, Gregory D. Foster, Department of Chemistry, George Mason University. Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, regional meeting. Fairfax, Virginia, October 9, 1998.
• Use of Semipermeable Membrane Devices for Estimating Bioconcentration Factors of Hydrophobic Organic Contaminants in Corbicula fluminea. Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, National Conference, Washington DC, 1996.
• Semipermeable Membrane Devices at Dyke Marsh, Continued. Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, regional meeting. Laurel, Maryland, Fall 1996.
• Semipermeable Membrane Devices: An Effective Tool for Monitoring trace Organics in Aquatic Environments. Virginia Lakes Association Conference, Staunton, Virginia, March 11, 1996.
• In-Situ Monitoring of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Polychlorinated Biphenyls in the Potomac River Using Semipermeable Membrane Devices. International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies, Honolulu, Hawaii. December 17-22, 1995.
• Determination of PCB and Organochlorine Pesticide Levels in Dyke Marsh, Alexandria, Virginia Using Semipermeable Membrane Devices. Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, regional meeting. Laurel, Maryland, September 29, 1995.
• Deployment of SPMDs in Dyke Marsh, Alexandria, Virginia. Mid-West Science Center Semipermeable Membrane Device Conference. Columbia, Missouri. June 1995.
• Bioconcentration Factors for Pesticides and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons as Determined by Semipermeable Membrane Devices. American Chemical Society Mid-Atlantic Regional Meeting. Washington, DC. May 24, 1995.
• Bioconcentration Factors for Pesticides and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons as Determined by Semipermeable Membrane Devices. Virginia Water Resources Research Center. Richmond, Virginia. April 17-19, 1995.
• Macro Programs for Automated Spreadsheet Quantitation of Gas Chromatograms. Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, regional meeting. Fairfax, Virginia, September 20, 1994.

PERSONAL INTERESTS