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		Work Experience 1997 - Present University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA Non-Degree Graduate Student in Biochemistry 1990 - 1994 University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA B.S. Entomology 1997 - 1998 University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA Lab Assistant Medical Entomology Laboratory Conducted experiments on Effects of host blood isoleucine levels on egg development and blood meal size Effects of lack of water on starved mosquitoes Performed data entry and analysis using Microsoft Word, Excel and Statistix 1994 - 1997 University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA Head Lab Technician Medical Entomology Laboratory Started and maintained a Kissing Bug (Rhodnius prolixus) colony Maintained colonies of multiple species of mosquitoes Aedes aegypti Anopheles stephensi Anopheles gambiae Culex quinquefaciatis Culiseta melanura Maintained and upgraded laboratory computers/software Maintained field vehicles Responsible for spectrophotometric analysis of nutritional reserves in field collected and lab reared Aedes aegypti Performed data entry and statistical analysis In charge of hiring and supervising student lab workers Designed and made slides for lab related presentations using Microsoft Powerpoint In charge of hazardous waste and materials removal from the lab Assisted graduate students when needed Assisted in fieldwork on a mark recapture studies in Puerto Rico Performed cheek swabs on people living in the study area Aspirated mosquitoes from study sites Conducted experiments investigating: mosquito size and egg development mosquito nutrition and egg development 1993-1994 University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA Lab Assistant Medical Entomology Lab Performed nutritional analysis of field collected Aedes aegypti Performed data entry and analysis (Summer ) 1992 Silicon Valley Lithography Systems, Norwalk, CT Office Assistant Worked as an assistant in the quality control department Performed data entry Publications A. Costero, G. M. Attardo, T.W. Scott and J.E. Edman. 1998. An experimental study on the detection of fructose in Aedes aegypti. J. Am. Mosq. Control Assoc.14(3):234-242 Memberships Entomological Society of America Awards H. B. Peirson Scholarship, Department of Entomology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA Extracurricular Activities Environmental Education 1997, assisted at the "Hug A Bug" fair at the Amherst Hitchcock Center, leading nature walks and teaching children about insects 1995 - 1996, worked in a graduate student organized outreach program in local elementary schools teaching children about insects and related arthropods 1996 - 1997, President of Fernald Club, University of Massachusetts Entomological Club 1995 and 1997, Yearbook editor of the Entomology Department Yearbook Playing the Cello Advanced certification in Scuba Photography Biking References Dr. John Edman, Department of Entomology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst MA 01003 Dr. John Clark, Department of Entomology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst MA 01003 Dr. Paul Lahti, Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts, Amherst MA 01003 Dr. T. Michael Peters, 393 Bay Rd. Belchertown, MA 01007