SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Parasitology Research Assistant Institute of Parasitology, McGill University. Montreal, Canada.
Provided editorial and proofreading assistance for the textbook Parasitic and Infectious Diseases. Academic Press.
Also performed statistical analyses of drug resistance data in a mouse-nematode model.

Biological Research Technician. Ontario Hydro Research Division. Toronto, Canada.
Projects included the development of remote hydroacoustical capabilities in the identification and enumeration of fish.
Participated in a collaborative study on microbially influenced corrosion of steel.

Atmospheric Chemistry Technician. Ontario Hydro, Environmental Science Section. Toronto, Canada.
Designed and implemented a mobile monitoring system for NOx flux from soils as part of an international atmospheric chemistry study.
Aerosol research in lab and rural environments.

Assistant to R and D Chemist. Domtar Chemicals Group, Mississauga, Canada.
Researched physical parameters of coal tar and coal tar derivatives.

Medical Lab Technologist. Sunnybrook Medical Centre, Biochemistry Dept. Toronto, Canada.
Evaluated portable blood glucose monitors. Conducted spectrophotometric research on the reaction kinetics of serum iron.
Evaluated home pregnancy test kits. Performed standard blood analysis.

EDUCATION

1991-1992. McGill University. Montreal, Canada.
Department of Human Nutrition.
MSc. research topic: Ethnobiology of the Maasai of Tanzania

1983-1989. University of Waterloo. Waterloo, Canada.
Faculty of Science.
Received Honors BSc. in Biology.