Michigan State University, Research Lab of Kurt Zinn, Faculty in Radiology and Biomedical Engineering (September 2017 to Present)
Laboratory Assistant
Michigan State University Transgenic and Genome Editing Facility (June 2016 to June 2017)
Laboratory Assistant
- Polymerase Chain Reaction, DNA purification, and western blotting
- Ligation, transformation, cloning, and transfection of CRISPR/Cas9
- Tissue cell culture and generation of knockout cell lines
Michigan State University Chemistry Learning Assistant (April of 2016)
Temporary LA
- Performed an experiment in front of Lyman Briggs freshman students
- Explained the chemistry behind the experiment
- Taught students how to properly present the information to the instructor
- Critiqued students’ own presentations in preparation for their oral examination
Michigan State University Entomology Laboratory under Matthew Grieshop (September 2014 to May 2016)
Laboratory Assistant
- Observing and recording Japanese beetle behavior
- Raising and maintaining brown marmorated stink bug populations
- Soil sorting and other forms of field collection and data analysis
Michigan State University Clarksville Research Station (June to September of 2014, 2015, and 2016)
Labor Manager
- Research land manager and data collector
- Assisted researchers
- Grounds maintenance
Nate Kauffman 