Professional Assistant Operations Manager Job Description

Summary

A highly motivated individual whose expertise is focused on the study of plant pathology, symptoms and possible treatments; can handle various researches on plants’ life cycle, physiology, and susceptibility to certain diseases, can work under pressure and strict supervision; may be engaged in teaching of plant pathology subjects to university students

Professional Experience:

Plant Pathologist January 2007 – Present

Holy Trinity High School, Chicago, IL

Responsibilities:

• Collected various information about nature, plant diseases cause and control, and decay.
• Conducted experiments on healthy and diseased plants and analyzed results to determine symptoms and possible preventions.
• Isolated and studied disease-causing agents.
• Formulated procedures, methods or substances that may prevent disease causing agents.
• Studied on plants and insects that may be responsible for disease transmission.
• Observed plant parts such as seeds and bulbs to determine possible infections and insect injuries.

Plant Pathologist May 2004 – December 2006

Holy Trinity High School, Chicago, IL

Responsibilities:

• Conducted research on the physiology and diseases of plants.
• Inoculated healthy plants and compared it with a suspected agent taken from a diseased plant.
• Analyzed experimental results and made written reports.
• Studied on the intensity of the spread of diseases considering environmental factors such as soil, climate, and geography.
• Conducted postmortem examination to resolve unclear cause of plant death.
• Performed plant cell for laboratory tests.

Biology Teacher February 1999 – May 2004

Holy Trinity High School, Chicago, IL

Responsibilities:

• Collected various information about nature, plant diseases cause and control, and decay.
• Conducted experiments on healthy and diseased plants and analyzed results to determine symptoms and possible preventions.
• Isolated and studied disease-causing agents.
• Formulated procedures, methods or substances that may prevent disease causing agents.
• Studied on plants and insects that may be responsible for disease transmission.
• Observed plant parts such as seeds and bulbs to determine possible infections and insect injuries.

Plant Pathologist May 2004 – December 2006

Holy Trinity High School, Chicago, IL

Education

Masters Degree in Plant Pathology, Rice University, 1999

Bachelor of Science in Botany, Rice University, 1994

Skills:

• Knowledgeable of epidemiology, mycology, bacteriology and virology of plants
• Ability to perform specialized, standardized, and routine laboratory tests
• Establish and maintain effective working relations with co-workers and with the public
• Ability to prepare a variety of written documents; make independent decisions; work with limited supervision

Awards and Affiliations

The American Phytopathological Society, Member

American Association of Pesticide Safety Educators, Member