Resume

• 2010

  MS

  Graduate Award for Highest Academic Achievement in Microbiology\t\nLead Graduate Assistant in Microbiology \nInternship at the Food and Drug Administration

  Microbiology

  Lead Graduate Assistant: Microbiology Laboratory Technician

  Pre-Health Society

  Wagner College

  GPA 3.9

  FDNY-Certificate of Fitness (C14): Supervising Non-Production Chemical Laboratories

  New York City Fire Department

• 2006

  Krio

  English

  BS

  Graduated Cum Laude and Departmental Honors\nExcellence Award in Molecular Biology: Eastern Colleges Sciences Conference

  Biology

  College of Staten Island

  GPA 3.7

• Student Wins Award at Eastern Colleges Science Conference

  June 11

  2009 Sherry Browne

  a Biology major at the College of Staten Island who graduated with honors last May

  has recently been awarded an Excellence Award at the Eastern Colleges Science Conference [ECSC] that took place at Wagner College.

  Student Wins Award at Eastern Colleges Science Conference

  Volunteered one to three hours per week helping immigrants and refugees practice conversational English skills using a variety of techniques to enhance their vocabulary

  listening and speaking skills

  as well as error correction. Reinforced productive and receptive language skills and answered cross-cultural questions.\t\t

  Riverside Language Program

  Senior Secondary Biology Education

  Peace Corps

  Physiology

  Microbiology

  Lifesciences

  Public Speaking

  Restriction Digestion

  Lecturing

  Biology

  Science

  Grant Writing

  Immunohistochemistry

  Laboratory

  Gel Electrophoresis

  Media Preparation

  PCR

  Laboratory Skills

  Genetics

  Western Blotting

  Research

  Food Microbiology

  Teaching

  Browne

  Wagner College

  FDA

  Wagner College

  College of Staten Island

  Denise Louie Education Center

  Peace Corps

  Staten Island

  NY

  Compose and conduct lectures and laboratories in Anatomy & Physiology courses. Hold in-class lectures and laboratory sessions totaling 9 hours per week. Create and grade homework

  quizzes

  and examinations. Proctor examinations for students with learning disabilities. Establish and maintain a rapport with students and serve as a role model.

  Biology Adjunct Assistant Professor

  Wagner College

  Kambia

  Sierra Leone

  Ten weeks of teacher training. Developed and composed lesson plans and exams. Conducted lectures and laboratories in biology (10th and 11th grades) 20 hours/week. Tutored mathematics (6th and 7th grade) 12 hours/week. Taught and tutored learning challenged students and adults. Served as grant writer

  project and budget manager on two projects. Administered hand washing trainings

  distributed vaccinations

  planned and successfully executed a youth leadership camp

  and developed and managed computer training classes. Established and maintain a rapport with students and other host country nationals

  serving as a role model and ambassador for the United States Peace Corps and the American population.

  Senior Secondary Education Biology Teacher

  Peace Corps

  Staten Island

  NY

  Submission of laboratory material orders. Lead a team of graduate assistants and oversee their job duties. Head weekly laboratory progress meetings. Media preparation

  facilitate media preparation training for students and graduate assistants

  and prepare teaching experiments and materials.

  Lead Graduate Assistant: Laboratory Technician

  Wagner College

  Northeast Regional Laboratory

  Studied alongside lab technicians in testing of food

  cosmetics

  and pharmaceuticals for contamination of federally unapproved and regulated pathogens. Gained valuable knowledge on the daily functions of a microbiology laboratory. Analysis of Salmonella

  Staphylococcus aureus

  and Enterobacteriaceae using Vitek

  VIDAS

  antimicrobial susceptibility testing and serology.

  Intern

  FDA

  Compose and conduct lectures and laboratories in Genetics

  Anatomy

  Physiology

  Microbiology

  and General Biology courses. Held in-class lectures

  in-class final review sessions

  and laboratory sessions totaling 9 hours per week. Created and graded homework

  quizzes

  and examinations. Provide academic assistance

  study skills

  and develop self-confidence one-on-one and with small groups of students in varying topics of Biology 20 hours per week for two semesters. Established and maintained a rapport with students and served as a role model.

  College of Staten Island

  Denise Louie Education Center

  Seattle

  WA

  Play and Learn Facilitator