GRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANT Professional Summary Dedicated professional excellent technical, analytical communication skills demonstrated ten years experience agricultural sector, specifically Research Development division extensive knowledge biological control field Entomology Core Qualifications Background biological control using member Coleopteran family insect Expert data analysis Area wide surveys data collection research Data presentation Experimental design/implementation Accomplishments Successfully determine biology, reproduction effect chemicals Thalassa montezumae predatory beetle new invasive scale insect Phalacrococcus howertoni South Florida. Integrated Pest Management Workshop Identification Scales Mealybugs Natural enemies. Identification Mites economic importance Caribbean Natural enemies Training Seminar Management Protected Cultivation Insect. Identification Nematodes Professional Consultants Green house training course. Experience Company Name City State GRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANT 01/2013 04/2016 Assist various research project Center Biological control lab. Developing potential biological control Croton Scales Phalacrococcus howertoni ). Maintain culture Croton scales Thalassa montezumae green house laboratory conditions,. Company Name City PLANT PROTECTION OFFICER Entomology 10/2011 12/2012 Rear Parasitoids wasp Anagyrus kamali release areas affected Pink Hibiscus Mealy bug Maconellicoccus hirsutus 95% success rate determined parasitism levels site. Record data. Maintain cultures Pink Hibiscus Mealybug Anagyrus kamali rearing facility. Develop solutions pest problems yam Dioscorea spp .) Jamaica Establish conduct field evaluations treatments yam nematodes. Develop Citrus Greening Management Programme Jamaica collaboration Food Agriculture Organization Government Jamaica Components. Assist Island wide survey incidence citrus greening parasitism levels Tamarixia radiate Assist monitoring programme Area-wide Integrated Management Systems (AIMS) Citrus greening citrus orchards. Develop management program Beet Army Worm( Spodoptera exigua monitoring farms affected parishes. Establish maintain Beet Army Worm culture laboratory. Conduct insecticide efficacy trial. Implement Integrated Pest Management major pests crops Protective Cultivation Jamaica Data generated temperature, humidity pest status greenhouse crop. Company Name City FIELD AND LAB RESEARCH ASSISTANT 12/2002 10/2011 Receive diagnostic samples extension officers farmers. Prepare samples diagnostics. Rear preserved specimens necessary. Establish experimental plots. Visit field prescribed observations data collection set proposals. Monitor station experimental plots infestations. Maintain inventory list, materials lab space. Work research projects unit. Assist Crop Plant Protection Unit Integrated Pest Management Systems developing several crops threshold base pesticides. Population dynamic study Red Palm Mites Broad Mites. Education Master Science Entomology Qualifying 2016 Florida Agricultural Mechanical University City State United States Bachelor Science Environmental Science 2011 Knox Community College City Jamaica Associate Science General Agriculture 2006 College Agriculture Science Education City Jamaica Professional Affiliations Entomological Society America (ESA) Florida Entomological Society Florida Agricultural Mechanical University ESA debate team Minorities Agriculture, Natural Resources Related Sciences (MANNRS) Awards Publications Reuben Capelouto Foundation William L.Peters Memorial scholarship awardee 2013-2014 Monsanto 1890 Student Leadership Event participant, St.Louis Missouri, 2014 Mentoring Purdue Summer Scholarship Program participant West Lafayette, Indiana, 2014. ESA(Entomological Society America). Annual Meeting. Portland, Oregon. Developing Biological Control Measure Management Invasive Scale Insect, Phalacrococcus howertoni (Hemiptera,Coccidae) South Florida "Published Abstract. ESA (Entomological Society America). Annual Meeting. Portland, Oregon. “What single best tool reduce malaria cases throughout world? “Published Article 2014 Skills Data collection, maintain inventory,statistical analysis, prepare sample Microsoft office