Jennifer Starr
Auburn,NY
Summary
Enthusiastic microbiology professional eager to contribute to vision, mission, and operation through hard work, attention to detail, and excellent problem solving skills. Interdisciplinary scientist with expert understanding of microbiology, microbiological methods, lab operation, and project management. Motivated to learn, grow, and excel while contributing as a principal scientist - process microbiologist.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Global Bioactives Microbiologist II
International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.
01.2022 - Current
- Subject matter expert (SME) in mycology, microbiology, culture methods, method development, aseptic technique
- Identifies, resolves problems through root cause analysis and research
- Maximizes team knowledge, productivity by training, monitoring, directing employees in application of best practices
- Mastery of quality systems, standards; including corrective and preventative action, document control processes, record management, good documentation practices
- Proficient computer, database management skills with troubleshooting (LIMS, SAP, SharePoint, Office 365, Microsoft Teams)
- Project management on business critical programs; high level of organization, planning, collaboration, ordering equipment, and supplies
- Responsible for directing/developing others through mentoring, coaching, delegation, training
- Cryopreservation program leader and expertise
- SOP author, improvements, and development
- Strong work ethic, high standards, dependable, creative
- Team player as well as independently motivated
Research and Extension Support Specialist II
Cornell University - SIPS
07.2018 - 01.2022
- Coordinated, planned, established field trials for wheat, barley, hemp evaluating cultural practices, fungicide applications, varietal selection for disease resistance, disease sentinel plots; including planting, treating, rating, harvesting trials
- Proficient in laboratory techniques; sample processing, aseptic technique, microscopy, culturing microorganisms, DNA sequencing with analysis, qPCR
- Positive relationship building, collaboration, communication skills
- Mentored, trained students, coworkers
- Provided disease diagnosis to extension educators
- Provided reports, presentations, educational material to stakeholders, collaborators, industry representatives, agricultural community
- Published author
- Microsoft Office Suite/365 - (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams), JMP, Cornell eShop, Cornell Kuali
- Managed all aspects of research laboratory: safety, quality control, training, ordering supplies, coordinating budgets, maintaining equipment, hiring, and communicating with staff and students
Diagnostic Microbiology Technologist I
Cornell University-Animal Health Diagnostic Center
07.2001 - 07.2018
- Accomplished and confident in molecular testing, PCR, multiplex PCR, electrophoresis, DNA sequencing
- Molecular analysis using DNASTAR Lasergene software and BLAST
- Proficient in multiple testing disciplines, including culturing for aerobic, anaerobic, enteric, fungal organisms
- Primary mycologist which encompassed reading, analyzing, reporting fungal cultures
- Skilled in identifying microorganisms through MALDI-TOF, Sensititre, DNA sequencing, biochemical evaluation
- BSL-1, BSL-2, BSL-3
- Developed and implemented Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), created reports, presented data to stakeholders
- Experienced with Quality Assurance compliance (QA), Corrective Action Reports (CAR), and Preventative Action Reports (PAR)
- Collaborated with clinicians, faculty, researchers to contribute to organization's shared mission and vision
- Microsoft Office Suite/365 - (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams), SharePoint
- Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS)
- Supervisor experience
Education
Graduate School - Forest Pathology and Mycology
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Syracuse, NY1997
Bachelor of Science - Environmental Forest Biology
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Syracuse, NY1994
Skills
- Advanced microbiology knowledge
- Strong analytical skills, problem solving
- Detail oriented and organized
- Strong communication skills
- Proficient with quality systems
- Accomplished collaborator, team player
- Project management
- Published researcher
Instruction Experience
Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine - Ithaca, New York
Fall 2017 to Fall 2019
Veterinary Foundation Course Block IV Laboratory Sections:
- Clinical Mycology I (systemic fungi)
- Clinical Mycology II (dermatophytes)
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SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry - Syracuse, New York
Spring 1995 to Spring 1997
Environmental Forest Biology Graduate and Undergraduate Laboratory Sections:
- Forest and Shade Tree Pathology
- Introduction to Mycology
- Microbial Ecology
Certification
- Mayton, H.; Amirkhani, M.; Loos, M.; Johnson, B.; Fike, J.; Johnson, C.; Myers, K.; Starr, J.; Bergstrom, G.C.; Taylor, A. Evaluation of Industrial Hemp Seed Treatments for Management of Damping-Off for Enhanced Stand Establishment. Agriculture 2022, 12, 591. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture12050591
- Starr, J.K., G.C. Berstrom, and P.J. Stachowski. (2022) Evaluation of integrated methods for management of Fusarium head blight and deoxynivalenol contamination in winter malting barley in New York, 2021. Plant Disease Management Reports 16: CF074.
- Giles G, Indermaur EJ, Gonzalez-Giron JL, Hermann TQ, Shelnutt S, Starr J, Myers K, Jensen S, Bergstrom GC, Crawford J, Hansen JL, Smart LB, Smart CD. First Report of Downy Mildew caused by Pseudoperonospora cannabina on Cannabis sativa in New York. Plant Dis. 2022 Oct 21. doi: 10.1094/PDIS-08-22-1930-PDN. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36269588.
- Starr, J.K., A. Lugo-Torres, G.C. Bergstrom, and P.J. Stachowski. (2021) Evaluation of integrated methods for management of Fusarium head blight and foliar diseases of spring malting barley in New York, 2020. Plant Disease Management Reports 15: CF147.
- Starr, J.K., A. Lugo-Torres, G.C. Bergstrom, and P.J. Stachowski. (2021) Evaluation of integrated methods for management of Fusarium head blight and foliar diseases of winter malting barley in New York, 2020. Plant Disease Management Reports 15: CF146.
- Starr, J.K., A. Lugo-Torres, G.C. Bergstrom, and P.J. Stachowski. (2021) Evaluation of integrated methods for management of Fusarium head blight and foliar diseases of winter wheat in New York, 2020. Plant Disease Management Reports 15: CF145.
- Starr, J.K. , K.L. Myers, A. Lugo-Torres, G.C. Bergstrom, and P.J. Stachowski. (2020) Evaluation of integrated methods for management of Fusarium head blight of spring malting barley in New York, 2019. Plant Disease Management Reports 14: CF050.
- Starr, J.K., K.L. Myers, A. Lugo-Torres, L.A. Kane, J.A. Cummings, G.C. Bergstrom, and P.J. Stachowski. (2019) Evaluation of integrated methods for management of Fusarium head blight and foliar diseases of winter malting barley in New York, 2018. Plant Disease Management Reports 13: CF063.
- Starr, J.K., K.L. Myers, A. Lugo-Torres, L.A. Kane, J.A. Cummings, G.C. Bergstrom, and P.J. Stachowski. (2019) Evaluation of integrated methods for management of Fusarium head blight and foliar diseases of winter wheat in New York, 2018. Plant Disease Management Reports 13: CF064.
- Ledbetter, E.C., M.L. Norman, J.K. Starr. (2016) In vivo confocal microscopy for the detection of canine fungal keratitis and monitoring of therapeutic response. Vet Ophthalmol 19:220–229.
- Ledbetter, E.C., J.K. Starr. (2015) Malassezia pachydermatis keratomycosis in a dog. Med Mycol Case Rep 10:24-26.
- Garner, C., J.K. Starr, P.L. McDonough, C. Altier. (2010) Molecular Identification of Veterinary Yeast Isolates by Use of Sequence-Based Analysis of the D1/D2 Region of the Large Ribosomal Subunit. J Clin Microbiol. 48:2140-2146.
- Barr, S.C., P.L. McDonough, R. L. Scipioni-Ball, J.K. Starr. (2005) Serologic responses of dogs given a commercial vaccine against Leptospirainterrogans serovar pomona and Leptospira kirschneri serovar grippotyphosa. Am J Vet Res 66:1780-4.
Timeline
Global Bioactives Microbiologist II
International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.
01.2022 - Current
Research and Extension Support Specialist II
Cornell University - SIPS
07.2018 - 01.2022
Diagnostic Microbiology Technologist I
Cornell University-Animal Health Diagnostic Center
07.2001 - 07.2018
Graduate School - Forest Pathology and Mycology
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Bachelor of Science - Environmental Forest Biology
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
- Mayton, H.; Amirkhani, M.; Loos, M.; Johnson, B.; Fike, J.; Johnson, C.; Myers, K.; Starr, J.; Bergstrom, G.C.; Taylor, A. Evaluation of Industrial Hemp Seed Treatments for Management of Damping-Off for Enhanced Stand Establishment. Agriculture 2022, 12, 591. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture12050591
- Starr, J.K., G.C. Berstrom, and P.J. Stachowski. (2022) Evaluation of integrated methods for management of Fusarium head blight and deoxynivalenol contamination in winter malting barley in New York, 2021. Plant Disease Management Reports 16: CF074.
- Giles G, Indermaur EJ, Gonzalez-Giron JL, Hermann TQ, Shelnutt S, Starr J, Myers K, Jensen S, Bergstrom GC, Crawford J, Hansen JL, Smart LB, Smart CD. First Report of Downy Mildew caused by Pseudoperonospora cannabina on Cannabis sativa in New York. Plant Dis. 2022 Oct 21. doi: 10.1094/PDIS-08-22-1930-PDN. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36269588.
- Starr, J.K., A. Lugo-Torres, G.C. Bergstrom, and P.J. Stachowski. (2021) Evaluation of integrated methods for management of Fusarium head blight and foliar diseases of spring malting barley in New York, 2020. Plant Disease Management Reports 15: CF147.
- Starr, J.K., A. Lugo-Torres, G.C. Bergstrom, and P.J. Stachowski. (2021) Evaluation of integrated methods for management of Fusarium head blight and foliar diseases of winter malting barley in New York, 2020. Plant Disease Management Reports 15: CF146.
- Starr, J.K., A. Lugo-Torres, G.C. Bergstrom, and P.J. Stachowski. (2021) Evaluation of integrated methods for management of Fusarium head blight and foliar diseases of winter wheat in New York, 2020. Plant Disease Management Reports 15: CF145.
- Starr, J.K. , K.L. Myers, A. Lugo-Torres, G.C. Bergstrom, and P.J. Stachowski. (2020) Evaluation of integrated methods for management of Fusarium head blight of spring malting barley in New York, 2019. Plant Disease Management Reports 14: CF050.
- Starr, J.K., K.L. Myers, A. Lugo-Torres, L.A. Kane, J.A. Cummings, G.C. Bergstrom, and P.J. Stachowski. (2019) Evaluation of integrated methods for management of Fusarium head blight and foliar diseases of winter malting barley in New York, 2018. Plant Disease Management Reports 13: CF063.
- Starr, J.K., K.L. Myers, A. Lugo-Torres, L.A. Kane, J.A. Cummings, G.C. Bergstrom, and P.J. Stachowski. (2019) Evaluation of integrated methods for management of Fusarium head blight and foliar diseases of winter wheat in New York, 2018. Plant Disease Management Reports 13: CF064.
- Ledbetter, E.C., M.L. Norman, J.K. Starr. (2016) In vivo confocal microscopy for the detection of canine fungal keratitis and monitoring of therapeutic response. Vet Ophthalmol 19:220–229.
- Ledbetter, E.C., J.K. Starr. (2015) Malassezia pachydermatis keratomycosis in a dog. Med Mycol Case Rep 10:24-26.
- Garner, C., J.K. Starr, P.L. McDonough, C. Altier. (2010) Molecular Identification of Veterinary Yeast Isolates by Use of Sequence-Based Analysis of the D1/D2 Region of the Large Ribosomal Subunit. J Clin Microbiol. 48:2140-2146.
- Barr, S.C., P.L. McDonough, R. L. Scipioni-Ball, J.K. Starr. (2005) Serologic responses of dogs given a commercial vaccine against Leptospirainterrogans serovar pomona and Leptospira kirschneri serovar grippotyphosa. Am J Vet Res 66:1780-4.
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