Kayla Salomone

- Safely operates laboratory equipment such as balances, centrifuges, thermocyclers, UV transilluminator, and QIAcube robot

- Practices strict safety protocols for handling, collecting, and removing hazardous waste materials used during laboratory procedures

- Responsible for laboratory safety maintenance such as checking showers, eyewash stations, fire extinguishers, etc. while ensuring all other safety requirements are met

- Maintains a high level of accuracy in test results by following strict quality control procedures.

- Increases sample throughput by optimizing workflow and efficient use of resource while maintaining a high level accuracy in analyzing DNA sequences by following strict quality control procedures

- Supervises undergraduate research assistants in maintaining butterfly colony and hydroponic growth chamber

- Procurement card holder for research team responsible for all necessary laboratory purchases and bookkeeping

- Collect and analyze biological data about relationships between organisms and their environment.

- Cultivate, breed, and grow butterflies to study biochemical evolution of invertebrates.

- Maintain hydroponic growth chamber for colony maintenance.

- Maintain a clean and organized laboratory complying with all safety protocols and requirements

- Assist with simple research techniques such as PCRs and Sanger sequencing