Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals. Seeking and maintain full-time position that offers professional challenges utilizing interpersonal skills, excellent time management and problem-solving skills. Talented professional considered knowledgeable leader and dedicated problem solver. Brings 6+ years of valuable expertise to forward company objectives. Attentive to detail with experience in coordinating projects, programs and improvements.
Hi, I’m
Maribel Baeza
Post-Doc
El Paso,TX
Summary
Overview
20
years of professional experience
11
years of post-secondary education
2
Languages
Work History
University of TexasEl Paso
Adjunct Lecturer
08.2023 - Current
Job overview
- Inquiry in Math and Science is a freshmen course which introduces the fundamental principles of research
- Instructed students in the basic concepts of developing accurate record keeping, ethical conduct, developing a research question, experimental design, responsible research, data interpretation and writing for the science environment.
Research Assistant
07.2023 - 08.2023
Job overview
- Summer RA, cleaning, correcting gene sequences to form contiguous representation of a genomic region, $4,000.
11.2020 - 05.2023
Job overview
- Hispanic Alliance for the Professoriate in Environmental Sciences and Engineering Fellowship
- 1,500 a semester, Teaching practicum at El Paso Community College $4,000 (Fall 2021 ‒ Fall 2022)
- Fall 2022 $1,000 travel funding to 16th International rotifer symposium, Croatia Zagreb.
University of TexasEl Paso
Assistant Instructor
09.2016 - 05.2023
Job overview
- Guided student through Introductory Biology, Organismal Biology, Invertebrate Zoology, eDNA, graded for Introductory Biology for non-majors, and Freshman Year Research Intensive Sequence (FYRIS) laboratories
- Instructed proper laboratory etiquette, maintenance of a laboratory notebook, writing reports, prepared lectures, quizzes, and exams
- Taught basic laboratory techniques: microscope use, aseptic technique, and DNA extractions.
06.2023
Job overview
- Biology Department Dodson Grant UTEP, $500 travel fund to XVI International rotifer symposium, Croatia Zagreb.
03.2019 - 02.2023
Job overview
- Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography Multicultural Program (ASLOMP), travel grant for 2019 ASLO Aquatic Science meeting, San Juan, P.R.
Minority
Program
09.2018 - 08.2020
Job overview
- (MSEIP; co-PI Walsh)
- 8,000 summer stipend, $4,895 research training and travel.
UTEP Dodson Research, School UTEPEl Paso, TX.
01.2019 - 12.2019
Job overview
- Grant, awarded $2,995.00
- Graduate
UTEPEl Paso, TX.
01.2018 - 12.2018
Job overview
- Grant, awarded $2,722.00
- Graduate School
Frank B. Cotton Trust ScholarshipEl Paso, TX.
08.2017 - 05.2018
Job overview
- Awarded $2,000
- UTEP
UTEPEl Paso, TX.
Graduate School Research Assistant Summer Program
06.2017 - 08.2017
Job overview
- Awarded $3,000.00.
DNA Electronics
Scientist II
12.2015 - 08.2016
Job overview
- Performed pre-amplification onsite design of primers and probes
- Investigated DNA shearing by gel electrophoresis and Experion capillary electrophoresis, and lysis of bacterial and fungal strains using chemical and mechanical methods.
BioDirection, Inc
04.2015 - 11.2015
Job overview
- Performed antibody purification by column affinity chromatography
- Tested in situ binding of antibodies to nanowires to determine protein concentration in samples.
University of New Mexico State Valencia
Adjunct Lecturer
08.2014 - 12.2014
Job overview
- Biology for Health-related Sciences and non-majors lecture course and accompanying laboratories
- Instructed students in the basic concepts of cell biology, biochemistry, genetics, and general organ function
- Prepared lectures, homework, quizzes, and exams.
06.2014 - 08.2014
Job overview
- Promoting Post-Baccalaureate Opportunities for Hispanic Americans, awarded $8,000
- NMT, Socorro, NM.
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Instructor
08.2012 - 05.2014
Job overview
- Guided student through Introductory Biology, and wet dissection laboratories
- Instructed proper laboratory etiquette, maintenance of a laboratory notebook, writing reports, prepared lectures, quizzes, and exams
- Taught basic laboratory techniques: microscope use, slide preparation, aseptic technique, DNA extraction, gel electrophoresis, and E
- Coli transformation
- Led class in dissections and identification of major organs from various organisms.
06.2013 - 08.2013
Job overview
- Promoting Post-Baccalaureate Opportunities for Hispanic Americans, awarded $8,000
- NMT, Socorro, NM.
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Evolutionary Ecology Laboratory Assistant
01.2012 - 05.2012
Job overview
- Worked on two strains of Arabidopsis thaliana investigating caloric fitness and trade-offs.
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Genetics Research Laboratory Assistant
11.2011 - 05.2012
Job overview
- Prepared materials used by genetics class laboratory and extracted RNA from rat heart tissue
- Scholarships, Grants, Research Assistantship
Palma de Mallorca
06.2003 - 06.2009
Job overview
- Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography Multicultural Program (ASLOMP), travel grant for 2023 ASLO Aquatic Science meeting
Education
University of Texas
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) from Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
08.2016 - 08.2023
University Overview
Dissertation: Ultraviolet Radiation: Local adaptation of a bdelloid rotifer Mentor: Dr. Elizabeth J. Walsh
University of Texas
Certificate of Higher Education from Geospatial Information Science and Technology
01.2017 - 05.2021
University Overview
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (NMT)
Masters in Science
University Overview
MS from Biology
University Overview
Degree
University Overview
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (NMT)
BS from Biology
Focused on Genetics and Ecology
University Overview
Skills
PCR
undefinedAccomplishments
Accomplishments
- 2023: 500 Women Scientists El Paso Pod - 2023: Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography membership- 2023: Biology, Environmental, and Engineering (BEE) Graduate Student Group- 2023: Ecological Society of America, Southwestern Chapter - 2023: Friends of the Rio Bosque
- Community Service June 2019: Guide Training Presentation at Hueco Tanks State Park and Historic Site, Aquatic Invertebrates
- June 2019: Guide Training Presentation at Hueco Tanks State Park and Historic Site, Aquatic Invertebrates- 2020: Assisted with Master Naturalist Training, Aquatic Wetlands.- 2023: Judge for Campus Office of Undergraduate Research Initiatives (COURI) Student Research Symposium, UTEP
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Timeline
Adjunct Lecturer
University of Texas
08.2023 - Current
Research Assistant
07.2023 - 08.2023
06.2023
11.2020 - 05.2023
03.2019 - 02.2023
UTEP Dodson Research, School UTEP
01.2019 - 12.2019
Program
Minority
09.2018 - 08.2020
UTEP
01.2018 - 12.2018
Frank B. Cotton Trust Scholarship
08.2017 - 05.2018
Graduate School Research Assistant Summer Program
UTEP
06.2017 - 08.2017
University of Texas
Certificate of Higher Education from Geospatial Information Science and Technology
01.2017 - 05.2021
Assistant Instructor
University of Texas
09.2016 - 05.2023
University of Texas
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) from Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
08.2016 - 08.2023
Scientist II
DNA Electronics
12.2015 - 08.2016
BioDirection, Inc
04.2015 - 11.2015
Adjunct Lecturer
University of New Mexico State Valencia
08.2014 - 12.2014
06.2014 - 08.2014
06.2013 - 08.2013
Instructor
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
08.2012 - 05.2014
Evolutionary Ecology Laboratory Assistant
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
01.2012 - 05.2012
Genetics Research Laboratory Assistant
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
11.2011 - 05.2012
06.2003 - 06.2009
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (NMT)
Masters in Science
MS from Biology
Degree
05.2014
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (NMT)
BS from Biology
Focused on Genetics and Ecology
05.2012