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
2023.08 - Current (2 education.years_Label & 11 education.months_Label)
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
2023.07 - 2023.08 (1 education.month_Label)
Job overview
- Summer RA, cleaning, correcting gene sequences to form contiguous representation of a genomic region, $4,000.
2020.11 - 2023.05 (2 education.years_Label & 6 education.months_Label)
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
2016.09 - 2023.05 (6 education.years_Label & 8 education.months_Label)
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.
2023.06
Job overview
- Biology Department Dodson Grant UTEP, $500 travel fund to XVI International rotifer symposium, Croatia Zagreb.
2019.03 - 2023.02 (3 education.years_Label & 11 education.months_Label)
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
2018.09 - 2020.08 (1 education.year_Label & 11 education.months_Label)
Job overview
- (MSEIP; co-PI Walsh)
- 8,000 summer stipend, $4,895 research training and travel.
UTEP Dodson Research, School UTEPEl Paso, TX.
2019.01 - 2019.12 (11 education.months_Label)
Job overview
- Grant, awarded $2,995.00
- Graduate
UTEPEl Paso, TX.
2018.01 - 2018.12 (11 education.months_Label)
Job overview
- Grant, awarded $2,722.00
- Graduate School
Frank B. Cotton Trust ScholarshipEl Paso, TX.
2017.08 - 2018.05 (9 education.months_Label)
Job overview
- Awarded $2,000
- UTEP
UTEPEl Paso, TX.
Graduate School Research Assistant Summer Program
2017.06 - 2017.08 (2 education.months_Label)
Job overview
- Awarded $3,000.00.
DNA Electronics
Scientist II
2015.12 - 2016.08 (8 education.months_Label)
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
2015.04 - 2015.11 (7 education.months_Label)
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
2014.08 - 2014.12 (4 education.months_Label)
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.
2014.06 - 2014.08 (2 education.months_Label)
Job overview
- Promoting Post-Baccalaureate Opportunities for Hispanic Americans, awarded $8,000
- NMT, Socorro, NM.
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Instructor
2012.08 - 2014.05 (1 education.year_Label & 9 education.months_Label)
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.
2013.06 - 2013.08 (2 education.months_Label)
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
2012.01 - 2012.05 (4 education.months_Label)
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
2011.11 - 2012.05 (6 education.months_Label)
Job overview
- Prepared materials used by genetics class laboratory and extracted RNA from rat heart tissue
- Scholarships, Grants, Research Assistantship
Palma de Mallorca
2003.06 - 2009.06 (6 education.years_Label)
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
2016.08 - 2023.08 (7 education.years_Label)
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
2017.01 - 2021.05 (4 education.years_Label & 4 education.months_Label)
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
RT-PCR
Purification of DNA and RNA
Microbial culture
Column/Gas exclusion chromatography, heavy metal toxicity assay, GSH protein assayDNA finger printing, measurements of ATP, photosynthesisProficient in Microsoft Office including Word, PowerPoint, and ExcelCell lysis (mechanical and chemical)
Minitab
ImageJ
Southern/Western gels
Gel electrophoresis
ExperionTM capillary electrophoresis
Various ELISA methods
R
Bash-scripting
Python
R studio
ArcGIS
Adobe Illustrator
Student records management
Continuing education
Group and individual instruction
Academic research
Learning Management Systems
Lesson Planning
Classroom management
Student needs assessment
Group Instruction
Online teaching
Curriculum Development
Academic writing
Individualized support
Online content delivery
Student counseling
Classroom lecturing
Accomplishments
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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To raise new questions, new possibilities, to regard old problems from a new angle, requires creative imagination and marks real advance in science.
Timeline
Adjunct Lecturer
University of Texas
2023.08 - Current (2 education.years_Label & 11 education.months_Label)
Research Assistant
2023.07 - 2023.08 (1 education.month_Label)
2023.06
2020.11 - 2023.05 (2 education.years_Label & 6 education.months_Label)
2019.03 - 2023.02 (3 education.years_Label & 11 education.months_Label)
UTEP Dodson Research, School UTEP
2019.01 - 2019.12 (11 education.months_Label)
Program
Minority
2018.09 - 2020.08 (1 education.year_Label & 11 education.months_Label)
UTEP
2018.01 - 2018.12 (11 education.months_Label)
Frank B. Cotton Trust Scholarship
2017.08 - 2018.05 (9 education.months_Label)
Graduate School Research Assistant Summer Program
UTEP
2017.06 - 2017.08 (2 education.months_Label)
University of Texas
Certificate of Higher Education from Geospatial Information Science and Technology
2017.01 - 2021.05 (4 education.years_Label & 4 education.months_Label)
Assistant Instructor
University of Texas
2016.09 - 2023.05 (6 education.years_Label & 8 education.months_Label)
University of Texas
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) from Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
2016.08 - 2023.08 (7 education.years_Label)
Scientist II
DNA Electronics
2015.12 - 2016.08 (8 education.months_Label)
BioDirection, Inc
2015.04 - 2015.11 (7 education.months_Label)
Adjunct Lecturer
University of New Mexico State Valencia
2014.08 - 2014.12 (4 education.months_Label)
2014.06 - 2014.08 (2 education.months_Label)
2013.06 - 2013.08 (2 education.months_Label)
Instructor
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
2012.08 - 2014.05 (1 education.year_Label & 9 education.months_Label)
Evolutionary Ecology Laboratory Assistant
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
2012.01 - 2012.05 (4 education.months_Label)
Genetics Research Laboratory Assistant
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
2011.11 - 2012.05 (6 education.months_Label)
2003.06 - 2009.06 (6 education.years_Label)
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (NMT)
Masters in Science
MS from Biology
Degree
2014.05
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (NMT)
BS from Biology
Focused on Genetics and Ecology
2012.05