Michelle A. Nipper
Vancouver
Summary
Experience
Skilled research professional with strong focus on team collaboration and delivering impactful results. Adept at data analysis, project management, and scientific writing. Known for adaptability in dynamic environments and reliability in meeting objectives. Strong analytical thinker with methodical approach to research.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Research Assistant
Oregon Health & Sciences University
01.2024 - Current
- Oversees all current ongoing laboratory experiments on top of organizing and running other experiments covered in the lab’s grants
- Brain Surgeries, including the infusion of different viruses and drugs into different brain regions of adult mice.
- Aids in data analysis and graphing of all data from experimentation.
Senior Research Assistant/Lab Manager
Oregon Health & Sciences University
08.2004 - 12.2024
- Conducted, organized and oversaw all laboratory experiments covered in the lab’s grants
- Helped with organizing and the writing of scientific publications with aid from the principal investigator
- Performed microinfusion brain surgeries on adult and adolescent mice
- Analyzed data with statistical analyses and graphs
Research Assistant II
Oregon Health & Sciences University
05.2001 - 08.2004
- Primary responsibility for research includes the investigation the modulatory effects of neurosteroids on ethanol withdrawal severity following chronic EtOH vapor exposure
Independent Research
California State University
06.2000 - 01.2001
- Gained experience in data collection and compilation
- Expanded experience in large data group analysis using statistical and mathematical analyses
- Aided in the analysis of concurring experiments
Education
B.S. - Marine Biology, Chemistry Minor
California State University, Long Beach
Long Beach, CA01.2001
General Biology
Seattle University
Seattle, Wa01.1995
Skills
- Flexibility
- Training and mentoring
- Laboratory skills
- Scientific writing
- Data collection
- Qualitative research
- Statistical software
- Experimental design
- Research methodology
- Teamwork and collaboration
- Attention to detail
- Multitasking and organization
Accomplishments
- Wrote 42 articles published in Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research (ACER), Alcohol, Hormones and Behavior, Brain Research, Psychopharmocology, Neuroscience, Neuropharmocology, Genes Brains Behavior, and Pharmacology Biochem Behavior.
- Trained 8 undergraduate students, 12 graduate students and 4 post doctorate students on laboratory techniques and research fundamentals.
Timeline
Senior Research Assistant
Oregon Health & Sciences University
01.2024 - Current
Senior Research Assistant/Lab Manager
Oregon Health & Sciences University
08.2004 - 12.2024
Research Assistant II
Oregon Health & Sciences University
05.2001 - 08.2004
Independent Research
California State University
06.2000 - 01.2001
General Biology
Seattle University
B.S. - Marine Biology, Chemistry Minor
California State University, Long Beach
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