Position Reclassification (see Prior Experience). Ann Hazelrigg (Managing Supervisor). University of Vermont Extension, Burlington, Vermont. July 2019-present.
Pesticide Safety Education
The UVM Extension Pesticide Safety Education Program (PSEP) works closely with the Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets to provide training and education resources for current and prospective pesticide applicators, ensuring proper and legal use of pesticides that reduces potential risk to human health and the environment.
Create and deliver pest management education:
Commercial pesticide applicator annual meetings
Initial certification workshops
Online training and recertification courses
Presentations to student and homeowner audiences
Fact sheet generation and distribution
Administer pesticide recertification credits for regional workshops
Coordinate publication of the Pesticide Applicator Report for Vermont’s pesticide applicators, including article and recertification quiz creation, editing, and layout.
Northeast Region AAPSE representative to the Board of Directors (2020 to present)
Laboratory Management
Manager and Chemical Safety officer of multipurpose laboratory housing Apple/Grape, Hops/Grains, and Pollinator research groups; coordinate facility use, maintain equipment.
Manager of apple and winegrape laboratory activities including: hire, train, and supervise student labor; coordinate with field harvest schedules; purchase research supplies.
Administrative Responsibilities
Detailed assistance in grant administration including: proposal preparation, budget preparation, evaluation, and reporting.
Maintain multiple program websites, databases, and listserves.
Ongoing Vermont Master Gardener program support.
Research
APHIS USDA Cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey data collection organization and fieldwork.
Develop and execute apple and winegrape laboratory data collection, chemical analysis, and data analysis protocols.
Research Technician. Lorraine Berkett (2006- 2015), Terence Bradshaw (Managing Supervisor 2015- 2019), Plant & Soil Science Department and Extension, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont. Coordinate implementation of large multistate research and outreach grants for organic apple and grape research. Detailed assistance in grant proposal preparation, including budget preparation. Organize and implement outreach workshops and events for the public. Develop and execute extensive data collection and analysis protocols for organic apple and winegrape research. Design, create and maintain websites for organic apple and grape outreach. Generate reports, posters, and articles for apple and grape research outreach. Maintenance of databases and listserves for apple and grape outreach. Insect scouting in apple orchards and reporting. Run disease prediction models for apple orchards. Horticultural maintenance and monitoring of research vineyard. Training of student assistants in orchards and vineyard. Responsible for purchasing research supplies and maintaining equipment. Attend professional conferences and workshops as a representative of the apple and grape research team. July 2006- June 2019. NOTE: This position held concurrent with following listing.
Research Technician. Ann Hazelrigg (Managing Supervisor 2003- 2015). Plant & Soil Science Department and Extension, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont. Manager and Chemical Safety officer for Plant Diagnostic Clinic laboratory. Directed layout and move of laboratory to new building. National Plant Diagnostic Network IT technician for Vermont. USDA Cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey data collection fieldwork. Detailed assistance in grant proposal preparation, including budget preparation. Responsible for purchasing lab supplies and maintaining lab equipment. Maintenance for UVM Extension green industry listserves. Design of a Vermont Department of Agriculture Plant Health Resources website. Ongoing Vermont representative in New England Pest Management Network, including organization of several multistate meetings and generation of documents. Ongoing maintenance of multiple department websites. Ongoing Vermont Master Gardener program support. Teaching Assistant for PSS 117 Plant Pathology laboratory sessions, including preparation and maintenance of lab supplies and cultures, presentations to students, and assistance during lab sessions. July 2003- June 2019. NOTE: This position held concurrent with previous listing.
Laboratory Technician III. Alan Gotlieb, Plant & Soil Science Department, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont. Fungal analysis and mycotoxin identification in forages. Survey data entry and analysis. Sample collection throughout Vermont. Isolation and identification of fungal species. Development of protocols for extraction of mycotoxins. Collaboration with multistate colleagues. Responsible for purchasing lab supplies, maintaining lab equipment, assisting in grant reports and proposals. Vermont representative in New England Pest Management Network. Development of multistate crop profile and Pest Management Strategic Plan protocols. Design, creation and maintenance of multiple department and college websites. Vermont Master Gardener program support, logo design, creation, layout and editing of publications, data entry and analysis. Organization of retirement party for department chair. September 1999-June 2003.
Laboratory Technician II. Laboratory of David N. Krag, Surgery Department, University of Vermont and Vermont Cancer Center, Burlington, Vermont. Targeting of breast cancer protein ErbB2 with phage display libraries. Development of colony screening techniques using immunodetection. Maintenance of tissue culture stocks, protein purification, SDS-PAGE, Western blot, ELISA, protein biotinylation, dialysis, peptide synthesis, HPLC, mass spectroscopy, DNA preparation. Laboratory animal medicine certification. Responsible for purchasing lab supplies, making stock solutions, maintaining lab equipment, general secretarial work, assisting in grant reports and proposals. PC experience. October 1996-August 1999.
Laboratory Technician I. Laboratory of John M. Burke, Microbiology & Molecular Genetics Department, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont. Assistant to Qiao Yu studying hairpin ribozymes in viral applications. RNA, PCR, transcription, polyacrylamide electrophoresis, manual sequencing, radioisotopes. Responsible for purchasing lab supplies, making stock solutions, maintaining lab equipment, radiation surveys, general secretarial work, learning experimental techniques and protocols. Macintosh experience. May 1994-September 1996.
Technical Assistant. Microbiology & Molecular Genetics Department, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont. Prepared media for student teaching laboratories, setting up for teaching laboratory sessions, testing of unknown microorganisms, correcting examinations, inventory of media room and teaching laboratories. September 1993-May 1994.