RESEARCH

• • Spring, Melissa. 2002/3. "Overview of UCD CDF Collaboration." APS Meeting Abstracts D1. 001.

  • Baroiant, Sasha, and et al. 2002/3. "On The Upgrade of the CDF Detector at Fermilab." APS Meeting Abstracts D1. 002.

  • Forrester, Stanley, and et al. 2002/3. "On the Assessment of the Muon Detection System at the CDF Experiment at Fermilab." APS Meeting Abstracts D1. 004.

  • Guerrero, Karen, and et al. 2021. "Bioinformatics Analysis of Proteins Involved in Bacterial Curli Assembly Indicate Conserved Amino Acids that May Play a Role in Structure/Function." Biophysical Journal (Elsevier) 120 (3): 20a.

Spring, M. (2024). Bravery in teaching: Climate science reality. Western Oregon University, Monmouth, OR.

Spring, M., & Duskin, B. (2021). Marketing analysis for [Redacted: Small Soap Company]. California State University, San Marcos.

Spring, M. (2000). Prey preference of the invasive European green crab, Carcinus maenas, and its implications for native prey populations. University of California, Davis. Conducted at Bodega Bay, CA.

Graduate Researcher                 Calif. State Univ., San Marcos                   2020-2021

Jayasinghe Lab run by Sajith Jayasinghe, PhD, Dept. of Chemistry & Biochemistry Chair. Examining the genetic configurations of the curli fibers around gram negative bacteria relating to the structure-function relationships. Resulted in publication of Bioinformatics Analysis of Proteins Involved in Bacterial Curli Assembly Indicate Conserved Amino Acids that May Play a Role in Structure/Function

​Genomics Laboratory Class Calif. State Univ., San Marcos                  2019-2020

Familiarity with protein purification, western blot, gel electrophoresis, mini-prep, maxi-prep, use of CRISPR Cas9, Gibson assembly, GFP, chromatography

Post-Graduate Researcher UC Davis; Fermilab, Batavia, Il         2001-2002

Worked with the CDF detector on the Higgs-Boson experiment. Programmed monitoring devices in C++ and PERL. Worked with a satellite group in Davis, CA and onsite in Batavia, IL under the guide of Dr. Richard Lander.

Research Assistant           Univ. of Calif., Davis                            2001

Assigned to Fermilab, Batavia, IL and was responsible for programming in PERL to monitor the error rates in the silicon, svxii, of the CDF detector, while working with Dr. Spalding.

​Advanced Physics Lab    Univ. of Calif., Davis          2001

Experiments in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Astronomy, and Muon decay in an advanced classroom laboratory setting.

Research Assistant  Univ. of Calif., Davis                            2001

Performed behavioral feeding and memory experiments as well as cared for scrub jays and magpies. Research For Dr Nicola Clayton, University of Cambridge, Department of Experimental Psychology.

Student Researcher      Univ. of Calif., Davis, Bodega Bay, CA             2000

Developed, performed experiment, and wrote a paper on the feeding behavior of the invasive green crab at Bodega Bay Marine Laboratory in Bodega Bay, CA during a six-week summer marine biology program offered through UC Davis.