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General Information
Full Name | Kian Kelly |
Date of Birth | 7th April 2000 |
Education
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2022-2026 PhD, Plant Pathology
University of California Riverside - Using metabarcoding and genomics approaches to characterize the ecology, distribution, and genomic features of plant symbiotic extremophilic fungi in Southern California deserts.
- Mentor for undergraduate students in the lab, teaching them how to culture fungi, use bioinformatics tools, analyze data.
- Dry lab kills developed include R, Python, Bash scripting, as well as genomic and metagenomic analyses.
- Wet lab skills developed include fungal culturing, DNA extraction, PCR, illumina library preperation, and nanopore sequencing.
- Achieved a 3.89 GPA overall in my courses.
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2018-2022 Bachelors of Science, Biology
Fort Lewis College - Graduated Magana cum Laude
- Conducted research spanning molecular virology, organic chemistry, and mycology.
- Developed skills in molecular cloning and PCR.
Work experience
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2021-2021 NSF REU student
Cornell University - Identified suitable conditions for preparation of plant membrane hormone transporter NPF3 for cryo electron microscopy using lipid nanodisc reconstitution and detergent solubilization.
- Obtained 2D classes of detergent solubilized NPF3.
- Generated recombinant baculoviruses possessing three orthologs of pannexin 2.
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2020-2021 Research assistant
Fort Lewis College - Helped construct a Human Cytomegalovirus (HCMV) mutant library using bacterial artificial chromosome recombineering.
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2021-2022 Research assistant
Fort Lewis College - Helped construct a CRISPR knockout library of the allopolyploid Arabidopsis suecica using golden gate cloning.
Teaching
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2022-2023 Microbiology TA
University of California Riverside - Served as the discussion instructor for over 100 introductory microbiology students.
- Developed weekly lectures and helped administer exams.
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2019-2022 Lead peer educator
Fort Lewis College - Tutored students in all writing subjects.
- Delivered presentations on scientific writing to peer educators and ran meetings.