EDUCATION:      New Mexico State University,  B.S.  Biology, 1994
 

WORK EXPERIENCE:

• Technical Support Analyst. New Mexico State University Soil Water & Air Testing Lab: 1.  Network Administration;  Build, configure, and maintain LAN using Windows 3.xx, 9.x, NT, and OS/2.  Maintain two Novell severs (4.10, & 4.11), create and administer user accounts (File access, security equivalence, etc.), perform software and hardware installations and upgrades, perform and maintain data backup and recovery, install and configure all network harware and protocols.  Provide software and hardware technical assistance to all users.  2. Analyze drinking water for heavy metals using Inductively Coupled  Plasma - Mass Spectrometry.  03/96-present.
• Research Assistant.  NMSU, Agronomy and Horticulture dept.  Studying and analyzing nutrient uptake and mycorrhizal relations in alfalfa.  Duties include growing and maintaining plants in a greenhouse environment along with microwave digestion, ICP and computer analysis.  02/94-03/96.
• Research Assistant.  NMSU Biology dept.  Studying and analyzing species of southern oaks.  Measuring levels of attack by specialist herbivores through laboratory and computer analysis, along with numerous field collections and studies.  01/93-02/94.
• Research Assistant.  White Mountain National Forest, Cloudcroft New Mexico.  Worked as part of a team from NMSU studying the endangered plant  species Circium vinaceum.  Population census, pollinator monitoring, establishing artificial populations from transplants.  05/92-09/92.
• Photography Editor.  Round Up, NMSU.  Involved in all areas of photograph production and supervision of staff photographers.  08/90-02/92.

Skills:   Novell 4.x, Windows NT 4.0, 3.xx, 9.x, Macintosh, OS/2, Linux, COBOL, TCP/IP, FTP, Microsoft Office 97, Corel WordPerfect Suite, Netscape Communicator, Eudora, etc.