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Shakeeba Waseh

Ottawa,ON

Summary

  • Detail-oriented team player with strong organizational skills
  • Dependable with a positive attitude and willingness to take on responsibilities to meet team goals
  • Well-grounded with scientific technical research experience
  • Great retail and customer service skills
  • Solid knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel

Overview

23
23
years of professional experience

Work History

Technical officer

Public Health Agency of Canada, Microbiology Laboratories
05.2021 - 01.2022
  • Member of surge laboratory in charge of COVID-19 RNA-extraction using Qaunt-96 as well as amplification via qPCR
  • Creating worksheet using excel for both extraction and PCR, LIMS label, and uploading results into NML
  • TDG certified

Technical Officer

National Research Council
11.2019 - 03.2021
  • Perform laboratory duties such as protein expression, purification, and characterization by methods of ELISA, PCR and DNA sequencing analysis
  • Working knowledge of cloning, plasmid preps, and transformation as well as SDS-Gel and WB
  • Familiarity with immunization/VHH isolation of Lama Sera, building phase library and panning techniques
  • Other general laboratory duties such making solutions, media, autoclave, and ordering.

Sale Associate

Homesense
04.2018 - 11.2019
  • Responsible for processing merchandise, cash, and customer service.
  • Organized racks and shelves to maintain store visual appeal, engage customers, and promote specific merchandise
  • Helped customers locate products and checked store system for merchandise at other sites
  • Managed returns, exchanges and refunds in accordance with store policy
  • Solved customer challenges by offering relevant products and services
  • Contributed to team objectives in fast-paced environment
  • Trained new employees on customer service, money handling and organizing strategies

Technical officer

National Research Council
10.2003 - 01.2008
  • In charge of conducting scientific experiments and analysis of data in area of antibody engineering
  • Solid knowledge of PCR, DNA purification and sequencing
  • Protein expression, extraction, and purification by IMAC
  • Western blotting and oligonucleotide purifications
  • Familiar with standard DNA cloning techniques, including DNA restriction digestions and ligations and bacterial transformations

ESL Teacher

Kumi Language School
04.1999 - 04.2000
  • Worked cooperatively with other teachers, administrators, and parents to help students reach learning objectives
  • Incorporated multiple types of teaching strategies into classroom
  • Developed and taught ESL curriculum to improve students' grammar and conversational abilities

Education

Bachelor of Science - Chemistry

University of Western
London, Ontario
1996

Skills

  • Problem solving skills: collaborative, patient, and attention to detail
  • Dependable: completes tasks timely and open-minded to new learnings
  • Strong communication skills with abilities to speak different languages
  • Culturally diverse and people oriented
  • Excellent interpersonal skills

Affiliations

Member of published scientific papers as part of a research team at NRC

Languages

English
Full Professional
Farsi
Full Professional

Timeline

Technical officer

Public Health Agency of Canada, Microbiology Laboratories
05.2021 - 01.2022

Technical Officer

National Research Council
11.2019 - 03.2021

Sale Associate

Homesense
04.2018 - 11.2019

Technical officer

National Research Council
10.2003 - 01.2008

ESL Teacher

Kumi Language School
04.1999 - 04.2000

Bachelor of Science - Chemistry

University of Western
Shakeeba Waseh