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Charleen M. Baker
520 Collings Ave. B616
Collingswood, NJ 08107
USA
+1 856 854 7882 (home)
+1 856 287 5901 (cell)
charleenbaker@hotmail.com
PROFILE
Proven
ability to plan, organize and manage projects. Skilled in
presenting information. Strong independent researcher and
trouble shooter. Excellent collaborator, supervisor and
mentor.
PROFFESIONAL EXPERIENCE
2001 -
2007
NovaFlora, Inc.
Philadelphia, PA
Senior Research Scientist
TRAINING and MANAGEMENT
" Interviewed and hired university Co-op students
" Trained and supervised 18 Co-op students in laboratory
techniques
" Evaluated and mentored students about vocational and
educational issues
RESEARCH
" Improved regeneration systems for mums, petunia and roses
by increasing the number of regenerates and decreasing the
total time to produce plants
" Established research protocols for 18 perennial plants
within 2 years
" Investigated and implemented ways to reduce time to
produce plants, reduce costs and improve quality of plants
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
" Managed projects for the production of new and novel
plants for both roses and perennials with a group of 3 to 5
people
" Produced 270,000 rose plants for screening for new and
novel plants in three years
" Produced 68,000 perennial plants from the 18 varieties for
screening for new and novel plants in one year
1996 - 2001
DNA Plant Technology, Inc.
Oakland, CA
Senior Research Scientist 1999-2001
Research Scientist 1996-1999
TRAINING and MANAGEMENT
" Supervised 10 hourly employees who were attending college
and a full time technician
" Interviewed and hired yearly students recently graduated
from high school
" Trained staff on laboratory techniques, data collection,
and genetic transformation
RESEARCH
" Conducted research on optimization for commercial
production of transgenic strawberry plants for disease and
herbicide resistance projects
" Reduced the total time from initiation until plants are in
greenhouse from 52 to 24 weeks
" Optimized protocols for large scale plant production with
an uniform time frame
" Conducted research on transformation and regeneration of
pea and pepper for incorporation of economic genes
" Increased rooting of pea plants from 10% to 50% and
increased plant survival to 90%
" Co-authored papers which were presented at national
meetings
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
" Managed commercial production of transgenic strawberry
plants for the disease, herbicide and nematode resistance
projects
" Maintained timelines to achieve goal of 2000 transgenic
strawberry plants in the greenhouse per year
" Correlated activities with other groups in the strawberry
project
1990 -
1996
Post-doctoral Associate
South Dakota State University, Plant Science Department,
Brookings SD 1993-1996
Montana State University, Plant, Soil & Environmental
Sciences Department, Bozeman, MT 1993
University of Georgia, Department of Horticulture, Athens,
GA 1990-1992
" Conducted research on in vitro regeneration and
transformation for sunflower and soybean for incorporation
of economic genes and safflower for incorporation of
herbicide resistance
" Developed one method to regenerate sunflower plants
" Developed two methods to regenerate soybean plants using
cultivars grown in South Dakota
" Increased rooting of transgenic safflower plants to 30%
" Conduct research on in vitro regeneration and
transformation of peanut
" Collaborated in a research project with multiple
departments at the University and GoldKist, a private
company
" Developed regeneration systems for peanut using immature
cotyledons, leaflets from seedlings and embryo axes from
mature seeds
" Wrote papers and book chapters with various scientists
which were published in international and national journals
EDUCATION
PhD
University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 1989
Dissertation "Cultural factors affecting in vitro
meristematic development of tulip (Tulipa gesneriana)"
MS University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 1985
Thesis "Synchronization and fluid sowing of carrot (Daucus
carota L.) somatic embryos"
BS Delaware Valley College, Doylestown, PA 1982
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
American
Society of Horticultural Science
Society for In Vitro Biology
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