Erin Garza
Assistant Professor @J. Craig Venter Institute
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WORK HISTORY
Assistant Professor @J. Craig Venter Institute
La Jolla, CA, US
Train post-docs, graduate students, undergraduate students, and interns on proper laboratory techniques and how to use equipment • Establish collaborations with other JCVI scientists and outside collaborators • Maintain bacterial and algal cell cultures• Perform and optimize genetic engineering protocols for various bacterial and algal species• Design genetic constructs for gene insertion or deletion • Create genetic parts libraries for a variety of organisms• Participate in team meetings and collaboratively maintain and/or update experimental protocols and process optimization• Identify, ideate, and author grants to fund research• Give presentations to share research updates and breakthroughs internally and externally through conferences, local meetings, and in the community• Perform deep-sea field work to obtain samples and deploy in situ experiments• Maintain lab safety and ethics certifications• Host and train interns for the summer internship program and lead journal club
EDUCATION
Harper College
Associate of Arts (AA), Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
Northern Illinois University
Bachelor's degree, Science
Northern Illinois University
Master of Science (M.S.), Molecular Biology
Northern Illinois University
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Microbiology, General
Harper College
Associate of Science (A.S.), Science
SKILLS
ABOUT ERIN GARZA
I am an Assistant Professor at the J. Craig Venter Institute. My research focuses on studying the microbiome of deep-sea plastics, evaluating the impact of plastic pollution on marine environments, and determining the effects of plastic additives on environmental and human health. I look for plastic degrading organisms in extreme environments so that we can utilize them/ their genes to improve our recycling capabilities.
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