1. Jeremy Rivard
1124 Lilac Lane Dover, NH 03820
(603) 703-2854 | jdj75@wildcats.unh.edu
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
 UNH Biomedical Science: Medical Microbiology student with particular interests and experience in public health,
microbiology, molecular/cellular biology, biomedical science, biotechnology, and other biological disciplines.
 Additional background in wildlife biology, Earth science, GIS, chemistry/biochemistry, ecology and conservation.
 Educated in many laboratory procedures including mass-spectrophotometry, titration, chromatography, chemical
solution handling/mixing, bacterial identification and staining, microscopy, gelelectrophoresis, cell culture, and
general experimental design.
 Skilled in ArcGIS, SPSS, and Microsoft Office:Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Access
EDUCATION
University of New Hampshire – Durham, NH Expected Graduation Date: May, 2017
Bachelor of Science: Biomedical Science: Medical Microbiology GPA: 3.18
 Highest Honors – Fall 2014
 High Honors – Spring 2014, Fall 2013
Related Laboratory Experience and Coursework
Biochemistry 2016
 SDS-PAGE, enzyme kinetics, mass-spec, enzyme inhibition, protein purification, PCR, restriction enzyme digestion,
Bradford assay, affinity chromatography, ion-exchange chromatography, gelfiltration chromatography, fractionation
Immunology 2016
 ELISA, immuno-dot blot, immunohistochemistry, hematological staining, microscopy, antibody-antigen interactions
Public Health: Food and Waterborne Diseases 2016
 Disinfection, infectious disease spread, current controversialissues in public health
 Developed and performed an experiment to evaluate the validity of bacterial removal clams made by producers of
pitcher water filters
 Analyzed the past, present, and future implications of various legislature pertaining to public health
 Developed skills in writing executive summaries, white papers, laboratory reports, and CCR evaluations
Microbiology 2015
 Bacterial staining, microscopy, bacterial motility and behavior, enrichment culturing
 Plate cultures/broth tests (fermentation), testing bacteriological quality of food/water
 Conjugation, Ames test, identification of unknown species, bacteriophage assays
Chemistry I & II / Organic Chemistry 2013 / 2015
 Titration (acid/base unknowns), spectrophotometry, other basic chemicalanalysis techniques
 Distillation, extraction, chromatography, spectroscopy, TLC, acid-base chemistry, rotary evaporation
Molecular and Cellular Biology 2014
 Agarose Gel Electrophoresis, experimental design, chemotaxis, photosynthesis
 Bacterial phagocytosis, prokaryotic genetic/plasmid DNA analysis
RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE
Novocure – Supervisor: Chip MacDonald (Portsmouth, NH) July 2016 – August 2016
Operations: Intern
 Assisted the quality and operations teams with the US launch of the second generation Optune System. Efforts resulted
in the conversion of Novocure’s glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) patients to an improved system.
 Learned and utilized QA sampling and inspection procedures to process new and returned medicalequipment from
receipt to finished goods availability.
 Processed equipment returns from patients through decontamination, quality inspection, and return to availability.
University of New Hampshire – Supervisor: Dr. Peter J. Pekins – (Berlin, NH) May 2014 – September 2014
Research Assistant: Intern
 Monitored moose (Alces alces) population and condition throughout northern NH utilizing ArcGIS, GPS, and radio
telemetry.
 Responsible for monitoring, tracking, locating, and physically pursuing moose to determine condition of adult cow, and
condition of calf.
 Managed data entry and analysis regarding location, date, and condition of moose via ArcGIS and MS Access.