Ana Luisa Merse
Sunrise Beach,Australia
Summary
Driven and adaptable, bringing solid understanding of aquaculture principles, from upstream to downstream process. Open and eager to apply these principles to any other organism, with emphasis on those contributing to sustainable solutions.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Aquaculture Technician
Provectus Algae
02.2022 - Current
- Maintain algae cultures in a clean and regulated environment - Algae counting and inoculation of small-scale cultures
- Optimization of algae cultures
- Work closely with scientists and production staff to test hypotheses and gather data
- Maintain precise, accurate and ordered data records and produce concise reports to convey the data
- Assist with genetic identification of algae species through DNA extraction, PCR and BLAST methods
- Assist with product downstream processing including the use of cross flow filters, vacuum oven driers, proprietary precipitation methods, milling/screening equipment and packaging/labelling equipment
- Stock inventory management
Internship and Master’s thesis
The Spanish Bank of Algae
07.2020 - 09.2021
- Laboratory cultivation of microalgae at analytical scale – preparation of culture media, cell counting, handling of spectrophotometry and fluorometry techniques
- Study of growth curves and calculations of maximal growth rate and productivity
- Cell harvesting and biomass drying using different techniques, i.e oven heat and lyophilization
- Lipid extraction from algal matrix and purification procedures for fatty acids recovery and GC-MS analyses
- Master’s thesis about 'Batch cultures of native strains of Nitzschia palea from the Canary Islands: Growth monitoring using direct and indirect methods' as part of the H2020 NewTechAqua project
Waitress
PerLease GmbH
11.2018 - 03.2019
- Service in catering and events
Internship and Bachelor’s thesis
Eurofins WEJ Contaminants
05.2017 - 01.2018
- Evaluation of different sampling methods for mycotoxins, with focus on the investigation of Ochratoxin A production in rye
- Microbiological methods for the cultivation of the Ochratoxin A producing fungus Penicillium verrucosum on agarose and on rye grains
- Homogenization and processing of dust and grain samples
- LC-MS/MS measurements
- Result evaluation using Agilent MassHunter 7.01 software
- Optimisation of extraction procedure for dust samples tailored to the KOMBISPEC project
- Individual fluorescence immunoassays (FIA)
- Bachelor’s thesis about 'Development of the local detection of mycotoxins in cereals by dust sampling' as part of the KOMBISPEC project
Education
Master of Science - Biotechnology and applied Ecology
Dresden University of Tech. - Hochschule Zittau
10.2021
Bachelor of Science - Biotechnology
Hochschule Darmstadt – University of Applied Sciences
03.2019
German school -
Deutsche Schule Las Palmas De Gran Canaria (Spain)
05.2013
Skills
- Laboratory skills
- Analytical Chemistry (spectrometry, fluorometry, LC-MS/MS)
- Microalgae Cultivation
- Growth monitoring
- Harvesting techniques
- Molecular Biology and microbiology
- Extraction Methods (mycotoxins, lipids, fatty acids)
- MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
Personal Information
- Place of Birth: Düsseldorf, Germany
- Date of Birth: 07/16/95
Certification
Introduction to Algae
Cambridge Advanced Certificate (CAE)
Languages
Spanish
Native or Bilingual
German
Native or Bilingual
English
Full Professional
Timeline
Aquaculture Technician
Provectus Algae
02.2022 - Current
Internship and Master’s thesis
The Spanish Bank of Algae
07.2020 - 09.2021
Waitress
PerLease GmbH
11.2018 - 03.2019
Internship and Bachelor’s thesis
Eurofins WEJ Contaminants
05.2017 - 01.2018
Master of Science - Biotechnology and applied Ecology
Dresden University of Tech. - Hochschule Zittau
Bachelor of Science - Biotechnology
Hochschule Darmstadt – University of Applied Sciences
German school -
Deutsche Schule Las Palmas De Gran Canaria (Spain)
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