Joana Serrano Salgado

I am looking for a temporary part-time job. I am on a stand-by period until I find a PhD in my specific area (plant protection).  I moved to Switzerland 1 and ½ years ago. I have a bachelor's and a master, but I have worked since I was 16 years old. I did professional jobs (student technician) in my area and non-professional jobs (babysitting, petsitting, fieldwork, etc.) I am very organized, a hard worker, and respectful, with good communication abilities. 

Agroscope May 2022 – Dec 2022

Zurich, Switzerland

Internship

Field, Greenhouse, and Laboratory analysis experiments in the biological control soil pest,

grubs with entomopathogenic fungi and the cultivation of fungal cultures.

Detection, and identification of fungi in soil samples, and data collection in controlling the

effects of using fungi on non-target organisms.

Entomology Laboratory, Dept. for Plants and Plants Products.

University of Minnesota

Saint Paul, MN, USA

Trainee – Virology Laboratory Jan 2020 - Jan 2021

Identification and characterization of plant and fungal-associated viruses using traditional

virology and contemporary methods. Training in techniques for virus purification,

transmission electron microscopy, and molecular biology. Application of bioinformatics

tools to analyze high-throughput sequencing (HTS) data applied to virus discovery and

detection.

Virology laboratory, Department of Plant Pathology.

Advisor: Dr. Benham Lockhart & Dr. Robert Alvarez-Quinto

Trainee - Soybean breeding program Oct 2019 - Dec 2020

Assist with soybean breeding and research activities including sample plotting, harvest,

storing and processing, planting, crossing, grain evaluation laboratory, identification and

treatment of pests and diseases, greenhouse and growth chamber experiments.

The Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics.

Advisor: Dr. Aaron Lorenz

University of Lleida

Lleida, Spain

Student Research Assistant May 2018 – July 2018

Assist with greenhouse and growth chamber experiments, laboratory techniques,

sampling of trial plots, data sampling, and weed’s reproductive and vegetative fitness

analysis at the weeds and plant ecology group laboratory.

Department of Horticulture, Botany, and Gardening.

Internship Feb 2018 – Aug 2018

Agricultural consultant, data sampling collection, nitrogen recommendation fertilization,

scheduling sowing season, phytosanitary treatment, agronomic consulting: extensive and

intensive cereal, leguminous plant farming, and projects applied in precision crop

management. At the company, AGRALIS S.L.

University of Minnesota

Saint Paul, MN. USA

MSc Thesis Project Jan 2020 - Jan 2021

Experimental design and execution

Thesis title: "Genomic characterization of multiple virus-like particles found in a historical

sample of maize from Minnesota."

Advisor: Dr. Benham E. L. Lockhart and Dr. Concepcio Moragrega Garcia

Coursework Sep 2020 - Dec 2020

• Strategies for Agricultural Production and Management (AGRO 4604) – 3 credits

• Issues in Sustainable Agriculture (AGRO 4888) – 2 credits

• Insects, Microbes, and Plants: Ecology of Pest Management (CFAN 2333) – 3 credits

• Engineered insects: Science, Ethics, Society, and the Environment (ENTO 1906)– 1 credit

University of Lleida

Lleida, Spain & Minnesota, USA

MSc. in Integrated Pest Management Sep 2018 - July 2021

Thesis title: "Characterization of multiple virus-like particles found in a historical sample of

maize from Minnesota."

Advisor: Dr. Benham E. L. Lockhart and Dr. Concepcio Moragrega Garcia

BSc. Degree Sep 2014 - July 2018

Lleida, Spain

· Agricultural and Food Engineering, major in Agricultural Production.

Thesis title: “Cultural practices in the optimization of the integrated management of Papaver

rhoeas and Lolium rigidum in Winter cereals."

Advisor: Dr. Jordi Recasens Guinjuan

·President and member of the student council

Specialization course Jan 2019 – May2019

Lleida, Spain

Weed’s recognition of summer crops and weed’s recognition of plants and diasporas.

Weeds and Plant Ecology Group.