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Jekaterina Stemmer
31
Female
member since Jun 20 2016
Latvian
My skills
- Performing various gardening/agriculture tasks, spent a large part of my childhood in a village
- Science educator for children aged 7-18
- Biotechnology/Life Sciences education, with work experience in Evolutionary Genomics.
- Writer, giving talks about child sexual abuse
Languages Spoken
Russian (Mother Tongue) English (Advanced) Latvian/Lettish (Advanced) German (Medium) Dutch (Beginner)Full CV / Resume
Key Achievements
• Traveled for a year around Europe in a caravan, used to poor housing conditions
• Wrote a book about child sexual abuse (in processing right now)
• Worked as a student technician at Naturalis Biodiversity Center
• Successfully completed two years of study in one as part of the fast-track program at HZ University of Applied Sciences (2012-2013).
Education
• Bachelor of Applied Sciences cum laude, HZ University of Applied Sciences, Vlissingen (2012-2015)
Major: Life Sciences
Minor: Masters courses (Plant Breeding) at Wageningen University (Basic Concepts of Plant Breeding, Plant Diseases and Immunity, Breeding for Quality and Resistance, Plant Cell and Tissue Culture, Population and Quantitative Genetics, Genetic Analysis).
• Faculty of Chemistry, University of Latvia, Riga (2011-2012)
Work Experience
• (September 2014 – June 2015) Intern, Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
I was working in the Museomics Department of Naturalis Biodiversity Center, under guidance of Dr. Barbara Gravendeel. I studied Evolution of Tulip Breaking virus by sequencing the RNA extracted from up to 300 year old historical Tulipa x gesneriana material. We have found genes evolving under directional selection.
• (December 2015 – March 2016) Teacher and developer of educational materials at , Riga, Latvia
I was working as a teacher at a young developing company focused on creative scientific education of children. My functions included teaching 7 – 18 year old children using existing Physics and Chemistry programs as well as developing educational materials (lectures and experiments) connected with Biology and Life Sciences and conducting demonstrational experiments
Skills and Qualifications
• Languages: English (proficient), Russian (mother tongue), Latvian (proficient), German (intermediate), Dutch (basic).
• B category drivers license, vast experience of travelling around Europe – mainly backpacking and caravan.
• Gardening skills: growing and planting flowers, caring for strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, currants, apple, cherry and pear trees. Shovelling, weeding flowerbeds, planting and caring for potatoes, cucumbers, pumpkins. Lawns, fertilisers, cutting hedges.
• Various laboratory skills: PCR, gel electrophoresis, sequencing, cell, bacterial and plant tissue cultures, isolations of DNA, RNA, nutrients; Western blotting. me for more information if interested.
• Computer skills: raw Sanger sequence, building alignments and phylogenetic trees, using NCBI tools; MS Office
About Me
I am currently in search for my better self and thus seeking hard work, new people and experiences all over the world.
My life had been quite hard, even though I grew up in a relatively rich family. I experienced psychological and sexual abuse and came out a short time ago. I am almost over it and now all I need is hard work and exploration.
I love sitting by the fire, being close to nature, hearing other people's stories and ling my own. My favourite authors are Jules Verne, Terry Pratchett, Jack London and Anthony Doerr. I love animals, especially horses and large dogs.
Cooking is my passion, as well as travelling. I have travelled around Europe together with a close friend of mine in a caravan, and have lots of stories to l.
I know the meaning of hard work and am really looking forward to it. I don't mind parties, but working and purifying myself through it is the main point.
I believe, that the world is simple and that we already know all the right things as small children, however tend to forget them, as we grow older.
I accept any religion, race, sexual orientation or political views. I am not a vegetarian, but will not mind if the food is vegetarian or vegan - I respect other people's choices and am not very picky.
