Anli Gao-Stats Member

Anli Gao Method Development Scientist, Biostatistician

Laboratory Services, University of Guelph

Direct line: 519-823-1268 x.57433

95 Stone Road West Guelph, N1H 8J7

Fax: 519-767-2640

E-mail: agao@uoguelph.ca

HIGHLIGHTS

 Multi disciplinary in microbiology, life history, population biology, molecular biology and biostatistics  Experience in method development for detection of pathogens in food  Experimental design, data analysis, and scientific presentation and publication  Team player and research project management

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

 Developed and validated methods for detection and isolation of pathogens in food matrices  Estimated measurement uncertainty for experiments with different designs  Provided consultation on experimental design, statistics, and data presentation to colleagues and graduate students  Authored/coauthored over 30 research papers on scientific journals, and over 10 conference presentations or/and abstracts  Supervised project students on research projects

EXPERTISE

 Experimental design and Data analysis

Experimental design and data collection for both parametric and nonparametric characteristics, spreadsheet skill, data analysis, statistics, multivariate analysis using SPSS and SAS, measurement estimation for various types of experiments, and result interpretation  Food Microbiology Method development for detection, isolation of bacterial strains from food, animal and environmental samples using variety of methods including centrifugation, selective culture, decontamination, immuno-capture separation, MALDI TOF system etc.  Molecular biology DNA extraction and purification, RFLP, PCR, Southern hybridization, method development for quick diagnosis of pathogenic organisms

WORK EXPERIENCE

University of Guelph, Laboratory Services Division, Guelph, Ontario Method Development Scientist, Biostatistician

2006 –

Research and development of methods for detection of foodborne pathogens. Method evaluation, verification and validation. Project management. Statistical support and consultation.

Research Associate

1998 – 2006

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