Electron Microscope Lab
26 Giannini Hall
University of California, Berkeley 
gvrdolja@nature.berkeley.edu
Berkeley, CA 94720-3330      (510) 642-2085
http://nature.Berkeley.EDU/~gvrdolja

OBJECTIVE:
Research, consulting, or management position in government,
industry, or academic setting.

EDUCATION:
  University of California, Berkeley; Environmental Science, Policy, and
  Management
  Ph.D. Soil Science, October 1998
  Emphasis:  Soil chemistry, electron microscopy, mineralogy, and soil
  microbiology

  University of Toronto; Department of Geology
  M.Sc. Geology, May 1994
  Emphasis:  surface chemistry

  University of Toronto; Arts and Sciences
  B.Sc. Chemistry and Geology, May 1992
  Emphasis:  Inorganic chemistry, geochemistry, and mineralogy

WORK EXPERIENCE:
2000-pressent, Electron Microscopy Laboratory UC Berkeley
Senior Research Associate, Programmer Analyst
-Conduct independent research and assist researchers with their projects.  Train
students in sample processing and equipment operation.  Maintain lab
network, server, computer systems, and web page.  Database programming for
laboratory billing.  System administration for SGI, Linux, NT, win98, and
Mac workstations.

1999-2000, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Postdoctoral Scientist
-Electron microscopy of bacterial bioremediation of U and Cr contaminanted
 sediments

1998-1999, UC Berkeley Civil Engineering
Postdoctoral Researcher
-Surface physical chemistry of corrosion of reebar in concrete structures

1995-October 1998, Integrated Systems and Technology, UC Berkeley
Computer Resource Specialist II - Supervisor, Facility Coordinator.
-technical documentation writing
-teaching faculty, students, and staff on computer use and various applications
-hiring and managing
-trained and managed a consultant staff of 100 workers covering eight
 computer laboratories composed of macintosh, Unix, windows, and Windows
 NT platforms

1994-October 1998, UC Berkeley ESPM
Graduate Student Researcher.  
-scientific research experiments involving microscopy, spectroscopy and
 diffraction
-attending scientific conferences, giving presentations to scientific community
-writing research funding proposals for government grants
-maintained a computer laboratory of NT workstations

1992-1994, University of Toronto, Department of Geology
Research Assistant and AFM Laboratory Technician. 
-Care and maintenance of an atomic force microscopy laboratory
-collaborative projects on surface chemistry with researchers from
 university and industry

1991, Metropolitan Toronto Works Department
Chemist's Research Assistant. 
-Chemical analysis of groundwater samples surrounding landfill sites
-wet chemical and spectroscopic techniques.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:
 Computers:	C++, HTML, JAVA, and Perl programming, various software
		applications on	Mac, Unix, and PC platforms,
		system administration on Linux, Irix, NT platforms.
 AFM:		Seven years experience in obtaining atomic-scale images
 TEM:		Nine years experience
 SEM:		Six years experience
 XPS:		Two years experience
 AAS:		Two years experience

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