Cheryl D Ambrose BSc PhD
Curriculum vitae
Objective
To provide solutions for businesses requiring Technical or Scientific Writing, Research Grant Proposals, high quality Web Content, or Web and Document Design.
Professional Profile
Dynamic and versatile technical and scientific writer with multiple university degrees and a strong aptitude for technical subject matter. Can-do attitude with the ability to work in a fast-paced entrepreneurial environment. Objective, realistic, and collaborative worker. Self-motivated, independent, and quick learner with exceptional follow-through. Continuously seeks to expand knowledge and understanding of terminology, principals, and federal regulations relating to projects.
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Professional Experience
Written and Graphic Communications
- Converts technical terminology into easy to understand language, expressing complex concepts with words and illustrations.
- Skilled, innovative investigator synthesizes, organizes and communicates findings in a thorough and comprehensive manner.
- Creates attractive, easy-to-read documentation for technical or non-technical audiences in a range of media.
- Delivers documentation tailored to the target audience.
- Designed and delivered tutorials for university students in the Life Sciences.
Employment History
CDACommunication, Guelph, ON, Owner/Operator (2009 to present)
NRC Canada, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Editorial Assistant, Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences (2004 to 2007)
- Reviewed new manuscripts for compliance to CJFAS requirements for style and formatting.
- Compiled reviewers’ comments for return to authors.
- Wrote concise summaries, evaluated authors’ responses and compliance to reviewers’ comments and requests for changes in format and style.Recommended grammatical changes to manuscripts for which author(s) were not fluent in English.
Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Graduate Service Assistant, Teaching Assistant (1997 to 2004)
- Adapted course manual and study guide to correspond with the current version of course textbook.
- Facilitated weekly tutorials, developed and graded weekly problem sets, graded term assignments, essays and exams
- Evolution (ZOO 3300, Winter 2002, 2001)
- Humans in the Natural World (ZOO 1500, Winter 2002, 2001, 1998)
- Evolution and Population Genetics (MBG 3000, Fall 2001, 1999, 1998, 1997)
- Genetics and Society (MBG 1000, Fall 2001)
- Genetics and Molecular Biology of Development (MBG 4040, Fall 2001)
- Laboratory Methods in Molecular Biology I & II (MBG 3350, 3360, Winter 2000, Fall 1999)
- Introductory Cell Biology (BIOL 2210, Fall, Winter 2000, Spring 1998)
Prokopowich & Associates Limited, ON/AB, Construction Management & Estimating Services, Operations Manager (1988 to 1994)
Prokop Construction Services Limited, AB, General Contractor & Construction Management, Operations Manager (1978 to 1988)
Professional Memberships
Society for Technical Communication (since 2007)
Canadian Federation of University Women (since 2010)
Guelph Chamber of Commerce (since 2010)
AgVantage Toastmasters (Treasurer, since 2010)
Company of Women (since 2010)
Education
Certificate, Technical Communication, Vancouver Island University, Powel River, BC (2009)
PhD, Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON (2008)
BSc, Specialized honours: Molecular Biology & Genetics, with Distinction, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON (1997)
Diploma of Technology, Building Technology, British Columbia Institute of Technology, Burnaby, BC (1972)
Scholarships
Ontario Graduate Scholarship (1999, 2000, 2001)
Ontario Graduate Scholarship in Science and Technology (1998)
University Graduate Scholarship, University of Guelph (1997, 1998)
Publications in Refereed Journals
Ambrose CD and Crease TJ (2010) Evolution of repeated sequences in the ribosomal DNA (rDNA) intergenic spacer (IGS) of 32 arthropod species. J Mol Evol 70:247–259
Ambrose (aka Prokopowich) CD, Gregory TR, and Crease TJ (2003) The correlation between rDNA copy number and genome size in eukaryotes. Genome 46:48–50
Hebert PDN, Um YM, Ambrose (aka Prokopowich) CD, and Taylor DJ (1999) Gene Conversion and Evolution of Daphniid Hemoglobins (Crustacea, Cladocera). J Mol Evol. 49:769-79
Ambrose CD and Crease TJ (submitted) Evolution of the nuclear ribosomal DNA (rDNA) intergenic spacer (IGS) in four species of the Daphnia pulex complex (Cladocera, Crustacea).
Ambrose CD and Crease TJ (in prep) Footprints in time and spacers: detecting putative cis-regulatory elements in the large ribosomal intergenic spacer (IGS) of arthropods. Genomics
Conference Presentations
Ambrose (aka Prokopowich) CD, Gregory TR, and Crease TJ. The co-evolution of ribosomal RNA gene copy number with genome size.
- Society for the Study of Evolution, Madison WI (1999)
Ambrose (aka Prokopowich) CD, Gregory TR, and Crease TJ. Competition and co-operation in the nucleus: When more is better… The relationship between genome size and rDNA multiplicity.
- Society for the Study of Evolution, Bloomington IN (2000)
- Society of Molecular Biology and Evolution, New Haven CT (2000)
Ambrose (aka Prokopowich) CD and Crease TJ. Concerted Evolution of the ribosomal intergenic spacer in Daphnia.
- Eastern Great Lakes Molecular Evolution, Guelph ON (1999)
- Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution, Vancouver BC (1998)
- Society for the Study of Evolution, Vancouver BC (1998)