Diane H Peapus

Current

Coordinating invasive pest surveys at USDA - APHIS - PPQ
Adjunct Professor at Various colleges

Past

Webmaster at RPCV of NENY
On contract at New York State Museum
Kinship Conservation Fellow at Kinship Conservation Foundation

Interpretive Planner at Museum of the Earth
Visiting Scientist at Cornell University
Special Invited Scientist at RIKEN
Editor / proofreader at Bio Society of Japan
Special Invited Scientist at Kyoto University
Postdoctoral Fellow at Case Western Reserve University - School of Medicine
NSF Summer Fellowship at KEK - Photon Factory
Research Fellow at Birkbeck, University of London
Crystallography technician at DuPont

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Education

Brandeis University
JP Stevens HS
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Connections

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Industry

Government Administration

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Diane H Peapus’s Experience

Coordinating invasive pest surveys

USDA - APHIS - PPQ

(Government Agency; Government Administration industry)

2006 — Present (3 years )

I participate in the coordination of efforts to determine the extend of spread in outbreaks of exotic agricultural pests and pathogens.
Adjunct Professor

Various colleges

(Higher Education industry)

2002 — Present (7 years )

I periodically teach chemistry and/or biology at one of a few local colleges.
Webmaster

RPCV of NENY

(Government Administration industry)

2004 — 2009 (5 years )
On contract

New York State Museum

(Museums and Institutions industry)

2004 — 2007 (3 years )

I developed Nature Cache, an educational program that uses a scavenger hunt game to teach GPS and to get teens outdoors observing changes in nature. Nature Cache can be viewed here... http://www.NatureCache.org
Kinship Conservation Fellow

Kinship Conservation Foundation

(Think Tanks industry)

2004 — 2004 (less than a year)

I developed a prototype museum exhibit called Mining the Future, which incorporated the historical business model in the mining industry along with current day land reclamation efforts and products made possible only with materials mined from the Earth.
Interpretive Planner

Museum of the Earth

(Museums and Institutions industry)

2001 — 2002 (1 year )

I researched and wrote the text for the permanent exhibits - coordinating text, images and specimens to the interpretive plan.
Visiting Scientist

Cornell University

(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

1999 — 2001 (2 years )

I elucidated the molecular mechanism Thiamin Phosphate Synthase (TPS), an enzyme in the biosynthesis of Vitamin B1, using protein crystal structures of native and mutant TPS bound to substrates and synthetic analogs.
Special Invited Scientist

RIKEN

(Government Agency; Research industry)

1999 — 1999 (less than a year)

I refined the protein crystal model of Aleuria aurantia lectin.
Editor / proofreader

Bio Society of Japan

(Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

1996 — 1999 (3 years )

I edited and proof read research manuscripts written by Japanese scientists in English and wrote a "How-To" paper on avoiding common English errors for the BioSociety newsletter.
Special Invited Scientist

Kyoto University

(Educational Institution; Research industry)

1995 — 1999 (4 years )

I determined the preliminary model for the ab initio crystal structure of Aleuria aurantia lectin, a fungal sugar-binding protein used in medical testing applications.
Postdoctoral Fellow

Case Western Reserve University - School of Medicine

(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

1994 — 1995 (1 year )

I optimized purification parameters for Limulus polyphemus hemocyanin subunit 4, a agglutination protein used in medical testing applications.
NSF Summer Fellowship

KEK - Photon Factory

(Research industry)

1994 — 1994 (less than a year)

I took high resolution high energy synchrotron scattering data on several proteins.
Research Fellow

Birkbeck, University of London

(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

1991 — 1992 (1 year )

I performed crystallographic and electron microscopic analysis of endothelin, an endogenous vasoconstrictor involved in maintaining blood pressure.
Crystallography technician

DuPont

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; DD; Chemicals industry)

1986 — 1988 (2 years )