Katie Swoboda

ADDRESS

Katharine A. Swoboda
1445 S. 6th St.
Lincoln, NE 68502
(402) 476-5933
kswobod1@bigred.unl.edu

EDUCATION

University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Bachelor of Science in Biology
Projected Date of graduation: May 2002
GPA: 3.792/4.00
Minors: Math, Music, and Russian

SCHOLARSHIP AND AWARDS

David Scholarship
Alpha Lambda Delta & Phi Eta Sigma freshman honoraries
Golden Key
National Honor Society
Dean's List
UNL Honors Program

STUDY ABROAD EXPERIENCE

Summer 1998: International Summer School, University of West Bohemia, Pilsen, Czech Republic. Participated in Russian language and Czech cultural program.

UNDERGRADUATE & RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Summer 1999: UN-L Cedar Point Biological Field Station, Ogallala, NE. Completed field courses in Limnology, Natural History of Invertebrates, Field Parasitology, and Vertebrate Zoology.

Spring 2000: Earth Semester Program, Biosphere 2 Center, Oracle, AZ. Completed courses in Human Role in Environmental Change, Conservation Biology, Earth Systems Science, and Planetary Management Seminar and Laboratory.

Fall 2001-Spring 2002: Research Assistant for the Nebraska Dragonfly Project (funded by National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates), University of Nebraska State Museum, Division of Entomology.

Fall 2001-Spring 2002: Honors Thesis, "Systematics of the scarab beetle tribe Valgini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae)," University of Nebraska State Museum, Division of Entomology.

INTERNSHIP EXPERIENCE

Summer 2001: National Science Foundation Plant Genomics Internship at University of Missouri-Columbia, Department of Plant Microbiology and Pathology

POSTER PRESENTATIONS

Biosphere 2 Student Poster Symposium, Biosphere 2 Center, Oracle, AZ, May 10, 2000: "Survey of annual population ecology in desert biome of Biosphere 2 Center"

Undergraduate Research Science Symposium, University of Missouri-Columbia, August 2, 2001: "Effects of flhCDEc153 on growth and exoenzyme production in Erwinia carotovora subsp. carotovora strain Ecc71 at elevated temperature"

WORK EXPERIENCE

Open Harvest Natural Foods Co-op, deli clerk, food preparator and customer service agent, Fall 1999 and Summer 2000-Spring 2001

Unitarian Church of Lincoln, NE, Nursery Care Supervisor, Fall 1994-Spring 1997

CAMPUS ACTIVITIES

UN-L Symphony Orchestra cellist
Cello lessons
UN-L Czech Komensky Club Vice-President 2001-2002

OTHER ACTIVITIES

Private voice lessons, Fall 2000-present
2001 Lincoln Czech Queen, Nebraska Czechs of Lincoln

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