SPENCER KUHL
skuhl@cs.uiowa.edu
207 North Governor
Iowa City, IA 52242
Office Phone: 319-335-2883
Home Phone: 319-339-0129
www.cs.uiowa.edu/~skuhl
skuhl@cs.uiowa.edu
207 North Governor
Iowa City, IA 52242
Office Phone: 319-335-2883
Home Phone: 319-339-0129
www.cs.uiowa.edu/~skuhl
OBJECTIVE
To receive the position of Research Assistant II in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Department of Biological Sciences
SKILLS
Experimental Techniques: transmitted light microscopy, confocal microscopy, video-microscopy, florescence microscopy, microphotography, sterile technique, cell culture and growth.
Laboratory Equipment and Preparation Techniques: buffer and stock solution preparation, growth media, agar plate preparation, reagent preparation, bio-safety training, spectrometer, centrifuge, balances, pipet, hemocytomer, Sykes-Moore chamber, customized spatial-gradient chambers, Dvorak-Stotler chamber,
Operating Systems: UNIX (SGI IRIX 5.3), Linux( RPM based distributions ex. Red Hat Linux, Debian, OpenBSD), Mac OS 9, X, Windows 9x, NT
Programming Languages: C, C++, Python, Java, Mathematica
Others: Message Passing Interface (MPI), Parallel Virtual Machine (PVM), Wolfram Research's Mathematica and the Parallel Mathematica Toolkit, image processing techniques using Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Deneba Canvas,
EDUCATION
The University of Iowa
Bachelors of Science from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Department of Computer Science, Fall of 2004.
EXPERIENCE
Biology Experience
Independently maintained cell cultures of Dictyostelium discoideum and conducted experiments examining various aspects of chemotaxis. Designed experiments to isolate differences in various mutants and wildtype strains. Captured and analyzed data using the software programs Adobe Premier, Apple's iMovie and Soll Technologies' Dynamic Image Analysis Software. Experience with many microscopes, as well as multiple chamber appartuses; Sykes-Moore chamber, customized spatial-gradient chambers and the Dvorak-Stotler chamber,
Computer Experience
Setup, organized and maintained a network of over 20 Windows, Macintosh, Unix and Linux systems, with automatic and centralized server backup. Maintained software and hardware with up-to-date technologies. Streamlined procedures for capturing data from a three dimensional microscopy setup. General computer related problem identification and solution experience.
University of Iowa Student Supercomputing Project
Applied for funding through student computing fees, Received $9,500 to construct an undergraduate research computer. This student organization is intended to bring the ideas and collaborations of undergraduate students to graduate students, professors, and their peers regarding design and implementation of parallel programs to aid in research. Now an organization with 12 formal members, and over 25 users on the UISSP cluster. Each week I conduct a class on the setup and administration of a distributed memory multicomputer, as well as the instruct students and graduate students on the organization and implementation of the two main industry standard parallel programming environments available on the machine, MPI (Message Passing Interface) and The Parallel Mathematica Toolkit.
May 2002~ present
Through the UISSP and the use of our cluster, Leviathan, I have worked with Professor Vincent G. J. Rodgers of the High Energy Theory Group in the Department of Physics and Astronomy on a study of gravity. By taking an existing Mathematica Application and porting it to the Parallel Mathematica Toolkit. I am currently running performance analysis tests hat observes the differences between using the supplied Wolfram Research Linear Algebra set of functions, and using MPI to handle the Linear Algebra computations using an optimized BLAS (Basic Linear Algebra Subset) implementation.
In November of 2004, I was awarded the Dewey Stuit Fund for student travel to attend the 2004 Supercomputing Conference in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where I was a student volunteer and worked with the committee to organize and setup the conference. I also aided the University of Iowa Information Technology Research Services booth at the conference, answering questions, and building/tearing down the presentation display.
Publications
1. Deborah Wessels, Rebecca Brincks, Spencer Kuhl, Vesna Stepanovic, Karla J. Daniels, Gerald Weeks, Chinten J. Lim, George Spiegelman, Danny Fuller, Negin Iranfar, William F. Loomis and David R. Soll. (2004). RasC Plays a Role in Transduction of Temporal Gradient Information in the Cyclic-AMP Wave of Dictyostelium discoideum. Euk. Cell. 3: 646-662.
2. David L. Falk, Deborah Wessels, Leslie Jenkins, Tien Pham, Spencer Kuhl, Margaret A. Titus and David R. Soll. (2003). Shared, unique and redundant functions of three members of the class I myosins (MyoA, MyoB and MyoF) in motility and chemotaxis in Dictyostelium
J. Cell Sci. 116: 3985-3999.
REFERENCES
Available on Request
To receive the position of Research Assistant II in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Department of Biological Sciences
SKILLS
Experimental Techniques: transmitted light microscopy, confocal microscopy, video-microscopy, florescence microscopy, microphotography, sterile technique, cell culture and growth.
Laboratory Equipment and Preparation Techniques: buffer and stock solution preparation, growth media, agar plate preparation, reagent preparation, bio-safety training, spectrometer, centrifuge, balances, pipet, hemocytomer, Sykes-Moore chamber, customized spatial-gradient chambers, Dvorak-Stotler chamber,
Operating Systems: UNIX (SGI IRIX 5.3), Linux( RPM based distributions ex. Red Hat Linux, Debian, OpenBSD), Mac OS 9, X, Windows 9x, NT
Programming Languages: C, C++, Python, Java, Mathematica
Others: Message Passing Interface (MPI), Parallel Virtual Machine (PVM), Wolfram Research's Mathematica and the Parallel Mathematica Toolkit, image processing techniques using Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Deneba Canvas,
EDUCATION
The University of Iowa
Bachelors of Science from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Department of Computer Science, Fall of 2004.
EXPERIENCE
Biology Experience
Independently maintained cell cultures of Dictyostelium discoideum and conducted experiments examining various aspects of chemotaxis. Designed experiments to isolate differences in various mutants and wildtype strains. Captured and analyzed data using the software programs Adobe Premier, Apple's iMovie and Soll Technologies' Dynamic Image Analysis Software. Experience with many microscopes, as well as multiple chamber appartuses; Sykes-Moore chamber, customized spatial-gradient chambers and the Dvorak-Stotler chamber,
Computer Experience
Setup, organized and maintained a network of over 20 Windows, Macintosh, Unix and Linux systems, with automatic and centralized server backup. Maintained software and hardware with up-to-date technologies. Streamlined procedures for capturing data from a three dimensional microscopy setup. General computer related problem identification and solution experience.
University of Iowa Student Supercomputing Project
Applied for funding through student computing fees, Received $9,500 to construct an undergraduate research computer. This student organization is intended to bring the ideas and collaborations of undergraduate students to graduate students, professors, and their peers regarding design and implementation of parallel programs to aid in research. Now an organization with 12 formal members, and over 25 users on the UISSP cluster. Each week I conduct a class on the setup and administration of a distributed memory multicomputer, as well as the instruct students and graduate students on the organization and implementation of the two main industry standard parallel programming environments available on the machine, MPI (Message Passing Interface) and The Parallel Mathematica Toolkit.
May 2002~ present
Through the UISSP and the use of our cluster, Leviathan, I have worked with Professor Vincent G. J. Rodgers of the High Energy Theory Group in the Department of Physics and Astronomy on a study of gravity. By taking an existing Mathematica Application and porting it to the Parallel Mathematica Toolkit. I am currently running performance analysis tests hat observes the differences between using the supplied Wolfram Research Linear Algebra set of functions, and using MPI to handle the Linear Algebra computations using an optimized BLAS (Basic Linear Algebra Subset) implementation.
In November of 2004, I was awarded the Dewey Stuit Fund for student travel to attend the 2004 Supercomputing Conference in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where I was a student volunteer and worked with the committee to organize and setup the conference. I also aided the University of Iowa Information Technology Research Services booth at the conference, answering questions, and building/tearing down the presentation display.
Publications
1. Deborah Wessels, Rebecca Brincks, Spencer Kuhl, Vesna Stepanovic, Karla J. Daniels, Gerald Weeks, Chinten J. Lim, George Spiegelman, Danny Fuller, Negin Iranfar, William F. Loomis and David R. Soll. (2004). RasC Plays a Role in Transduction of Temporal Gradient Information in the Cyclic-AMP Wave of Dictyostelium discoideum. Euk. Cell. 3: 646-662.
2. David L. Falk, Deborah Wessels, Leslie Jenkins, Tien Pham, Spencer Kuhl, Margaret A. Titus and David R. Soll. (2003). Shared, unique and redundant functions of three members of the class I myosins (MyoA, MyoB and MyoF) in motility and chemotaxis in Dictyostelium
J. Cell Sci. 116: 3985-3999.
REFERENCES
Available on Request