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CURRICULUM VITAE
PHEBE CLARK MERTES
| POSITION AND ADDRESS: |
Chief Executive Officer
Mertes Internet
P.O. Box 9591
College Station, TX 77842 |
| BIRTHDATE AND PLACE: |
November 22, 1959
Washington, D.C. USA |
EDUCATION:
| UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI |
COLUMBIA, MO. |
| Master of Science Degree in Dairy Science, December, 1986.
Thesis Title: COMPARISON OF CULTURE MEDIA AND PROTEIN SUPPLEMENTATION FOR IN VITRO CULTURE OF MOUSE EMBRYOS.
The use of in situ embryo transfer from one animal to another is a major focus of research and investment by the animal agribusiness industry due to the opportunities to increase the number and quality of progeny from economically important livestock s pecies. However, current technologies for the manipulation and processing of embryos did not permit successful transfer with an accompanying high rate of viability. In vitro culture methods were therefore developed for bovine, ovine, and murine embryos t o increase viability of transferred concepti above levels available during this research.
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| CORNELL UNIVERSITY |
ITHACA, N.Y. |
B.S. Degree in Animal Science, June 1981.
Undergraduate Minor: Reproductive Physiology, Anatomical, physiological, and pharmacological processes underlying the reproductive processes of livestock and model laboratory animal species. Included detailed study of reproductive cell biology, anat omical bases of gametogenesis, and structural characterization of reproductive tissues.
Honors Research conducted under Dr. Robert H. Foote. Project Title: Milk Progesterone Concentration and Production in Superovulated Holstein Cows.
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RESEARCH ACTIVITY AND PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT
| August 2006 - Present: |
Linux Administrator for NetNearU, Inc.
Project Areas:
*Perform system administration of e-commerce servers running Linux. Monitor, implement software changes, operating system upgrades, install new servers.
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| April 1997 - Present: |
Chief Executive Officer - owner/operator of Mertes Internet.
Project Areas:
*All aspects of operations of a privately owned business providing programming and services for Internet solutions including server operation, domain name hosting, web site design and construction.
*Development of content and information architecture to construst fully functional and easy to use web sites for the promotion of individuals and corporations.
*Training and education of clients and their employees for web site maintenance and expansion.
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| January 2000 - Decmeber 2007: |
Chief Technical Officer Haverhill International Limited, Inc.
Project Areas:
*Consultant for network, Internet and information system usage and integrations.
*Development of content and information architecture for content delivery systems.
*Training and education in computer usage and software usage.
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| January 1996 - April 1997: |
Computer Maintenance Technician for the Southern Literacy Communication Consortium and the Texas Literacy Resource Center. Education and Human Resource Development Department, College of Education, Texas A&M University, Room 620 Harrington Tower, College Station, TX 77843-5236
Project Areas:
*Web Administrator of a Sun Sparc five running the Netscape Communication Web server.
*14 Southern States Literacy Resource Centers technical help desk
*Training assistant for developing use of the Internet by teachers of Adults
*Web design and maintenance of 5 Southern States pages as well as the SLCC and TLRC's pages.
*Computer hardware maintenance and repair. |
| November 1989 - December 1995: |
Research Assistant in the Department of Medical Physiology, College of Medicine, Texas A&M University. Medical Sciences Building, Room 332a, College Station, TX 77843
Project Areas:
* Operator of the Meridian Adherent Cell Analysis and Sorting 570 Fluorescent Image Analysis machine. |
| July, 1989 - October 1989: |
Research Associate under Dr. Pierre-Francois Tosi. Texas A&M University's Institue of Biotechnology, Center for Protein Engineering, Membrane Biotechnolgy Section, College Station, TX.
Project Areas:
* Cell membrane protein mapping and isolation of the CD4 molecule
* Purchasing agent
* Tissue culture of ATCC cell lines
* Laboratory animal management
* Assistant Radiological Safety Officer |
| February, 1988 - July, 1989: |
Research Technician under Dr. Pierre-Francois Tosi. Biophor Corporation, College Station, TX.
Project Areas:
* Tissue culture of ATCC cell lines
* Cell epitope mapping and metabolism by monoclonal antibodies
* flow cytometry
* Laboratory animal management
* Assistant Radiological Safety Officer |
| April, 1985 - January, 1988: |
Lab Director of Embryology Lab Texas A&M University Department of Veterinary Anatomy Labrotory of Toxicology, College Station, TX.
Project Areas:
* Development of in vitro rodent embryo culture systems for the analysis of prenatal mortality enduced by environmental toxins. |
| April,1983 - March, 1985: |
Senior Research Technician Granada Genetics, Inc. Marquez, TX. a subsidiary of Granada Corporation, Houston, Texas.
Project Areas:
* Development of microsurgical techniques for bovine embryo splitting.
* Bovine embryo culture and freeze storage Improvement of bovine embryo viability during freeze storage.
* Adaptation of microinjection protocols for instillation of new recombinant genetic material into fertilized bovine concepti. |
| January, 1980: |
Technician for Emtran, Inc. Elizabethtown, Pa.
Project Area:
* Embryo transfer in Holstein Cattle. |
| May 1979 - May 1981: |
Large Animal Clinic Technician, New York State College of Veterinary Medicine, Ithaca, New York. Trained in restricted drug handling and surgical/clinical procedures for large animals. |
SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS:
PAPERS:
1. Foote, R.H., P.C. Ladd, N.A. LaFaunce, A.D. McCauley, and J.F. Hasler: 1982. Milk Progesterone Concentration and Production in Superovulated Holstein Cows. J. Dairy Sci.65:2164-2169.
ABSTRACTS:
1. Ladd, P.C.,A.C. Plair, B.K. Braidlow, and D.A. Snyder: 1982. Development of Early Mouse and Sheep Embryos in Serum- Supplemented, PhosphateBuffered Saline. Theriogenology, 17(1):94.
2. Ladd, P.C., J.A. Hancock, B.K. Jones, and D.A. Snyder: 1983. Development of Early Mouse Embryos in Ham's F-10, BMOC-3, and Phosphate-Buffered Saline Media. Theriogenology, 19(1):136.
3. Bondioli, K.R., C.B. Brunson, C.R. Looney, J.M. Massey, A.B. Mcgrath, P.C. Mertes, A.J. Oden: 1984. In Vitro Survival of Bovine Embryos Frozen in Media Supplemented with Newborn Calf Serum or Bovine Serum Albumin. Theriogenology,21(1):223.
4. Mertes, P. C. and K. R. Bondioli: 1985. Effect of splitting technique on pregnancy rate from half embryos. Theriogenology, 23(1):209.
5. Bondioli, K. R. and P. C. Mertes: 1985. The effect of CA++ levels in the freezing media on in vitro survival of bovine embryos. Theriogenology, 23(1):181.
6. Irvin, T.R., Mertes, P.C., Hess, R.K., and Akgerman, A.: 1986. Construction of postimplantation rodent embryo culture systems for analysis of developmental toxins produced during fossil fuel combustion.In Vitro 34:107
7. Irvin, T.R., M.M. Murphy, P.C. Mertes, J. Reagor, G.R. Bratton, and A.Ray.1986b. In vitro embryotoxicity of Iva angustifolia via postimplantation rodent embryo culture. Toxicologist 6:1193.
8. Irvin, T.R. and P.C. Mertes: 1986. Development of postimplantation rodent embryo culture systems for detection of developmental toxins in environmentl chemicals. Proceedings of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry ann. mtg. abstr.
9. Irvin, T.R., Mertes, P.C., Hess, R.K., and Akgerman, A.: 1986. Identification of the prenatal toxic components of model diesel particulate soots via postimplantation embryo culture systems. Proceedings of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Ch emistry ann. mtg. abstr.
PUBLICATIONS:
What Is The World Wide Web? by Phebe Clark Mertes in "Technologies For Worship Magazine" May/June 99, http://www.tfwm.com
Why Use The World Wide Web? by Phebe Clark Mertes in "Technologies For Worship Magazine" Nov/Dec 99, http://www.tfwm.com
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