John Edward CunninghamCURRICULUM VITAE

PERSONAL DETAILS

Full Name: John Edward CunninghamAddress: Tullahought, Piltown, Co. Kilkenny

Date of Birth: February 18th, 1991

Mobile No: +353 87 7789651

Email: JohnCunningham244@gmail.com

EDUCATION

2014 – 2015 BSc (Honours) in Applied Biology with Quality ManagementAwarded Second Class Honours Grade 2 (2.1) by Waterford Institute of Technology

Core Subjects: Advanced Applications Microbiology, Advanced Quality Methodologies, Cell Factories and Molecule Biology and Medicine

Final Year Project: Isolation and Characterization of Transaminase Producing Microorganisms

Supervisor: Dr. Audrey Hearne

Project Required: Sterilization of equipment and media componentsPreparation of M9 minimal media containing specific nitrogen source16s PCR of isolated bacteriaCarrying out SDS-PAGE electrophoresisDNA clean up, sequencing and using BLAST

Skills Gained: Time keeping of workCompiling, accessing and formatting data into lit review and presentation that was presented to the WIT Molecular and Biotechnology research group and other academic panelsSafely collecting samples on sites

2012 – 2014 BSc in BiotechnologyAwarded Second Grade (2.2) by Waterford Institute of Technology

Core Subjects: Microbiology 2, Applied Immunology, Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Total Quality Management and Protein Chemistry with Enzymology

Third Year Project: Testing of the animal food additive product Bioplus2B

Supervisor: Dr. Catherine O’Reilly

Project Required: Confirming bacterial numbersDevelop a robust and repeatable test to demonstrate products potential with pass/fail parameters

Skills Gained: In depth knowledge of Microsoft programs e.g. Word, Excel and PowerPoint.High standard of GLP and critical evaluation of results obtained.

2010 – 2011 Higher Certificate in Science in Applied BiologyAwarded Second Class Honours Grade 2 (2.2) by Waterford Institute of Technology

Core Subjects: Food Microbiology, Environmental science, Lab Data Analysis, Chromatographic Techniques and Biochemistry.

EMPLOYMENT DETAILSJohn Edward Cuinningham’s CV 2016

Employer: Ashtown StudLocation: Graigue, Kilsheelan, Clonmel, Co.Tipperary

Period of: February 2016 – Present

Position: Assistant Trainer

Typical Duties: Leading horses, Presenting horses to owners, Feeding and maintaining livestock.

Skills Gained: Working and assessing horse’s condition with other trainersImplementing new routines to horsesRemain calm during busy periods

Employer: Flemming’s PubLocation: Newtown Upper, Faugheen, Tipperary

Period of: July 2010 – Present

Position: Bar Staff

Typical Duties: Serving customers. Stocking shelves. Collecting glasses. Maintaining cleanliness of premises.

Skills Gained: A cultural awareness and understanding of customersTactfully deal with customer complaints Work as part of a team during busy periods

Employer: Kilmacoliver House FarmLocation: Tullahought, Piltown, Co. Kilkenny

Period of: February 2006 – Present

Position: General Maintenance

Typical Duties: Maintaining healthy livestock, farm machinery and farmlands.

Skills Gained: Animal husbandry........................................Servicing vehicles and other machinery

Employer: Whisper View Trading Ltd.Location: Carriganog, Owning Hill, Piltown, Kilkenny

Period of: January 2010 – August 2015

Position: General Maintenance

Typical Duties: Maintain grounds between 3 separate farms located in South Kilkenny and Tipperary. Assisted vet during heavy workloads.

.Skills Gained: Prioritize and time keeping of work load

Learn clients’ rates for use of the gallop and stablesRemain calm and use initiative during busy periods

INTERESTS AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

John Edward Cuinningham’s CV 2016

Transport: Own my own car and have 4 years no claims.

Travel: Extensively throughout Florida and Australia on my own.

Brewing I brew my own Ales and Lagers at home. This requires me to make the working area, containers and other essential equipment sterile. It also requires me to monitor batches during fermentation e.g. use of hydrometer to measure declining sugar content and recording temperatures.

Sport I am currently hurling on the Windgap junior team and play indoor soccer.

Volunteering I have done volunteer work for the 2015 electric picnic and ran the Solas Centre 10 mile charity run in 1 hour 23 minutes.

REFERENCES

Dr. Audrey HearneHead of Applied Biology in W.I.T

Waterford Institute of TechnologyCork RoadWaterfordCo. WaterfordIreland

Tel: +353 51 302055Email: AHearne@wit.ie

Mr. Liam HayesFarm Manager

Whisper View Trading Ltd.CarriganogOwning HillPiltownCo. Kilkenny

Tel: +353 87 6779057

Ms. Margaret Flemming Pub Owner

Flemming’s PubNewtown UpperFaugheenCo. Tipperary

Tel: +353 87 4126003

Written references available on request (if required)

John Edward Cuinningham’s CV 2016