Daniel B.

Korbel
1685 S. Lenter St. Moscow, ID 83843 | (208) 553-2764 | korb0459@vandals.uidaho.edu

Laboratory Assistant position

College of Agricultural & Life Sciences
Palouse Research Extension Education Center

To whom it may concern:

My name is Daniel Korbel, and I am a student at the University of Idaho,
studying fisheries resources and aquaculture, and I will be graduating December,
2016. I think I make a good candidate for this position because I have experience in
the laboratory setting as well as in other related fields. I have become used to
working with toxic, volatile substances from my time at both with Idaho Fish and
Game, and the University of Idaho steam plant. I have often worked in dirty, wet, or
hot places so adverse environmental conditions are not a problem. I am uniquely
qualified for this position because of the variety of different jobs I have worked in
the past. Each of my past jobs along with my experience at the University allowed
me to fulfill many of the requirements for position, whether it be working with
biological material, conducting soil analysis, preparing water samples, preparing
reagents/solutions, understanding SOPs, using laboratory equipment including pH
meters, pipets and balances, cleaning glassware, as well as working well with
others, and doing my best every day. I also have extensive experience with data
collection and maintaining electronic spreadsheets, as well as data entry and
validation.
I have a lot of experience in chemistry and biology from my four years of
study at the University of Idaho, in courses such as microbiology, and numerous
core biology courses. I am comfortable in a lab setting and understand how a great
deal of the basic laboratory equipment works. I perform a variety of water tests
daily at my current job at the steam plant, and am comfortable troubleshooting and
working on my own.
This position is very interesting to me and I would help me to receive the
opportunity to build my resume and increase my laboratory skills by obtaining this
job. I would also like the opportunity to interview for this position. Thank you for
your consideration.

Sincerely,

Daniel B. Korbel

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