Amy Annino Monko

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310 Tyson
University Park, PA 16802

ara133 at psu.edu

Personal Info

Amy ( Annino ) Monko

I am a Plant Biology PhD candidate in Dr. Kathleen Brown's lab. My current research focuses on root hairs, root growth and auxin effects.

 PhD committee:

Kathleen Brown, Jonathan Lynch, Paula McSteen, Dawn Luthe

EDUCATION

Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA
B.A. Biology, Chemistry minor; graduated cum laude with High Honors & Thesis, 1998.

Williams-Mystic Seaport Program, Mystic CT
Spring semester 1997.

The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
Ph.D. Program in Plant Physiology, 1999-2000.

The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
Ph.D. Program in Plant Biology, 2006-Present.

PROFESSIONAL/RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

HPLC Research Rotation, Supelco, Bellefonte, PA, 4/06 - 7/06.

Technical Service Chemist, Supelco, Bellefonte, PA 5/01-9/06.

Biology Tutor and Lecturer, Nittany Notes, State College, PA 11/00 - 5/01.

Laboratory Technician in DNA Sequencing, SpectruMedix, State College, PA 6/99 - 10/01.

Teaching Assistant in Cell Biology, Animal and Plant Physiology, Ecology and Evolution, Biology Department, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA 1/98-6/99.

Research Assistant in Marine Biogeochemistry, Darling Marine Center, University of Maine. Walpole, ME, 6/97 - 8/97.

Research Assistant in Maritime Ecology and Fisheries, Department of Marine Resources, Boothbay Harbor, ME, 8/94 - 8/96.

 

AWARDS

Walter Thomas Memorial Scholarship, The Pennsylvania State University, Fall 2007. 

Jack C. and Barbara M. Shannon Graduate Scholarship in Plant Physiology, The Pennsylvania State University, 2006-2007. 

National Science Foundation Root Biology Fellowship, The Pennsylvania State University, 1999-2000.  

Mary Lyon Scholar Award, Mount Holyoke College, 1998.

 

 

SOCIETIES

Sigma Xi

American Chemical Society

International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry

American Society of Plant Biologists

 

PUBLICATIONS/POSTERS

A. R. Annino, J. M. McKenzie, D. Bell. Poster: HPLC analysis and fingerprinting of Hoodia gordonii extract. To be presented at the Pittsburgh Conference for Chromatography, 2007.

I. Brondz, D. Ekeberg, A. R. Annino, T. Palcic. SFC-MS analyses of anti-malaria drug primaquine diphosphate. Comparison of techniques and instrumentation. Norske seminar i massespektrometri, Norwegian Society of Mass Spectrometry, 2007.

I. Brondz, D. Ekeberg, D. S. Bell, A. R. Annino, J. A. Hustad, R. Svendsen, V. Vlachos, P. Oakley, G. J. Langley, T. Mohini, C. G. Amaury, F. Mikhalitsyn. Nature of the main contaminant in the drug primaquine diphosphate: SFC and SFC-MS methods of analysis. J. Pharm. and Biomed. Anal., 43 (2007) 937 - 944.

I. Brondz, D. Ekeberg, K. Høiland, D. S. Bell, A. R. Annino. The Real Nature of the Indole Alkaloids in Cortinarius infractus: evaluation of artifact formation through solvent extraction method development. J. Chrom. A, 2007, in press.

I. Brondz, K. Høiland, D. Ekeberg, D. S. Bell, A. R. Annino, J. Langley, T. Mohini, C. G. Amaury, P. Oakley. Chemotaxonomic fingerprint of Cortinarius infractus and Cortinarius subtortus using SFC- MS - Corona detection. J. Chrom. A, 2006, in press.

I. Brondz, K. Høiland, D. S. Bell, A. Annino. Indole Alkaloid Separation using the Discovery HS F5. The Reporter, 2006, 24.3, 6-7.

Thesis, Mount Holyoke College, 1998. The effects of harvesting and environmental factors on soft-shell clams, Mya arenaria, in Maine.

 

A few photos from campus:

 

 

 

 

 

 

History

Member for

3 years 7 weeks