Workshops & Certificates


  • Troubleshooting and Maintaining Laboratory Equipment: AAS, GC, HPLC. The Ministry of Health and PTC

  • Distance Education / E-learning training in course management system: 'MOODLE' (Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment) - ECOIS and PTC

  • Curriculum mapping, Institute Quality Control and Information Management (IKIM) - AdeKUS

  • Conference on Demand for Higher Education for Sustainable Development in the Caribbean Region (Erasmus Mundus Programme, Europe with the Environmental Sciences Department)

  • PIMEX certification in occupational hygiene practise, Radboud University, Nijmegen - Netherlands

  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance training - user status; Advanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Spectroscopy Facility, University of Florida's Brain Institute

  • Entrepreneurship for Scientists and Engineers, Office of Technology Licensing

  • Gas Chromatography, GC and HPLC training, Varian Inc.

  • HIPAA 101 Medical Privacy Rule Training

  • Animal Care and Use in Research and Education:
    · Specific Pathogen Free Rodent Research Procedures
    · Post-procedure care of mice and rats in research
    · Working with the University of Florida Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC): Laboratory Animals, Agricultural Animals and Wildlife
    · Reducing Pain and Distress Training in working with laboratory animals (IACUC)
    · Laboratory Animal Training Association (LATA): The humane care and use of the laboratory rat

  • Certification in Forensic Toxicology, University of Florida, Center for Environmental and Human Toxicology (CEHT, 2001-2002)

  • Embryo Transfer for Veterinarians, College of Veterinary Medicine (2000)

  • Tools for Developing Molecular Markers; Microsatellite Libraries and AFLPs, Interdisciplinary Center for Biotechnology Research (ICBR, 2000)

  • Biotechnologies of Reproductive Biology, Short Course, Department of ANS, Cooperative Extension Service (2000)

  • Molecular Techniques: Protein Chemistry and Molecular Cloning, Interdisciplinary Center for Biotechnology Research (ICBR, 1999)

  • Artificial Insemination Techniques in Reproduction, Department of ANS workshop (1998)

  • Radiation Safety Training, Division of Environmental Health and Safety, Radiation Control and Radiological Services Department (1998)

  • Recombinant DNA Analysis, Interdisciplinary Center for Biotechnology Research (ICBR, 1998)

  • Leaders on the Rise, LEAD (1998)

  • Graduate Teaching Assistance Training Program, Graduate School and Office of Instructional Resources (1997)

  • Developing and Implementing Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points (HACCP) in Laboratory and Production Plants, (University of Florida, Institute for Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS), 1997)

  • Agribusiness Management, University of the West Indies (UWI) and the Institute for Development Planning and Management (IDPM, 1995)

  • Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Technology (1993)