1. WILLIAM BILLAUD
Looking for an internship in Plant breeding or Phytopathology from April 16th to June 30th 2018
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 39 rue du Mail , Angers France
References are available upon request
PROFESSIONAL OBJECTIVE
Become engineer on research topics related to alternatives to pesticides against pests
LANGUAGES
French as mother tongue
Proficient in English (C1 level - TOEIC 870 pts)
LABORATORY SKILLS
RNA extraction
Retro transcription
Real-time PCR
OTHER SKILLS
Test implementation
Maintainance of a large number of plants
Pests inoculation and symptoms rating
Teamwork
KNOWLEDGES
Seeds & Fruits biology and physiology
Plants genetic resources and breeding
Plants and pests interaction, and response methods
Pests biology and detection
Quality, Health & Safety and Environmental Management
COMPUTER SKILLS
Proficient user of Internet and Microsoft Office
Basic concepts on R
Information technology and Internet Certificate (C2i)
PERSONAL
Sports: Workout in a club, Interest in football
Hobbies: American and British series, DIY home decoration
 EDUCATION
University of Angers, France Master of Science in Plant Biology (1st year) Present
University of Angers, France Vocational Bachelor of Science in Plant Protection, with honours – 2017
University of Angers, France Bachelor of Science in Biology (2nd year) – 2016
IUT of Quimper (Institute of Technology), France DUT (Two-year technical degree) in Biological Engineering, specializing in the Food Industry – 2015
WORK EXPERIENCE
March - August 2017 – Research Institute of Horticulture and Seeds – Angers, France
Intern in the Apple and Pear Resistance to Pests team
Studied plants quantitative resistance to apple scab and fire blight, in the presence or absence of a plant defense stimulator
Measured plants defense constitutive expression using real-time RT-PCR
June - August 2016 – Environment and Food Laboratory of Vendée – La Roche- sur-Yon, France
Water sampler in the Chemistry department
Sampled water of campsites swimming pools
Performed field measurements (pH, chlorine, temperature)
April – June 2015 – Princes Limited, Chichester, UK
Intern in the thermal processing department
Improved the yield of a production line by optimizing the thermal treatment applied to the canned products
Summer 2013, 2014, 2015 , 2017– Arrivé SAS, Les Essarts, France
Production agent
Quality control of the chicken pieces