Amanda has a Bachelor of Agriculture in Plant Pathology and a Masters of Landscape Architecture both from The Ohio State University.  Before joining the BRC she worked in research and laboratory support at local companies ST Genetics and Transonic Systems, Inc.  As a BRC Flow Cytometry Facility technician from 2022 to 2026 she assisted users with training and instrumentation operation. Amanda transitioned to managing the full workflow of the nucleic acid quality control (QC) services provided by the BRC Genomics Facility in 2026, while still providing support as needed to Flow.