Nicolai Vincent

I have studied at Roskilde University (RUC) for 5 years, where half of my studies have been projects where I together with a team have organized, performed experiments and written scientific articles about these. I therefore have extensive lab experience and is very competent in writing scientific literature, with an average of 10.3 for my 7 projects written at RUC. This means, that I’m not only of a critical mindset, but have been forced many times to be creative, when problems occur. I have worked mostly with bacteria, with my master thesis being the study of the microbiome and Salmonella on plastic litter from Zanzibar, where I worked with 16S metagenomics and tried to understand whether the plastic on dumping sites serve as a harbor for the spread of resistance genes, and as such has experience with whole genome sequencing, MIC test, micro-broth dilution, disk diffusion, and conjugation experiments. I also wrote my own coding for this project to handle and manipulate the large quantities of data I had collected and is currently taking additional curses in Python programming. As such, I have practical experience with Python, Perl, and JavaScript. Furthermore, I have worked as both lab-assistant and student assistant, at various lab courses at Roskilde university, were I have taught basic lab skills to students and is therefore very familiar with laboratory training.

I am a person whom is always open for new ideas and challenges. I will take on problems head on. I have found that structure is vital to accommodate an overview in a hectic week. I am a highly quality-conscious person and am not afraid to take responsibility. I thrive in a dynamic and exciting environment, where I can grow together with inspiring colleagues. I am capable of working on my own and organize my own experiments, whilst through my many group projects also being a team player, that thrives working together with other driven people.  I am driven by the realm of learning and challenges.