Andrew Semotiuk

Andrew J. Semotiuk BIOLOGIST · BIOCHEMIST 606B–5333 Rue Sherbrooke Est, Montréal, QC H1 T4B6 Work eligibility: Canadian citizen Languages: English, French, Spanish • - | - “Always more to learn in biology” Education University of California, Riverside Riverside, CA PH.D. IN PLANT BIOLOGY Sept. 2012 - March 2018 • Ethnobotany of the Yoreme people and environs research under Dr. Exequiel Ezcurra Loma Linda University Loma Linda, CA M.S. IN BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES Sept. 2008 - June 2010 • Hypoxic vascular remodeling research under Dr. William Pearce Walla Walla University Walla Walla, WA B.S. IN BIOCHEMISTRY Sept. 2003 - June 2008 • Ubiquitin proteasome research under Dr. David Lindsey Work Experience Laboratory Experience SELECTED TECHNIQUES • • • • • • • • Protein turnover (PCR, RT-PCR, Western/Northern blot, SDS-PAGE, Affinity column) during Bachelors Physiology (Sheep artery micro-dissection, tissue culture, buffer prep, sterile technique) during Masters Brain imaging (Stereotactic localization and radiation exposure (proton & gamma), DNA damage marker identification) during Masters Ecology (Research question design, field work, vegetation surveys, species identification) during Ph.D Various wet lab techniques, immunohistochemistry, GC-MS, LC-MS Cell culture (Lines: human, rat, bacteria, Dictyostelium discoideum) Experience guiding students through laboratory protocols Lab software competence (R-programming, LATEX, ImageJ) Additional Research Montreal, QC MONTREAL BOTANICAL GARDEN Mar. 2018–Present • Traditional knowledge and practices • Land-use change and First Nation land tenure • Manuscript preparation and submission Institute for Ethnomedicine Jackson, WY LABORATORY ASSISTANT Summer 2008 • Designed and performed experiments • Laboratory equipment maintenance DECEMBER 2, 2018 ANDREW J. SEMOTIUK · RÉSUMÉ 1 Walla Walla University Biology Department Walla Walla, WA OFFICE ASSISTANT/GRADER - • Graded, entered scores, calculated weight percentages for grade assignment • Prepared anatomy, physiology, and botany labs for instructor (Gene Stone) • Answered student questions about course assignments and deadlines Publications Articles LEAD AUTHOR • A. J. Semotiuk, P. Colunga-Garcı́aMarı́n, D. V. Maldonado, and E. Ezcurra (2018). “Pillar of strength: Columnar cactus as a key factor in Yoreme heritage and wildland preservation”. In: Ambio 47.1, pp. 86–96 • A. J. Semotiuk, N. L. Semotiuk, and E. Ezcurra (2015). “The eruption of technology in traditional medicine: How social media guides the sale of natural plant products in the Sonoran Desert region”. In: Economic Botany 69.4, pp. 360–369 • A. Semotiuk, M. Cus, and N. Semotiuk (2011). “Modern education and culture impact on both language and botanical healing traditions of the Maya in Belize”. In: International Symposium on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants 964, pp. 205–210 CO-AUTHOR • L. Ahmad, Y. He, A. J. Semotiuk, Q.-R. Liu, and J.-C. Hao (2018). “Survey of pyrrolizidine alkaloids in the tribe Lithospermeae (Boraginaceae) from Pan-Himalaya and their chemotaxonomic significance”. In: Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 81, pp. 49–57 • L. Ahmad, Y. He, A. J. Semotiuk, and Q.-R. Liu (2018). “Qualitative determination of toxic pyrrolizidine alkaloids in Trichodesma indicum: A prevalent ethnomedicine of Northern Pakistan”. In: Journal of Complementary Medicine Research 9.1, pp. 11–23 • L. Ahmad, Y. He, J.-C. Hao, A. Semotiuk, Q.-R. Liu, and P. Mazari (2018). “Toxic pyrrolizidine alkaloids provide a warning sign to overuse of the ethnomedicine Arnebia benthamii”. In: Journal of Ethnopharmacology 210, pp. 88–94 • L. Ahmad, A. J. Semotiuk, Q.-R. Liu, W. Rashid, P. Mazari, K. Rahim, and S. Sadia (2018). “Anti-hypertensive plants of rural Pakistan: Current use and future potential”. In: Journal of Complementary Medicine 7.2, pp. 138–153 • L. Ahmad, A. Semotiuk, M. Zafar, M. Ahmad, S. Sultana, Q.-R. Liu, M. P. Zada, S. Z. U. Abidin, and G. Yaseen (2015). “Ethnopharmacological documentation of medicinal plants used for hypertension among the local communities of DIR Lower, Pakistan”. In: Journal of Ethnopharmacology 175, pp. 138–146 • O. O. Adeoye, S. M. Butler, M. C. Hubbell, A. Semotiuk, J. M. Williams, and W. J. Pearce (2013). “Contribution of increased VEGF receptors to hypoxic changes in fetal ovine carotid artery contractile proteins”. In: American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology 304.7, pp. C656–C665 • M. C. Hubbell, A. J. Semotiuk, R. B. Thorpe, O. O. Adeoye, S. M. Butler, J. M. Williams, O. Khorram, and W. J. Pearce (2012). “Chronic hypoxia and VEGF differentially modulate abundance and organization of myosin heavy chain isoforms in fetal and adult ovine arteries”. In: American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology 303.10, pp. C1090–C1103 • S. M. Butler, J. M. Abrassart, M. C. Hubbell, O. Adeoye, A. Semotiuk, J. M. Williams, E. Mata-Greenwood, O. Khorram, and W. J. Pearce (2011). “Contributions of VEGF to age-dependent transmural gradients in contractile protein expression in ovine carotid arteries”. In: American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology 301.3, pp. C653–C666 Other works BOOKS • A. J. Semotiuk and N. L. Semotiuk (2017). Writing Publishable Research Articles in the Sciences. Walla Walla: Alexander & DaVinci Publishing OTHER RESEARCH DISSEMINATION • A. Semotiuk and D. Valenzuela Maldonado (2013). Taller de artesanía y etnobotánica Yoreme-Mayo (Yoreme-Mayo artisan and ethnobotany workshop). Navojoa, Mexico: Navojoa Regional Museum Honors & Awards 2015 Recipient, Edmund H. Fulling Award of the Society for Economic Botany 2016 Recipient, Botany & Plant Sciences graduate student researcher achievement award- Recipient, Dissertation year fellowship (two quarters) Clanwilliam, ZA Riverside, CA Riverside, CA Extracurricular Activity DECEMBER 2, 2018 ANDREW J. SEMOTIUK · RÉSUMÉ 2 Volunteer Experience • • • • • 2017–Present Weekly Batshaw youth services volunteer in Montreal, Canada 2015 Open Science Network in Ethnobiology board member- Planting Science Mentor for the Society for Economic Botany- Periodical plant biology workshops at the Bethesda youth home in Navojoa, Mexico 2011 Created science lab experiments with meager supplies at the Los Pinos youth home in Poptún, Guatemala Presentations • A. J. Semotiuk and E. Ezcurra (2016). “Unravelling the mysteries of Ibervillea sonorae: A phenom of Mexican traditional medicine”. In: Society for Economic Botany Conference Harlan, KY • A. Semotiuk and E. Ezcurra (2015). “Pillar of strength: Columnar cacti as a key factor in Yoreme heritage and wildland preservation”. In: Society for Economic Botany Conference Clanwilliam, South Africa • A. Semotiuk, N. Semotiuk, J. Waines, and E. Ezcurra (2013). “Mayo and Yaqui medicinal plant vendors use social media to promote traditional ethnomedicine”. In: International Society for Horticultural Science Conference Montreal, Canada • A. Semotiuk, M. Cus, and N. Semotiuk (2011). “Modern education and culture impact language and botanical healing traditions of Maya in Belize”. In: International Society for Horticultural Science Conference Antigua, Guatemala • A. Semotiuk, T. Johnson, D. Sky, C. Leanza, and D. F. Lindsey (2008). “The role of a ubiquitin processing protease, UbpA, in the growthto-development transition of Dictyostelium development”. In: The FASEB Journal 22.1 Supplement, pp. 789–2 Additional Activities- Secretary, Botany Graduate Student Association Riverside, CA Consultant, The Witchdoctor’s Apprentice screenplay by Amy Tofte Online Workshop creator, Investigator websites, Society for Economic Botany Harlan, KY Healer-youth workshop organizer, Interviews with Yoreme healers and local youth Sonora, Mexico Yoreme language course creator, Yoremnokki course dissemination for Reciclando las Raíces de Sonora, Mexico mi Tierra of Benjamín Huicosa Leyva Plants and People Newsletter, Student Reflections on the 2015 DEB Address–“An Accidental Clanwilliam, ZA Ethnobotanist” Guest Lecture: Spring wildflowers course, Cell culture media to social media: Traditional plant Riverside, CA use in a changing world Guest Lecture: Andrews University Biology Department, Cell culture media to social media: Berrien Springs, MI Traditional plant use in a changing world UC Davis Food and Health Entrepreneurship Academy, Intensive lab-to-market training on idea Davis, CA development, marketing, sale, intellectual property and investor acquisition for researchers References Exequiel Ezcurra Riverside, CA DIRECTOR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE FOR MEXICO AND THE UNITED STATES - • Email:- Alain Cuerrier Montreal, QC ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF BOTANY, UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL - • Email:- Darrel Jenerette Riverside, CA ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY, UC RIVERSIDE - • Email:- DECEMBER 2, 2018 ANDREW J. SEMOTIUK · RÉSUMÉ 3 William Pearce Loma Linda, CA PROFESSOR OF PHYSIOLOGY, LLU SCHOOL OF MEDICINE - • Email:- DECEMBER 2, 2018 ANDREW J. SEMOTIUK · RÉSUMÉ 4