Lori Bailey Shrode

147 Church Hill Downs Court

Madison, AL 35758
Cell: 240-440-4799
Email: lsgene99@msn.com

SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS

Completed or enrolled in all education courses required for teacher certification

110+ hours of supervised educational field experience including both rural and urban schools
8 months experience AppAssist Training Manager
4 yrs experience teaching a range of ages from elementary school to college students
8 yrs experience in sales and customer service
8 yrs experience as research scientist
Technical Skills: Microsoft Office

EXPERIENCE
2011-2015
Legal and General America
Frederick, MD
Training Specialist and Case Manager
Wrote Training Manual for Interview Process for AppAssist
Worked with management to provide enhancements for current interview system and process.
Trained new employees in AppAssist department on systems, interviewing, and procedures
Conduct interviews and follow up calls with proposed insured.
Coordinate with general agents, underwriters, and vendors to obtain outstanding requirements for
insurance applications.
Enter accurate, detailed notes into systems to document case activity and any other relevant information
Quality control check of new employee interviews
Training under Senior Underwriter to learn basic underwriting skills and practices
2008-2011
Frederick County Public Schools
Frederick, MD
Substitute Teacher
Responsible for following lesson plans in a variety of subjects and directing students ranging from
elementary school to high school
1998-2000
University of Florida
Post-Doctoral Fellow Department of Horticultural Science
Conducted independent research projects
Mentored graduate students in research projects

Gainesville, FL

1993-1998
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX
Graduate Research Assistant Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology
Conducted independent research projects
Mentored undergraduate students in research projects
Taught undergraduate Genetics Laboratory Classes
1992-1993
Monsanto Company
Molecular Biology Intern in Crop Pest Tolerance

St. Louis, MO

EDUCATION
University of Alabama Huntsville
Huntsville, AL
Currently enrolled in courses for teacher certification.
Legal and General America
Frederick, MD
Life Insurance Designations and Certifications
ALU Level 1 Underwriting Certification
ACS Designation
ALMI Designation
AIAA Designation
AIRC Designation
Fellow Life Mgmt Institute
ARA Designation

Awarded 10/2014
Awarded 11/2012
Awarded 4/2013
Awarded 5/2013
Awarded 10/2013
Awarded 11/2014
Awarded 12/2014

Texas A&M University

College Station, TX
Doctorate of Philosophy in Genetics, May 1999
Auburn University
Auburn, AL
Bachelor of Science in Molecular Biology, August 1992
POSTER PRESENTATION
1998 Neurospora Conference
1997 Fungal Genetics Conference
1995 Fungal Genetics Conference

Expression and regulation of the fluffy gene of Neurospora crassa

Characterization of the fluffy gene of Neurospora crassa
Isolation of the fluffy and fluffyoid genes of Neurospora crassa

PUBLICATIONS
Madi, Lea, Sheila A. McBride, Lori A. Bailey, and Daniel J. Ebbole. rco-3, a gene involved in glucose transport
and conidiation in Neurospora crassa. Genetics 146: 499-508 (1997).
Bailey, Lori A. and Daniel J. Ebbole. The fluffy gene of Neurospora crassa encodes a Gal4-type C6 zinc cluster
protein required for conidial development. Genetics 148: 1813-1820 (1998).
L B Shrode; Z A Lewis; L D White; D Bell-Pedersen; D J Ebbole. vvd is required for light adaptation of
conidiation-specific genes of Neurospora crassa, but not circadian conidiation.
Fungal Genet. Biol. 32, 169 (2001).
Bailey-Shrode, Lori and Daniel J. Ebbole. The fluffy gene of Neurospora crassa is necessary and sufficient to
induce conidiophore development. Genetics 166:1741-1749 (2004).
Perkins, David D., Michael Freitag, Virginia C. Pollard, Lori A. Bailey-Shrode, Eric U. Selker, and Daniel J.
Ebbole. Recurrent Locus-Specific Mutation Resulting From a Cryptic Ectopic Insertion in Neurospora . Genetics:
175: 527 (2007).