Rate My Professor Romy Knittel

Prior to her position at St. Bonaventure University, Knittel gained extensive experience in research and teaching. In 1994, she served as an adjunct faculty member at Alfred University, teaching lecture and laboratory sections of General Microbiology and Medical Microbiology. From 1991 to 1993, she worked as a Research Assistant and Laboratory Manager at Princeton University, assisting in projects involving monoclonal antibody development, genetic engineering for Drosophila studies, laboratory management, hazardous waste handling, and equipment maintenance. Earlier, she was a Biological Technician GS-7 with the USDA at Cornell University from 1989 to 1990, conducting research on barley yellow dwarf virus detection and viral coat proteins using molecular biology techniques. In 1985, she served as a Laboratory Technician at Lehigh University's Center for Marine and Environmental Studies, performing water quality assessments on wastewater from plastics manufacturing and sampling aquatic life in acid rain-affected lakes. Her scholarly output includes two 1991 publications co-authored with E.J. Pell: "Effects of drought stress and simulated acidic rain on foliar conductance of Zea mays L." in Environmental and Experimental Botany (31(1):79-90) and "Effects of simulated acidic rain on upper leaf surface of Zea mays L. foliage" in Canadian Journal of Botany (69:2637-2642).