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PERSONAL DETAILS

Name	Peter Febbroriello
Address	847 Litchfield Street Torrington CT 06790
Telephone	860-482-6606
Email	peterfebbroriello@sbcglobal.net peter@well.com
Date Of Birth	October 1946

EDUCATION

Chemistry	Inorganic and organic, Biochemistry: Production of antibiotics by cave fungi (Storrs, CT, UCONN, Dr. Collins, Phd.; independent study); Biochemistry of Mental Illness (Storrs, CT, UCONN, Dr. Malcolm Gordon, Phd.; independent study);
Biology	Mycology Physiology Cell Biology Anatomy: human, developmental Neuromorphology Genetics
Psychology	Altered States of Consciousness Abnormal General.
Math	Calculus Statistics
Computer Science	Fortran, Basic, Z-80 machine language and assembler "C"

COMPUTING EXPERIENCE

Regular programming in Fortran 77,Z80, PDP11 MACRO-11,"C",and Basic. Programs include interfaces between video equipment (Recognition Technology Inc., Imaging Technology Inc., Colorado Video Inc., Digital Equipment Corp.: 11/23,11/73 VENIX,RT-11, and IBM AT). Designed and constructed computer interfaces for Panasonic VCR, several customized precision electronic instruments and original robotic apparatus. Designed Special high voltage programmable power supply interfacing for use with IBM-AT. Designed and constructed stepper motor interfacing for IBM-AT. Original software and hardware designed for use with Motorola 68705p-3 Microprocessor, allowing off-line monitoring of processes and remote control of mechanical units with minimal mainframe or PC supervision. Modular AT compatible computers assembled and modified. Used IEEE and RS232 protocols in equipment designed for use in telecommunications. Designed packet radio terminal node controller for synchronous data communications using CCITT, X.25, and AX.25 protocols.
Windows 2000 Prof.
Windows 2003 server installations with Ethernet
Windows 2007 Prof.
Freescale MPU

WORK EXPERIENCE

Lab work

Keratene Inc. Winsted Ct.

Laboratory
technician. Analysis of soybean hydrolysis products used in
commercial formulation of foodstuffs.

Univ. of CT Health Center Medical School, Farmington, CT

Research Assistant (four years) University Technician (four
years): Used Spectrophotometers, Ph meters, Ultracentrifuge.
Studied biomolecular interactions. Did phospholipid assays using
isotope tracers. Chromatography: TLC and HPLC, autoradiography, organic synthesis,
fluorescence photobleaching. Did electrophoresis and dialysis.
Use lasers, Q-switching, computers
and video processors, centrifuges, scintillation counters etc.
Did tissue culture work, microscopy, contaminant identification and tracing.

Video

Used Sit-Cam and Starlite scope for image intensification.
Used photomultiplier tubes for photon counting. Used lasers
coupled to microscope to provide space modulated light
probe. Analysis of digitized video imagery. Data reduction
techniques using "C" compiler coded programs, packaged and
original algorithms, including background subtraction, false
color enhancement, motion detection, area measurement,
intensity histogram, graphic overlay.

Hospital work

University of Connecticut infirmary at Storrs, Ct.:

Nurses Aide. Patient care, telephone work. Maintained emergency room
(one year)

John Dempsey Hospital, Farmington CT

Patient care, ICU, ER, EMT, aide work, patient transport. (two years)

Ambulance

Professional Ambulance Service, Wethersfield CT

EMT-A, patient care and transport. Emergency medical
techniques, ambulance driving (two years)

Special Training

USAF Physiological training

High altitude simulation chamber; use of pressurized oxygen equipment, emergency high altitude bail-out and depressurization procedures

American
Heart Association

Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation - Instructor

American Red Cross

Advanced First Aid - Instructor.
Emergency Medical Technician, - Ambulance,
Certified and licensed for the state of Connecticut, with 2
years experience.

Current work

Sigma Energy and Engineering (CA)

Analysis of toxic wastes.
Bioremediation using microbial metabolism
Gold assays

Sensory Arts (PA)

Patent development - vision test for Macular- degeneration and retinal defects
Prototypes, electronics and firmware. Assay and screening of microbes for anti - Borrelia activity
Design and prototype Alpha-Beta-Gamma detector and counter with USB interface

Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory (NY)

prototype electronics and
hardware

Albany International (NY)

Prototype new devices

GE Corporate R&D (NY)

Prototype Devices for plastics molding

UCONN Health Center (CT)

Bacterial DNA Distribution analysis- C Programming, graphical data reduction, hardware maint., research support,
FRAP,TIR,Laser Microscope applications

Four Winds Productions

film production consult (NM)-
(WGBH-NOVA) regarding cave microbiology, new cave discoveries

Earthwise

Mycological consulting: collection, culturing, identification
Prototyping for patented Homeland Security applications

Adrian Storey

Safecast video animation

	Photographer	Operated photographic studio, made portraits, passports, commercial, industrial, technical pictures. Provided pictures for advertising agencies, lawyers, doctors, newspapers, magazines, and private clients. Used and maintained photographic equipment manufactured by Bogen, Hasselblad, Nikon, Leitz, Gossen, McBeth, Rolor, LogEtronics, Pako, Omega, SEI, Minolta, Eastman Kodak, and others. Did darkroom work and processed all types of light sensitive emulsions used in the industry including negative and reversal color.	Clients: Torrington Company, Torin Inc. Norwesco Pools Nancy Palmer Agency McGraw Hill Torrington Register Northwest Publishers Winsted Evening Citizen Berkshire Eagle Bennington Banner Thomaston Express Colonial Spring Co. Ovation Instruments First Federal Savings And Loan Lakeridge Development Corp
Special Skills	Sensitometry, densitometry, restoration, retouching, copying, aerial photography from light aircraft and helicopters, accident investigation photos, photojournalism, documentation

Cave Exploration

Experienced in teaching underground rescue techniques.
Surveying and general exploration.
Vertical access (Jumar ascent).
Life Member of the National Speleological Society (NSS20246)
Northeast Regional Organization
Guadalupe Cave Survey
Former Chmn. Sullivan County Cave Conservation Task Force--NSS;
Former Conservation Chmn. Central Connecticut Grotto--NSS.
Explored caves in California(two expeditions to Mountain Pass) , New Mexico (Carlsbad Caverns, Ogle Cave, Ft. Stanton), Colorado, Connecticut, New York, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Virginia, Kentucky, Bermuda, Costa Rica (NSS Expedition, mycologist), South Korea.
Worked with military demolitions experts in New Mexico and Korea, used explosives in New York, Vermont and California caves. Examined mines and caves used as mines in New Mexico and California.
Conducting research into calcite solubility, speleogenesis, and cave microbiology.
Currently isolating and identifying fungi and bacteria from caves worldwide, screening and assaying for antibiotic activities

Special skills

Assays for precious metals
Radiation analysis of soil samples
Analysis of unknown drugs or plant toxins
Skilled in backpacking and wilderness survival, cross country skiing
rappelling, rock climbing, wilderness navigation
Flying experience with single engine aircraft
Good night vision, have used starlight scopes in laboratory
Brunton Compass underground surveying, cartography
Gold assay
Drug discovery

Papers

Co-authored while at University of Connecticut

1.Sheetz, M.P., Febbroriello, P. and Koppel, D.E. 1982.
Triphosphoinositide increases glycoprotein lateral mobility
in erythrocyte membranes. Nature (Lond.) 296:91-93.

2. Sheetz, M.P., Febbroriello, P. and Koppel, D.E. 1982.
Triphosphoinositol mobilizes glycoproteins in erythrocyte
membranes. Studia Biophysica 90:81-82.

B. Technical assistance is acknowledged explicitly in:

3. Koppel, D.E. 1985. Normal-mode analysis of lateral diffusion
on a bounded membrane surface. Biophys. J. 47:337-347.

4. Koppel, D.E. 1986. Fluorescence photobleaching recovery
techniques for translational and slow rotational diffusion
in solution and on cell surfaces. Biochem. Soc. Trans.
14:842-845.

5. Chester, D.W., Mason, R.P., Joselyn, A.F.,
Triggle, D.J. Herbette, L.G. and Koppel, D.E. 1987.
Diffusion of dihydrophyridine calcium channel antagonists in
sarcolemmal lipid bilayers. Biophys. J. 52:1021-1039. C.

6.JEROME H. HOCHMAN, MELVIN SCHINDLER,
JENNIFER G. LEE, AND SHELAGH FERGUSON-MILLER 1982
Lateral mobility of cytochrome c on intact mitochondrial
membranes as determined by fluorescence
redistribution after photobleaching Proc. NatL Acad. Sci. USA
Vol. 79, pp. 6866-6870, November 1982 Biochemistry
(Technical assistance acnowledged)

Other papers

6. Febbroriello, P. 1982. Cave Fungi. Speleo Digest 1982:268.

7. Febbroriello, P. 1982. Cave Fungus: Potential Danger to Cavers
     in the Northeast, Speleo Digest 1982:269.

8. Febbroriello, P. 1982. Sullivan County Task Force and
     Other Studies in Mystery Cave, Speleo Digest 1982:272.

9. Febbroriello, P. 1984. Mystery cave - history, access,
     policy and updates. Northeastern Caver, 15:45-56 + fold out
     map.

10. Farkas D.L., Wei M.D, Febbroriello P., Carson J.H., Loew LM.
     Simultaneous imaging of cell and mitochondrial membrane potentials.
     Biophys J 56, 1053-1069 (1989)

11. Weaver, F.E., Polster, H., Febbroriello, P., Sheetz, M.P.,
     Schmid-Schobein, H., and D.E. Koppel. 1990. Normal band 3-cytoskeletal
     interactions are maintained on tanktreading erythrocytes.
     Biophys. J. 58: 1427-1436.

12. Setlow, B., Magill, N., Febbroriello, P., Nakhimovsky, L.,
     Koppel, D.E., Setlow, P.
     Condensation of the Forespore Nucleoid Early in Sporulation of
     Bacillus Species. J. Bacteriology, Oct. 1991, Vol. 173, No. 19
     p. 6270-6278

13. Sarbu, S. M. and Popa, R. 1992. A unique chemoautotrophically
     based cave ecosystem. In: The Natural History of Biospeleology,
     (edit.) Camacho, A.I., Monogr. Mus. Nac. Cienc. Natur.
     Madrid. pp:637-666. (pers. com.)

14. Febbroriello, P. 1993. Mycology Studies in the Rio Corredor
     Basin, NSS Bulletin Vol. 55 June/December No. 1/2 pp 9-1 - 9-5.

15. Camassa M.M., Febbroriello P. Le Foval della Grotta Zinzulusa
    (Puglia, Italia), Thalassia Salentina #26 Supplemento: Il Carsismo Nell'area Mediterranea, (2003)

16. Philip van Beynen, Peter Febbroriello 2006. Seasonal isotopic variability of precipitation and cave drip water at Indian Oven Cave, New York. Hydrological Processes, Volume 20, Issue 8, Pages 1793-1803