Professional experience:

1999-present Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Veterinary Molecular Biology. Cell cycle related gene expression in Toxoplasma gondii. Montana State University, Bozeman, MT.

1994-1999 Graduate Research Assistant, Department Biological Sciences. University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA. Gene expression and phenotypic switching in Candida albicans.

1991-1993 Cytogenetic Laboratory Technologist. Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, MA. Pre-natal diagnostics.

1989-1991 Cytogenetic Laboratory Technologist. Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN. Neoplasia diagnostics.

Extracurricular Funding:

1. National Research Service Award, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health. Grant Number 1 F32 AI10642-01, Cloning and Characterization of T. gondii Cyclins, $63,332. Priority Score 159.

2. National Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program. United States Department of Agriculture/Competitive State Research Education and Extension Service/ Grant Number 2000-2012. Development of Yeast Systems to Study Toxoplasma Cell Cycle. $90,000 Panel Rank, 1 of 109 proposals.

Peer Reviewed Publications:

1. Carlotti, A., Srikantha, T., Schroppel, K., Kvaal, C., Villard, J., and D.R. Soll. (1997) A novel repeat sequence (CKRS-1) containing a tandemly repeated sub-element accounts for differences between Candida krusei strains fingerprinted with the probe CkF1,2. Current Genetics 31(3):255-263.

2. Kvaal, C.A., Srikantha T., and D.R. Soll. (1997) Misexpression of the White-Phase-Specific Gene WH11 in the Opaque Phase of Candida albicans Affects Switching and Virulence. Infection and Immunity 65(11):4468-4475.

3. Brown, A.J.P., Cormack, B.P., Gow, N.A.R., Kvaal, C.A., Soll, D.R., and T. Srikantha. (1998) Advances in Molecular Genetics of Fungal Pathogens, Medical Mycology, 36 Suppl 1:230-7, 1998.

4. Kvaal, C.A., Srikantha T., Daniels, K., McCoy, J., and D.R. Soll. (1999) Misexpression of the Opaque Phase-Specific Gene PEP1(SAP1) in the White Phase of Candida albicans Confers Enhanced Virulence in a Mouse Cutaneous Model of Candidiasis. Infection and Immunity 67(12):6652-6662.

5. Christopher Alan Kvaal, University of Iowa, Ph.D. Dissertation. (Biological Sciences) December 1999. Mis-expression of Phase-Specific Genes in the White-Opaque Switching System of Candida albicans affects switching and virulence in two different mouse models of candidiasis.

6. Guerini, M.N., Radke, J.R., Kvaal, C.A., and White, M.W. Functional Analysis of the Two Unique Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigens of T. gondii. 2001. Submitted to Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology.

7. Kvaal, C.A., Radke, J.R., and White, M.W. The T. gondii Cyclin H homolog is a mitotic cyclin. 2001. In preparation.

8. Kvaal, C.A., Radke, J.R., Prigge, J.P., and White, M.W. Atypical cell cycle control by the Cyclin A/B homolog in T.gondii. 2001. I n preparation.

Teaching Experience:

1. Principles of Biology II Laboratory Teaching Assistant, University of Iowa, Fall Semester, 1998. 50 students, 6 hours of laboratory instruction per week.

2. Daily Research Mentoring of one undergraduate Science Honors Program Student, Fall 1994 and one Howard Hughes Undergraduate Researcher, Fall 1997.

3. Developmental Biology Teaching Assistant, University of Iowa, Fall Semester, 1996. 80 students, 2 one hour review sessions per week.

4. Guest Lecturer. Howard Hughes High School Student Summer Research Program, 1996. 20 High School Juniors, Applications of Basic Research to Medicine.

5. Principles of Biology I Honors Sections, Laboratory Teaching Assistant, University of Iowa, Fall Semester, 1995. 50 Science Honors Program students, 6 hours of laboratory instruction per week.

6. Principles of Biology I Laboratory Teaching Assistant, University of Iowa, Fall Semester, 1994. 50 students, 6 hours of laboratory instruction per week.

7. Teaching Assistant Training Program, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Iowa, Fall 1994.

Invited Seminars:

1. Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Minnesota Hospitals and Clinics, Dr. Jesse Goodman, Chair and organizer. 14 June 1998

2. Department of Veterinary Molecular Biology, Montana State University-Bozeman, Dr. Michael White, organizer. 10 November 1998.

3. Department of Veterinary Molecular Biology, Montana State University-Bozeman, Dr. Mark Quinn, Acting Chair and organizer. 19 September 1999.

4. Department of Veterinary Molecular Biology, Montana State University-Bozeman, Dr. Edward Schmidt, organizer. 9 January 2001.

Abstracts:

1. Heterochromatin Variation on Chromosome 18, Kvaal, C.A., Zhang, M., Knoll, J.H.M., Mitchell, M. 1993 Annual Meeting of the Association of Cytogenetic Technologists, Boston MA.

2. Misexpression of Phase-Specific Genes in the Wrong Phase During the White-Opaque Transition of Candida albicans strain WO-1. Kvaal, C.A., Srikantha T., and D.R. Soll. 1996 ASM Conference on Candida and Candidiasis:Biology, Pathogenesis, and Management, San Diego, CA.

Activities/Interests:

· Graduate Student Senator representing the Department of Biological Sciences in the University of Iowa Graduate College Senate, 1997-99.

· Adhoc member of the Graduate Admissions Committee, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Iowa, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998.

· Member of University of Iowa Masters Swim Club, 1993-1998.

· All-American Swimmer, St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN 1986