•Diverse background, fast Learner, and adaptable \r\n•Microbiology – bacterial isolation and identification of enteric foodborne pathogens and commensals, antimicrobial susceptibility test, DNA library preparation, cell culture, MALDI-TOF, Polymerase Chain Reaction, PFGE, Whole-Genome Sequencing.\r\n•Quantitative epidemiology, data analysis, and software – Python, R, SAS, and SPSS\r\n•Bioinformatics\r\n•Writing research proposals and manuscripts\r\n•Project planning, management, and directing\r\n