Employment

Employment:

Assistant Specialist III (and Lab Manager in Horticultural Physiology) University of California, Davis Department of Plant Sciences; (Davis, CA) Aug 2020- Current

Special Projects Research and Design Assistant Cal Poly, Humboldt Natural History Museum ; (Arcata, CA) Sept 2019- Aug 2020

  • Designed and created the ‘Climate and Earth Exhibit’, a 10'x10' art instillation and explanative exhibit showcasing the science of climate change (evidence, causes and consequences) and renewable energy solutions *note: exhibit not fully open at this time

Graduate Student Facilitator Cal Poly, Humboldt Center for Teaching and Learning; (Arcata, CA) 2019-2020

  • This position functioned in collaboration with faculty, administrators, and staff in order to positively impact student learning; Responsibilities include gathering and preparing feedback about instruction and/or course upon request of the instructor, synthesizing student suggestions, and recommending pathways forward for improvement

Graduate Student Research Assistant Cal Poly, Humboldt via CSU Program for Education and Research in Biotechnology; (Arcata, CA) Aug 2017-May 2018

  • Goal to develop theory and techniques for applying isotope and biogeochemical tracer data to spatial problems at a range of scales, and design of a future cryogenic extraction line for our Cal Poly, Humboldt Critical Zone Laboratory

Graduate Student Teaching Assistant Cal Poly, Humboldt (Arcata, CA)

  • GEOL 109: General Geology, Lab Period

    Instructor on record- Fall Term 2017, Spring Term 2019, Fall Term 2019

  • GEOL 306: General Geomorphology, Lab Period

    Instructor on record- Fall Term 2018          

  • GEOL 103: Water Planet

    Grader - Spring Term 2018          

  • GEOL 306: General Geomorphology

    Grader- Fall Term 2017   

  • GEOL 475: Geology Field Camp                                             

    Teaching Assistant- Summer Term 2017

Oak Ridge Institute of Science and Education Research Fellow US EPA, Atlantic Ecology Division Laboratory; (Narragansett, RI) Nov. 2015-Aug. 2017

  • Research fellowship in the Office of Watershed and Development; research related to the sedimentological and ecological assessment of anthropogenic impacts in coastal ecosystems   

GIS Analyst University of Rhode Island International Office of Education; (Kingston, RI) 2016-2017

  • Using GIS to visually represent study abroad geographic data (marketing, student outreach) and conducting basic statistical comparisons/analysis for the office evaluations and metrics

Volunteer Work:

Part-time (weekend) Employee Miridae Mobile Nursery; (Sacramento, CA) 2021-Current

Graduate Student Researcher Geoscientists Without Boarders, Sustainable Water Management; (Home University: Cal Poly, Humboldt; Field Site: Zurite, Peru) June-July 2018

  • A multidisciplinary, cross-cultural research experience with the purpose of generating a hydrologic model to inform sustainable water management practices of the puna ecosystem

Student Volunteer University of Rhode Island Watershed Watch; (Kingston, RI) 2015-2017

  • State-wide volunteer monitoring program of lakes, ponds, reservoirs, rivers, streams; worked with local communities to assess water quality, identify sources of pollution, and provide effective management of critical water resources

Volunteer Wood-Pawcatuck Watershed Association; (Hope Valley, RI) 2015-2017

  • worked in partnership with local, state, and federal agencies, to encourage the watershed approach to environmental management