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Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Coordinated protocol matters for the Commander, USEUCOM to support engagements with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, service secretaries and chiefs, foreign dignitaries, members of foreign militaries, heads of state, ambassadors, royalty, and other political leaders. Advised the staff and planning personnel for events involving senior flag.

Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States

Maintained and operated a $500,000+ inventory of sensitive oceanographic instrumentation. Safely calibrated, tested, deployed and recovered instruments and instrument platforms from small and large vessels and on foot as required. Data quality control, visualization, and analysis with Microsoft Office, Python and MATLAB. Professionally and proactively.

Monterey, California

Supported engineers, researchers and military students in planning and preparing large experiments. Maintained, calibrated, and deployed inventory of meteorology instrumentation on land and at sea. Data quality control and analysis via Python and MATLAB programming languages.

Monterey, California, United States

Operated and managed 30ft RHIB, observing critical fueling and excursion schedules to provide the optimal client experience. Personally responsible for ensuring client, crew, and asset safety in a high stress, physical and dynamic marine environment. Followed marine wildlife viewing regulations and guidelines while enhancing customer experience. Conducted.

Moss Landing

Thesis: The Biogeochemical Behavior and Speciation of Mercury in the Sea Surface Microlayer:Implications for Transport to Watersheds via FogDesigned and executed a Masters thesis within a collaborative research effort to study toxic forms of mercury in the California coastal environment. Maintained and managed an ocean chemistry research lab to produce.

Moss Landing, California, United States

Operated and managed 65ft (93 passenger) vessel, observing critical fueling and excursion schedules to provide the optimal client experience. Personally responsible for ensuring client, crew, and asset safety in a high stress, physical and dynamic marine environment. Followed marine wildlife viewing regulations and guidelines while enhancing customer.

Astoria, Oregon

Conducted statistical subsampling of commercial fishing landings at sea as a certified observer for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Participated in the West Coast Groundfish Observer Program (WCGOP) to facilitated compliance and enforcement of federal commercial fisheries regulations for NOAA’s West Coast Region. Completed.

Carlsbad, CA

Conducted biological SCUBA surveys (126 dives) of artificial and natural reef habitats offshore of southern California. Operated 22’ work vessels to safely and accurately deliver and retrieve divers. Managed and maintained critical gear for field and lab data collection. Entered, curated, assessed and quality controlled biological and oceanographic data.

Monterey, CA

Managing deck level of 70 & 50ft vessels before, during and after trips, interacting with the public (questions, seasickness, limited movement), locating marine mammals in various sea conditions, sighting charts, assisting in boat maintenance, administrative tasks including reservations

Santa Cruz, California

Conducted extensive biological SCUBA surveys (150+ dives) of rocky reef habitat along California Coast (75+ sites, 300+ miles) in support of a multi-university research consortium monitoring coastal marine ecosystems. Interfaced with local, state, and federal scientists and crew to facilitate data collection.Managed and maintained critical gear for field.

Marina, CA

Assisted in managing multiple $100,000+ marine instrumentation contracts with private and government customers. Procured and assembled components for the NOAA funded “Air Pressure Alert” (APA) marine technology prototypes to provide early low-oxygen warning to federal NOAA working divers. Interfaced with local, state, and federal customers as well as.

Seaside, CA

Welcoming new students to CSUMB, giving tours of campus to new students and parents, general overview of campus information, team building with other orientation leader and students, planning and organizing activities with other orientation leaders

Monterey, CA

Overseeing safety and conduct of 30 residents, planning, organizing and hosting programs for students, filing work orders and incident reports, hall enrichment, interacting and collaborating with staff members and on-call assistance within residential area

Master'S Degree, Oceanography, Chemical And Physical, 3.55

2014/2015 NSF funded Research cruises to understand the mechanisms responsible for transporting mercury from the ocean to land, via fog.

B.S., Marine And Coastal Ecology