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- Research and literature review for weekly topic.- Write and publish a weekly article highlighting current issues in green technology

City Park Campus

• Prepare and deliver lectures using traditional and modern classroom technologies• Create and prepare teaching content including, but not limited to, powerpoint lectures, inclass and online quizzes, and homework and reading assignments• Create and proctor examinations• Prepare and maintain course records including, but not limited to, grades, attendance, evaluations, and training certificates.

Brisbane, Australia

• Resolve population estimates for rare, endangered, and data deficient species growing on the cliffs of southeast Queensland's Gold Coast hinterland (plant ID)• Collect and deliver data from 100 vertical transects using a protocol of my own design• Strong reinforcement of my Master's training in experimental design, data collection, data analysis and scientific writing and presentations to convey the results of my research

Brisbane, Australia

● Assist in teaching undergraduate and graduate level courses in the School of Biological Sciences● Preparation and delivery of original teaching material as well as prescribed teaching outlines in both the classroom and in the field● Preparation and execution of laboratory and practical exercises, helping students to learn real-world skills and hands-on applications of theory● Grade papers and provide students with personalized constructive criticisms● Provide critical feedback for course improvements for the following year

Summer internship at the UH's Harold L Lyon Arboretum working in the seed conservation laboratory and micropropagation plant tissue culture laboratory. Working to ensure the survival of some of the world's rarest and most critically endangered plants.

· Investigate the phylogenetic history and evolutionary fitness of the dengue virus using RNA/DNA manipulations, PCR, cloning, flow cytometry, cell culture, and florescent microscopy. · Work closely with senior researchers in the lab and support them with routine molecular work and with lab maintenance tasks.

· Conducted mammalian cell culture, PCR, DNA/RNA extractions, cloning and isolation of HIV-1 virus from patient samples. · Worked closely with the senior researchers in the lab and supported them with routine molecular work and with lab maintenance tasks. · Trained to work with viruses in Bio-Safety Level 2 and 3 laboratories. · Assisted in preparation of two manuscripts (see Academic Papers below).

Master'S Degree, Conservation Biology

Advanced course work at the world's leading conservation science research institution. Courses include a heavy emphasis on scientific.

B.S., Molecular Environmental Biology

Activities and Societies: Golbal Poverty and Practice, Harris Lab, Swing Cal