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1. Effective professional communication- Professionally and politely communicated with museum curators, visiting researchers, and professors of other institutions to ascertain their needs with regards to specimen loans - Coordinated, organized, and prepared loans of archived specimens under strict deadlines2. Managerial Experience- Directly supervised a full-time coworker, wherein I trained them on the use of electronic databases to manage collection records, the preparation of archived specimens for loans, general insect taxonomy, and proper insect preservation methods - Supervised and trained multiple work study students in everyday archival tasks3. Improved workplace documentation - Updated and streamlined the protocols for loaning insect specimens to collaborators while responsible for curation and archiving of more than 5M insect specimens- Modified and implemented workflow protocols for meticulous documentation of museum specimen metadata

Studied behaviour of invasive Sea Lamprey with respect to trapping success using acoustic telemetry and GIS to map movements of PIT tagged Sea Lamprey; repetitive work

University Of Guelph

M.Sc. in Integrative Biology, Area of Specialization: Behavioural Ecology and Evolution. My research entailed an experimental study of anti-predator behaviour in larval Enallagma damselflies with a focus on flexibility in response to different top predators using real time behavioural assays.

Master Of Science (Msc), Integrative Biology

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc), Biology/Biological Sciences, General