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• Monitored restoration crews in the Angeles National Forest at a restoration project funded by LADWPunder power lines and at the Big Tujunga Wash.• Performed tree inventory surveys, collected and cleaned data. • Uses Survey123 to document biological surveys and work progress.• Performs nesting bird surveys and public outreach tasks.• Educates and trains crew and new field biologists on best management practices, native versus non-native plants, and wildlife.

Crystal Cove State Park, Ca

Emerald Fire Habitat Monitoring and Community Engagement Project• Led a team of undergraduate interns at Crystal Cove State Park in designing and implementing a fire ecology project that tracked the recovery of coastal sage scrub after the Emerald Fire. • Collaborated with Conservancy and State Parks staff to develop and enact a transect protocol, perform data analysis, and establish a social media-based photo monitoring project to monitor recovery of the burn area.

Los Padres National Forest, Ca

• Conducted vegetation transect surveys in order to inform restoration strategies. • Educated undergraduate interns in tasks relating to lab projects.• Created pressed plant sample collections in order to identify native and non-native plants.• Assisted in data management, seed collection, greenhouse propagation and care, and soil analysis.

Santa Barbara, California, United States

Assisted PhD Candidate and Greenhouse Manager Cameron Hannah-Bick with greenhouse work including germination, propagation, pest control, and fertilization in order to assist with various research projects on campus as well as keep up the rare collection. Gained general horticultural knowledge and knowledge of the major plant families in California horticulture.

Santa Barbara, California, United States

• Examined geographic variation in reproductive traits for the purpose of understanding how the genus evolves in response to climate change. • Conducted herbarium research, data collection, and imaging in order to examine trends in phenology over long periods of time.• Assisted in greenhouse work including seed germination techniques, growth medium formulation, and general plant care.• Conducted field work in Yosemite National Park by recording environmental factors where the wildflower populations existed and collected seeds for greenhouse experiments.

Santa Barbara, California

Conducted viability tests for commercial seed companies in order to determine the seeds’ maximum germination potential using various germination and counting methods that incorporate different climatic factors and growth mediums.

Master, Conservation And Restoration Science

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Biology/Biological Sciences, General