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De Lier, South Holland, Netherlands

De Lier, South Holland, Netherlands

De Lier, Netherlands

Mcmaster University, Hamilton, Canada

Worked with a team of Biology faculty and staff members to organize all aspects of the conference including advertising, attendee registration, conference agenda, catering, fundraising, and volunteers. Informed attendees through Facebook and Twitter about important details relating to travel, accommodation, and conference agenda. Recruited and coordinated.

Mcmaster University

Designed and implemented 7 greenhouse and field experiments consisting of over 200 plants each. Accurately organized and collected data by measuring plant traits and biomass. Managed data sets in Excel, analyzed data using program driven software (SAS) and graphed key results (Delta Graph) to investigate plant responses to experimental treatments. Also.

Hamilton, Ontario

Taught tutorials and labs for 4 different undergraduate biology courses. Presented material to teach key concepts and gave instructions for weekly assignments to groups of 20-50 students.Graded assignments and provided feedback on group and individual reports for 20-100 students each semester.

Hamilton, Canada

Gave tours to school groups, day camps, and McMaster students, staff and faculty. Educated groups of 10-20 people about interesting aspects of the tropical house and demonstrated plants with unique adaptations. Tours increased awareness of the greenhouse and the demand for groups to visit increased, ultimately adding value to the presence of the greenhouse.

Hamilton, Ontario

Lead hands-on activities for students from kindergarten to grade 12 to inspire interest in science and engineering.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Plant Evolutionary Ecology

Activities and Societies: Let's Talk Science, Biology Graduate Student Society, Ontario Biology Day conference planning Thesis focused on.

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc), Biology

Senior thesis project was the first study to demonstrate that plants respond to the relatedness of their neighbours, i.e. kin recognition..