• Supervise and mentor a team of three undergraduate technicians, ensuring adherence to lab protocols and fostering skill development• Revised and updated the in vitro digestion protocol running 1000+ samples using an Ankom Daisy Incubator • Manage lab inventory, including maintenance of equipment, ordering supplies and organization of samples and data• Responsible for quantitative analysis of dry matter, ash, protein, lipid, and gross energy for various large scale forage quality… Show more • Supervise and mentor a team of three undergraduate technicians, ensuring adherence to lab protocols and fostering skill development• Revised and updated the in vitro digestion protocol running 1000+ samples using an Ankom Daisy Incubator • Manage lab inventory, including maintenance of equipment, ordering supplies and organization of samples and data• Responsible for quantitative analysis of dry matter, ash, protein, lipid, and gross energy for various large scale forage quality projects• Operate and maintain FP-528 Nitrogen/Protein Determinator for 2000+ forage samples• Compile final datasets with STATA for collaborators on forage quality projects• Stable Isotope sample preparation and analysis for 300 blood and fecal samples Show less

Collects ocean fishery data, environmental data, and biological samples at public launch ramps, docks, onboard Commercial Passenger Fishing Vessels (CPFVs), charter offices, piers, jetties, and beach/banks for the California Recreational Fisheries Survey (CRFS). Reviews, validates or enters information from data sheets, logbook records, ensuring all recorded information is legible and accurate. Tracks salmon heads and other biological data collected. Summarizes daily sampling or fishing… Show more Collects ocean fishery data, environmental data, and biological samples at public launch ramps, docks, onboard Commercial Passenger Fishing Vessels (CPFVs), charter offices, piers, jetties, and beach/banks for the California Recreational Fisheries Survey (CRFS). Reviews, validates or enters information from data sheets, logbook records, ensuring all recorded information is legible and accurate. Tracks salmon heads and other biological data collected. Summarizes daily sampling or fishing activity on specified forms. Submits all data and samples to field leads in a timely manner. May also assist with database management, preliminary data summaries and analyses, technical report writing, and other project-related duties. Collects essential life history and other pertinent information on finfish and invertebrate species. May assist in collection and transportation of biological data such as scales, otoliths, fin clips, blood, gonads, tissue samples, and stomach contents. May assist Department tagging programs, including the monitoring of fish for external and internal tags. Show less

Assessing the effects of climate change on the behavior and physiology of juvenile rockfishes: ocean acidification and hypoxia under future upwelling conditions.

Intern working in a biogeochemical lab observing and quantifying nitrogen assimilation in Phytoplankton in a lower Chesapeake Bay tributary. Skills: Data Analysis using a fluorometer, nutrient autoanalyzer, and microscopy, one day oceanography cruise using a CTD (Conductivity, Temperature, and Depth) to obtain samples, presentation skills, reading and writing with scientific literature, field work using pipette and nutrient concentrations, experience with a LI-CORE, water filter pump… Show more Intern working in a biogeochemical lab observing and quantifying nitrogen assimilation in Phytoplankton in a lower Chesapeake Bay tributary. Skills: Data Analysis using a fluorometer, nutrient autoanalyzer, and microscopy, one day oceanography cruise using a CTD (Conductivity, Temperature, and Depth) to obtain samples, presentation skills, reading and writing with scientific literature, field work using pipette and nutrient concentrations, experience with a LI-CORE, water filter pump, YSI, Syringe, and GF-75 filters. Show less

Volunteering in the dissection of two different species of Catshark. Worked through lab processes involving usage of a scale, measuring tape, scalpel, and a filet knife.

Intern working on the floor interacting with guests while interpreting the exhibits and spreading awareness towards ocean conservation.