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Flagstaff, Arizona, United States

Carlsbad, New Mexico, United States

Carlsbad, New Mexico, United States

Ruidoso, New Mexico

Project: Plague ecology in rodent species in the western United States with management implications for the endangered Peñasco least chipmunk.Captured and marked a variety of rodent species including deer mice, wood rats, and pocket gophers. Collected fleas and other ectoparasites, and vaccinated rodents for sylvatic plague and compared survival rates for various treatment groups.

Pittsburg, Kansas

Project: Effects of experimental forest management on densities and nest survival of breeding birds in upland hardwood ecosystems.Used R statistical software in conjunction with ArcGIS products to answer complex ecological questions pertaining to forest management and its effects on breeding bird populations. Lab Instructor:BIOL 113 - Environmental Life Science (4 semesters)BIOL 639 - Terrestrial Field Ecology

White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico

Project: Temperature and precipitation effects on nest and brood success of Scaled and Gambel’s Quail Project: Habitat selection for nest sites and brood areasAssisted in graduate-level research providing technical assistance in the field. Biometric data collected was used in peer-reviewed publication.

Radnor Lake State Natural Area, Nashville, Tennessee

Provided Radnor Lake State Natural Area with law enforcement, interpretive services, and invasive species management.

Inola, Oklahoma

Project: Predator-prey dynamics and the role olfaction plays between Northern Bobwhite and nestpredatorsAssisted in graduate-level research providing technical assistance in the field. Biometric data collected was used in peer-reviewed publication.

Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky

Project: Roosting habits of northern long-eared bats during swarming and staging seasonsAssisted in graduate-level research providing technical assistance in the field. Biometric data collected was used in peer-reviewed publication.

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Project: Roost and hibernacula selection of tri-colored bats and building selection by bat species in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park of Tennessee and North CarolinaAssisted in graduate-level research providing technical assistance in the field. Biometric data collected was used in peer-reviewed publication.

Knoxville, Tennessee

Compiled a database on Ranavirus literature using EndNote and processed seed heads for duck energy days for Two Rivers National Wildlife Refuge in Illionis.

Knoxville, Tn

Conduct outreach through community service and youth development programs, lead prospective students on tours of the agriculture campus, recruit prospective students at college fairs across the state, and organize events on the agriculture campus.As the Ambassador Vice President, I conducted weekly meetings when the president was absent and kept track of hours worked by each ambassador.

Caryville, Tennessee

Project: Golden-winged Warbler juvenile survival, movements, and habitat useAssisted in graduate-level research providing technical assistance in the field. Biometric data collected was used in peer-reviewed publication.

Knoxville, Tn

Conduct outreach through community service and youth development programs, lead prospective students on tours of the agriculture campus, recruit prospective students at college fairs across the state, and organize events on the agriculture campus.

Master Of Science (M.S.), Biology

Activities and Societies: Wildlife and Fisheries Society Determined the effects of forest management on breeding bird densities and nest.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Wildlife And Fisheries Science

Activities and Societies: Student Chapter of the Wildlife and Fisheries Society, College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources.