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Hammond, La, Us

Auburn, Alabama, United States

• Manage undergraduate student workers and operations at Auburn University's Vertical Farms.• Assist graduate students with experimental design, set-up, data collection, data-analysis, manuscript production.• Develop and deliver education materials for horticulture courses, aquaponics workshops, and extension activities.

Huntsville, Alabama

• Oversee all aspects of crop production for the hydroponic garden including: crop scheduling, seeding, transplanting, pest and disease management, harvest, and delivery.• Set up an maintain lettuce production schedules and procedure to achieve a 20% increase lettuce yield within 4 months. • Set up and maintain a green bean production schedule to provide continuous, year-round supply of green beans to customers.• Expand crop production to include herbs (cilantro and basil).• Coordinate volunteer labor. • Develop materials and lead tours for agritourism events at the garden.

Auburn, Alabama

Review scientific literature and compile reports on hydroponic lettuce production to determine future research goals for the department.Collaborate with professors at the University to conduct feasibility studies on greenhouse lettuce production in rural Alabama.

Auburn, Alabama Area

Planned and maintained crop production in the aquaponics research greenhouses located at the E.W. Shell Fisheries Center including propagation, planting, pruning/training, harvesting, and pest management. Duties also included monitoring water quality parameters for fish production, feeding fish, and building production greenhouses and aquaponics systems. Presented workshops on aquaponics for educators looking to implement aquaponics into school curriculum Taught lab for the floral design lab in the horticulture department.

Baton Rouge, Louisiana Area

Wrote and directed a video series entitled “Louisiana Backyard Basics” concerning various topics related to plant establishment and management.Assisted in the development of an on-line class at LSU focused on mathematical calculations applied in the field of horticulture.Gathered and recorded physical data for major professor

Master'S Degree, Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations, General, 4.0

Activities and Societies: Pi Alpha XiMinor in Statistics

Bachelor'S Degree, Horticultural Science, 4.0

Activities and Societies: Horticulture Club