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Seattle, Washington, United States

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Associate editor for the upcoming book "Food Systems Modeling: Tools for Assessing the Sustainability of Food and Agriculture."

Freeport, Maine, United States

OpenTEAM, is a farmer-driven, open source platform that provides farmers with the best possible knowledge to improve soil health. As a research intern, I trialed FarmOS, an application used for farm management, planning, and record keeping, at Wolfe’s Neck Center and created a structured user guidebook for more efficient on-farm recordkeeping.

Lexington, Kentucky

• Working as an Americorps VISTA, I managed The Campus Kitchen at the University of Kentucky, an on-campus service organization working to reduce food waste and provide healthy meals to those struggling with hunger..
• Expanded operations by 30%, recovering over 10,000 lbs of food and serving nearly 6,500 meals
• Worked with a team to initiate and manage a weekly student meal and education program, serving on average, 1,700 meals to 600 students per semester
• Authored and secured $13,900 in grant funding
• Managed 30 student leaders and 150 monthly volunteers in cooking and gardening

Lakewood, NY

• Working at Southern Tier Brewing Company as a quality technician, I was able to hone my analytical chemistry skillset through the following:
• Conducted daily cell counts, assessed chemical specs, and ran micros on various samples
• Managed and analyzed large data sets via excel
• Assisted in daily sensory panel to educate and assess participants on common off-flavors present in beer

Lexington, KY

As an intern for FoodChain, a non-profit that provides education and demonstration of sustainable food production, I worked on initiating a vertical aeroponic rooftop garden. This internship required independent judgement in helping to research, design, and assemble the garden. As part of this position, I utilized Google SketchUp to design a to-scale, 3D.

Lexington, KY

Recommended for the position by my professor, as a tutor for both General and Organic Chemistry, I was able to effectively communicate scientific principles, problems, and theories to peers in a concise and direct way.

Lexington, KY

Through working as a lab assistant in the Chemistry Department, I was able to fine tune my lab skills. I helped prepare, set up, and maintain general chemistry laboratory experiments. I completed regular safety checks in each lab, and prepared standard solutions for various labs. Additionally, I helped organize and helped maintain the order of the.

New Brunswick, NJ

As a part of the Research in Science and Engineering (RiSE) Program, I conducted research on the effects of methionine restriction on hepatic stress in mice under the direction of Dr. Tracy Anthony and Dr. Ashley Pettit. MY role in this project was to aid in the lab work of prepping mice tissues under liquid nitrogen and conducted Western Blots on these.

Amherst, MA

As part of the Collaborative Undergraduate Research in Energy (CURE) Program, I conducted research in bacterial genomics under the direction of Dr. Jeffery Blanchard. The newly discovered species, C. phytofermentans was found to naturally produce ethanol for use in biofuels. My role in the project was to utilize Python programming to aid in determining the.

Master Of Science - Ms, Agriculture, Food, And Environment

Environmental Studies

Frieburg, Germany

Bachelor'S Degree, Biochemistry

Minor in environmental Studies