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Hawaiian Islands

Salt Lake City, UT

Principal analyst on isotope analysis for forensic application in areas of food authentication, wildlife conservation, anthropology and criminal investigation. Contributed expertise and consultation support to innovative research projects in Painted Lady butterfly migration across Sahara, illegal international trade of elephant ivory, livestock migration.

Portland, Oregon

Worked in conjunction with Law Intern to investigate and identify potential legal arguments to advocate for changes in the practice of aerial pesticide spaying of the timber industry in Oregon. Created a public comment package responding to Oregon Health Authority report on the issue of aerial pesticide applications to the health of communities across.

Salt Lake City

Conducted environmental research to investigate mercury accumulation and methylation potential in the Great Salt Lake. Oversaw daily laboratory procedures and maintained complex instruments to achieve high standards in USGS interlaboratory quality assessment. Effectively trained & supervised undergraduate students with no prior laboratory experience.

Worked in the Transformation Group performing maize embryos excision, embryos transfection, and callus transfer. Utilized good communication, teamwork, organization and time management skills to contribute to the company’s quarterly and annual goal to increase production.

Portland, OR

Collaborated with a team of student researchers to better understand lysosomal storage diseases, GM1 Ganglioside. The study objective were to reduce cost and improve cell staining technique for higher imaging quality via fluorescence microscopy to characterize size and localization of lysosomes in GM1 ganglioside affected fibroblast. Findings and.

Professional Master Of Science, Environmental Science

Bachelor Of Science, Biology