Crystal Smith Email & Phone Number

Aiken, SC, US

Savannah River

United States

Working on data extraction with R for a meta analysis of the effects of plant-soil feedbacks on tree recruitment in temperate forests of eastern North America. Also investigating what effects the magnitude of plant soil feedback using meta analysis data.

Designing and collect field data for a study on prescribed fire in the Southern Appalachians. Specific duties include identifying study sites, coordinating field activities with technicians and agency staff, and collecting and analyzing data.

Clemson, South Carolina

• Completed comprehensive four-year course of study majoring in wildlife and fisheries biology with a minor in forest resource management, laying solid groundwork for a career in natural resource management. Completed.
• Earned President’s List and Dean’s List recognition multiple times.
• Was a member of two multiple semester Creative Inquiry projects:o Identified various wildlife species from camera trap photos.o Participated in qualitative data collection examining the relationship between gender and.
• Engaged in a three semester research course in Applied Fire Ecology exploring the relationship between prescribed fire, plant diversity, and soil temperature regimes.
• Co-authored and presented a poster entitled Fire Behavior in Response to Different Fuel Reduction Techniques: A Southern Appalachian Case Study at the Society of American Foresters National Convention in November 2019.

Clemson, South Carolina, United States

• Aided in data collection for multiple graduate level research projects as well as began my own research project.
• Assisted in data collection and developed protocols for completing vegetation surveys in Jocassee Gorges, SC.
• Performed vegetation surveys within burn units in Mountain Rest, SC, Warwoman WMA, GA, and Sumter National Forest.
• Collected water quality samples from lysimeters in Jocassee Gorges, SC.
• Collected vegetation data in order to compare pre- and post-fire biodiversity in two masticated forest units in the Andrew Pickens Ranger District of the Sumter National Forest (ongoing).

• Responsible for clerical and administrative duties related to the delivery of training and organizational development programs. Scheduled training events, coordinated with instructors, and communicated schedules and.
• Maintained, tracked, assigned, and scheduled new hire and technician training via multiple Cummins websites.
• Established technician training database to track Parts Professional training in order to provide metrics to Cummins Factory.
• Developed multiple PowerPoint Presentations for in-house technician and customer training.

Wrote purchase orders for parts requiring outside services such as anodizing, heat treating, etc. Coordinated with planners and production to ensure parts are processed in timely manner to meet shipping deadlines for customers. Worked closely with vendors to determine time lines and maintain open lines of communication between quality assurance and.

Entered and tracked all purchase requisitions for multiple departments of the plant, inputting between 5 and 20 multiple line requisitions per day. Obtained quotes from multiple local and national vendors. Instrumental in the transition between suppliers of all cutting tools for the plant. Planned incoming work from production for the Maintenance.

Monitored, collected, assembled, and audited data for reports and briefings. Reported findings to managers with recommendations. Informed managers of significant factors affecting the mission. Conducted education and training tasks for maintenance, operations, and support training. Planned and established personnel and maintenance scheduling. Performed and.

Answered, screened and directed inbound phone calls. Performed basic customer service practices and general secretarial duties, including – scheduling meetings, appointments, faxing, filing and mailing. Took verbal and written phone messages from multiline telephone system. Accepted letters and packages delivered to the front desk and distributed to.

Master'S Degree, Forest Management/Forest Resources Management

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Wildlife And Fisheries Biology

Major in Wildlife and Fisheries Biology with a minor in Forest Resource Management and Biology. 3.8GPA

Associate Of Science - As, Biology/Biological Sciences, General, 3.85

Graduated Magna Cum Laude

Associate Of Science (A.S.), Biology, General

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