PhD Student in the MIT/WHOI Joint Graduate Program in Chemical Oceanography, Van Mooy Laboratory. Studying marine microbial ecology and carbon cycling via lipid and carbohydrate analyses.

Van Mooy Lab, Department of Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry- Research in marine microbial ecology via computational lipidomics- Lipid biomarkers of key species and biogeochemical processes

Marine Chemistry & Geochemistry Department, Hughen LabStudy seawater chemical records in Cuba and Red Sea coastal surface waters using coral skeleton isotopic ratios and minor metal abundance ratios as proxy for relative temperature, salinity, mixing.-Operate CO2 graphitization line in National Ocean Sciences Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (NOSAMS)Prep Lab.-Operate Prism isotopic ratio mass spectrometer also at NOSAMS.- Operate Thermo Fisher iCAP 7000 series inductively coupled optical emissions spectrometer.-Drill press sampling of coral skeleton cores at semiweekly and monthly resolution; subsequent subsampling for testing on IRMS and AND; over 7000 catalogued primary samples to date.

Baker, April 2016-August 2016Daytime Kitchen Manager, August 2016-December 2016Sous Chef, December 2016-June 2016Prep Cook and Line Cook, June 2016-Present

Trawl harvest, rake, sort, package, and deliver oysters. Maintain detailed daily harvest records. Assist with nursery management. Regularly assess and uphold product quality. Strenuous physical activity throughout long days in all weather.

Fabricated and finished tables, beds, and cutting boards. Assisted in product design phase. Maintained shop and tools.

Performed general ranch maintenance. Repaired appliances and machines. Developed ranch facility improvement projects. Assisted chef as prep cook, bartender, waiter.

Performed extensive microscopy. Demonstrated attention to detail and organizational skills in sediment sample processing. Dyed, separated, sorted, and catalogued waterway sediment samples. Diligently maintained equipment and work space.

Monitored and maintained hydroponic and aquaponic growing systems. Demonstrated processes and taught students function of chemical properties in biological systems.

Assessed eel grass (Zostera marina) beds for density, productivity, trophic structure, and ecological diversity. Performed hand and purse seines, sediment cores, set and collected minnow traps. Preserved samples, performed gut content analysis, and performed sediment sample and water sample salinity analyses.