Eva Marie Larsen Email & Phone Number

New York, New York, United States

Image and digitize specimens of Orthoptera (grasshoppers, cockroaches, crickets)Image specimens using Canon camera and edit using Canon Digital Photo Professional and Adobe LightroomCreate and update catalog records in KeEmu Transcribe specimen data from original labels to KeEmu recordsCurate specimens to reflect updated taxonomy and storage convention

Greater New York City Area

Database insect specimens using EMuTranscribe specimen data from original labels into databaseRehouse specimens into updated containers to improve storage conditionsPrepare (mount and label) specimens so that they may be incorporated into the main research collection.

Greater New York City Area

Provided administrative support to department chair and Ornithology CuratorsAssist with the coordination and management of travel and small grants programCommunicated and coordinated directly with grant recipients and museum personnelRecorded and reported department expendituresParticipate in other projects and tasks as required or assigned by supervisors

Greater New York City Area

Rehoused, catalogued, and databased specimens of the Royal Mapes collection of marine invertebrate fossils.Presented at 2018 Geological Society of America.

Saint Paul, Minnesota

As Food Justice Coordinator, I facilitated cooperation between Macalester's Sustainability Office and the school's catering service to achieve our Real Food Challenge goals (30% "real" food by 2020). This entails recruiting volunteers, planning meetings, and collecting and analyzing invoice data.

Full time summer employment in Invertebrate Systematics and Evolution lab under Assistant Professor of Biology, continued through academic year. Focused on ecology, phylogeny, and reproductive behavior of local Opiliones (daddy longlegs). Lab work included fieldwork, DNA extraction, PCR amplification, gel electrophoresis, sequence purification/preparation.

Saint Paul, Minnesota

As an office assistant in the Alumni Relations Department, I aided in a number of tasks including planning alumni events and reaching out to and updating alumni on upcoming campus events.

Saint Paul, Minnesota

As a curatorial intern at the University of Minnesota's Insect Collection, I re-curated select Coleoptera (beetle) families (Erotylidae, Languriidae and Endomychidae). This project included physically recurating specimens, updating the taxonomic classification system, sorting through undetermined material, and taking final counts of the finished taxon.

Montclair, New Jersey

I assisted PhD Student Natalie Sherwood in conducting the Bedminster Wildlife Culvert Monitoring Project. I surveyed amphibian and reptile populations along River Road in Bedminster, New Jersey to determine the effectiveness of wildlife tunnels crossing a bisected habitat.

Bachelor’S Degree, Biology (Major), Geography (Minor), Environmental Studies (Minor)

Coursework includes; Research in Biodiversity and Evolution, Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy, Invertebrate Diversity, Geographic.

Anatomy And Function Of Marine Vertebrates

This was a 3 week intensive course offered by Shoals Marine Lab which required an independent research project.