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Albuquerque, NM, US

Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States

Oslo, Norway

Fed, watered, and cleaned animals and animal enclosures. Maintained insect colonies. Handled animals (snakes, lizards, monkeys), including for public demonstrations. Utilized Norwegian, English, Spanish & Italian language skills to engage with guests. Provided taxonomic expertise for species identification and habitat/husbandry advise.

Stillwater, OK

Stillwater, OK

Set up research lab, including selecting equipment, garnering price quotes, and organizing and maintaining field and lab gear. Built and maintained field site access trails. Observed, recorded, measured, tattooed, VIE marked, photographed, and performed playbacks on gray treefrogs (Hyla versicolor/chrysoscelis) for acoustic and machine learning studies..

Trapped and processed Western Spotted Skunks (Spilogale gracilis). Set, baited, and checked trail cameras and Tomahawk live traps. Traversed Wyoming, working (+ driving) in rugged terrain across seasons. Handled, anesthetized, measured, and photographed spotted skunks for population analyses.

Laramie, WY

Hammond, LA

Environmental DNA (eDNA) analysis of the endangered pearl darter (Percina aurora) in the Pearl River system. Collect water and substrate samples. Filter, extract, and analyze samples to look for presence of target eDNA.

Wet and dry vertebrate collection curation. Library management. Specimen collection, fixing, preserving, cataloging and digitizing. Manage over two-dozen volunteers Database management (Specify). Printing, database, and microscope equipment coordination and troubleshooting. Specimen inventory and organization. Specimen restoration methods. Specimen.

Laramie, Wyoming

Museum specimen and equipment inventory and organization. Refilling, rehydrating, and transferring wet collection specimens.

Laramie, Wyoming

The projects I am currently working on: 1) Building a formal tadpole identification key for the amphibians of Wyoming, and 2) compiling and analyzing amphibian chytrid pathogen distribution across the state of Wyoming.

Wyoming

Amphibian visual encounter surveys, reptilian rock outcrop surveys, amphibian skin pathogen swabbing, amphibian call surveys, field herptile identification.

Laramie, Wyoming

Survey, collect, preserve, photograph, and identify larval amphibians. Construct dichotomous key for identification of larvae. Compare inter- and intraspecific variation of tadpoles relating to development.

Laramie, Wyoming

Project: Headspace analysis of volatile organic compounds produced from bacteria infected with bacteriophages

Laramie, Wyoming

PCR analysis of malarial infection in birds

Cheyenne, Wyoming Area

Research student under the instruction of Dr. Ami Wangeline and Dr. Zachary Roehrs. There are various projects, with a large focus on ecology of selenium and fungi.

Setup and clean General Chemistry (CHEM-1020 & CHEM-1030) labs, prepare solutions, titrate, chemical and equipment inventory

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Integrative Biology

Incomplete

Master Of Science (M.S.), Biology, General, 4.0

Activities and Societies: Biology Graduate Student Organization (President) Thesis topic: The function of toe movements in amphibian.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Zoology/Animal Biology, 3.81

Activities and Societies: American Fisheries Society UW Student Chapter, The Wildlife Society UW Student Chapter, Secular Student Alliance.

As, Biology, 3.54

Activities and Societies: STARR (Science, Technology, Anthropology, Research, Recreation) Club, International Ambassadors