Julie Coffey Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

I balance land management, field research, teaching & outreach projects at 4 natural reserves. With a research focus on avian ecology. Some highlights include:☁ White-tailed kite behavioral study☁ Lead Natural Lands Management internship☁ Campus-area volunteer program & partnership development☁ GIS lecturer & science advisor for CLL, CEB and MCRS programs ☁ Anza Borrego desert retired farmland, wetland restoration, and groundwater studies

Designed and implemented long-term field projects while managing research logistics in Dr. Kailen Mooney's lab. ☁ Droughtnet: response of coastal sage scrub species to drought ☁ Wildfire Safety & Healthy Habitats: a fuel modification zone demonstration ☁ Wildlife Corridor Use Assessment: established a network of cameras in strategic locations to assess use of culverts, undercrossings, and corridors within the campus area

Greater Los Angeles Area

Project: Wildlife response to large-scale Arundo donax removal along the Rio Grande in Big Bend National Park. Focal taxa included Western Yellow Billed Cuckoo, a listed species.

• Assisted students with in-lecture problems and concepts• Held office hours helping students with assignments in R

Fresh Pond, Cambridge, Ma

Supported water quality monitoring program for Cambridge drinking water supply.• Developed first algae monitoring program • Sampled water quality using in situ probe (SpC, DO, Temp) and lab samples• Produced annual water quality and human use reports• Organized annual watershed bike tour and developed additional public programming

South Kingstown, Rhode Island

Coordinated field technicians within the Rhode Island/Connecticut region. Trained technicians on bird and marsh vegetation identification and protocols, in addition to conducting bird point count surveys.

Hollis, Nh

Developed curricula and worked as a visiting instructor for supplemental science education in local schools, hosted field trips.

Eastham, Ma

Conducted salt marsh bird and vegetation surveys throughout Cape Cod.

Costa Mesa, Ca

Stormwater monitoringEducational programmingBeach clean ups

Successful campaign to be the first public university to ban the sale of plastic water bottles. Drafted proposals to take to the administration regarding suggestions for a more sustainable beverage contract. Wrote a budget approved for a $2,000 increase in funding from fiscal year 2011 to 2012, managed accounts, transactions and expenditures.

Assisted with small boat research of Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncates) and Heaviside’s dolphins (Cephalorhynchus heavisidii)Photographed cetaceans, graded and matched photographs for population estimatesScreened acoustic files for whistles and recorded duration, contour, and strength

Researched Bobolink and Savannah Sparrow survival and reproductive success in the hay fields of Shelburne Farms, a non-profit education center and working farm Caught, banded, and bled adults and nestlings in addition to re-sighting banded birds

Processed seeds and fruits of Polemonium Foliosissimum (Jacobs ladder plant) to determine relative reproductive success of hermaphroditic plants in populationsUsed microscope to analyze and classify fruits and seedsRecorded, entered, and checked data

Master Of Science - Ms, Biology/Applied Ecology

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Environmental Science

Activities and Societies: Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources: concentration in conservation biology. Treasurer.