Jessica Fischer Email & Phone Number

Long Beach, California

Service-oriented Endangered Species Act (ESA), Section 7 consultation specialist advising federal, state and local governments on ESA compliance including transportation projects in the California Department of Transportation’s (Caltrans) Districts 5, 7, 11, and 12. Currently serving as NMFS’ liaison to Caltrans in south-central and southern California.

Lodi, CA

I work with the Delta Juvenile Fish Monitoring Program (DJFMP).

Cedar Key, Florida

I conduct monthly Stratified Random Sampling (SRS) for the Fisheries Independent Monitoring Program (FIM) by: acting as Principal Investigator (PI) or crew member, performing wet lab work up for culls, complete dry lab work up for representative/ID samples, and entering/proofing data. As PI I plan sampling trips in Cedar Key and surrounding areas, organize.

Cedar Key, Florida

Cedar Key, Florida

Planning & Environmental Regulation Division -- Npdes

• Perform calibration, deployment, and post-calibration of YSI sondes to measure water parameters at various sites throughout Broward County, Florida.
• Maintain data base for each site, eliminating parameters that did not pass a deployment’s post-calibration.
• Conduct quality control procedures, checking parameters and performing quarterly maintenance on the sondes.
• Assist with the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System enforcement inspections.
• Utilize GIS to map out NPDES violations.

Office Of Sponsored Programs

• Update, file, and organize project documents, reports, and various other information.
• Draft correspondences to principal investigators of funded and unfunded projects to aid the grant officers in keeping each file up to date.
• Perform electronic archiving of paper documents and maintain project file cabinets.
• Assist with any electronic troubleshooting of office computer programs and various other tasks to aid the grant officers.
• Use Ariba, MS Office Suite, and Outlook.

Davie, FL

• Prepared and cleaned up labs for Biology II and Microbiology undergraduate classes.
• Assisted the professor in instructing the students and keeping them on task.

Dania Beach, FL

• Processed and printed 35mm and digital photo orders.
• Ran the cash register, stocked merchandise and cleaned the store when the photo department was not busy.
• Provided customer service.

Aventura, FL

• Provided customer service and assisted customers in finding merchandise.
• Maintained organized store appearance.

Plymouth, MN

• Taught students aged 8 to 18 the techniques and skills of springboard diving.

Appleton, WI

• Prepared food orders, ran the dishwasher, cashiered and maintained a clean work and dining area.

Demere Key, FL

• Pulled seine nets along beaches and in mangrove creeks to capture common snook for tag and recapture.
• Identified fish in community surveys in the mangrove creeks.
• Entered data into electronic database and performed analyses for the basis of a manuscript.
• Drafted a project proposal and manuscript on common snook homing to juvenile habitats.

Apple Valley, MN

• Taught various aquatic and marine themed zoo camps for kindergarten through 12th grade students. Prepared materials and chaperoned the campers while assisting the teachers.
• Maintained aquariums, fed fish and sharks, and facilitated educational shows for the public.
• Conducted a project developing an identification key for all the species in the “Coral Reef” tank.

Chaska, MN & Eden Prairie, MN

• Prepared cut fruit and vegetable trays, deli meats, salads, sandwiches, and fried food along with cashiering.

Excelsior, MN

• Greeted customers, showed them to their tables, cleaned tables, maintained bathrooms, and rolled silverware.

Master Of Science (Ms), Marine Biology, 3.9

I did my Master's thesis on the age and growth of three coastal pelagic tunas in the Florida Straits.

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Biology, 3.3

Activities and Societies: Kappa Kappa Gamma, Lawrence University Swimming & Diving, Melee Dance