Jeff Guertin Email & Phone Number

Stuart, Fl, Us

• Capture sea turtles from the Florida Power & Light St. Lucie Nuclear Plant’s intake canal via tangle nets, dip nets, and hand capture methods• Record morphometric data and insert inconel and PIT tags to captured sea turtles before release• Conduct nesting surveys on 16km of beach to record data for leatherback, loggerhead, and green sea turtles• Assisted in the collection, transport, and rehabilitation of sea turtles affected by the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in 2010

• Laboratory Instructor for Biodiversity (4 semesters)• Laboratory Instructor for Biological Principles (3 semesters)• Laboratory Instructor for Comparative Vertebrate Morphogenesis (1 Semester)

Boca Raton, Fl

• Assisted Ph.D. student Christine Bedore with the collection, transport, and husbandry of cownose and Atlantic stingrays • Techniques used include collection of elasmobranch species using a gill net, transport and acclimation to the laboratory environment, and daily monitoring, feeding, and medicating of captive research animals

• Assisted graduate student Cody Mott with the collection, transport, and husbandry of juvenile green turtles from shallow reefs in Palm Beach County, FL• Utilized SCUBA equipment to facilitate the collection of turtles by hand

• Tutored junior high through college level students in all academic subjects, with a concentration in the areas of math and science• Assisted in developing and compiling test preparation materials for workshops, focusing on SAT preparation

• Assisted the Sarasota Dolphin Research Program with their monitoring efforts of the Sarasota Bay population of bottlenose dolphins• Assisted Ph.D. candidate Katherine McHugh with behavioral observations of focal juvenile bottlenose dolphins within Sarasota Bay

Washington, Dc

•Managed and allocated funds for a six-figure budget for the Telephone Outreach Program•Oversaw the training and supervision of more than eighty employees•Raised over $600,000 in one fiscal year for the University through direct telephone fundraising•Analyzed financial and performance statistics for future improvements to the calling program•Successfully increased the average call time, average gift amount, overall pledge percentage, overall total dollars raised, and overall total number of donors compared to previous fiscal years

•Streaked and cultivated patient specimens to isolate a variety of infectious diseases•Managed database of specimens for testing and reporting of results•Assisted laboratory personnel with gram staining and other testing procedures as needed

M.S., Biology

· Adviser: Dr. Michael Salmon · Master's Thesis Topic: Regional differences in migratory activity by hatchling loggerhead sea turtles.

B.S., Biology

Activities and Societies: Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity, University Honors Program

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