I work as a lab technician. I performed general laboratory maintenance and organization as well as calibration of the equipment. I also assisted with experiments using API and assays for hygroscopicity, density, dissolved oxygen, and leachable studies.

I worked as part of a field biology research study on the flat-tailed horned lizard (Phrynosoma mcallii). We were monitoring the species and its population via demographic and observational studies. We would perform "plot-walks" searching for this species in a given area to determine occupation. Once an individual was found we would take SVL and weight measurements as well as sex, time of day, and weather information. For the Demographic studies, we would monitor a given plot for a week and track the movement of the lizards found there as well as getting data on every lizard in the area.

• Responsible for the data input and analysis of hand recorded field data by Laurence Klauber on rattlesnakes, as well as data collection from preserved museum specimens. • Participation in weekly lab meetings, discussing current research in Herpetology and Biodiversity Biology.• Genomic data acquisition and analysis (DNA extractions, RADseq library preparation, bioinformatics, and evolutionary analysis).• Used R for advanced statistical analysis of Crotalus cerastes morphology.• Presented a poster of morphological multivariate statistical analysis of Crotalus cerastes at the Joint Meeting of Ichthyology and Herpetology 2019, Snowbird, Utah.

I worked as a researcher in the recovery ecology division at the Institute of Conservation Research at the Safari Park. While there I studied the probiotic bath interaction with the endangered Mountain Yellow-legged Frog and developed a project to assess the longevity of the probiotics on the skin surface of the frog. I developed non-PCR methods of confirming a colonization event and sampling its longevity. My research led to changes in the protocol to better allow for the benefit of the probiotic and increased survival. While there I also learned many field biology and laboratory techniques, such as: drawing blood via capillary tubes, pit tagging, visual identification elastomeric tag insertion, chytrid swabbing, and ranavirus tests.