● Served as project manager to manage and coordinate subconsultants for five research studies; funds totaled $1.3M● Synthesized and evaluated report findings to make recommendations for water quality standards for the EPA● Communicated with stakeholders at public meetings about polluted water bodies and the impact to human health, andinfluenced them to participate in interviews and grant access to their land● Acted as bacteria coordinator for the Water Quality Standards work group● Designed and managed a research study to test and identify a set of metrics that would differentiate between water bodies ina complex tidal system● Conducted scientific review of contracted projects and translated results into water quality criteria for Texas● Instructed contractors on educating stakeholders on the purpose and content of research studies● Analyzed complex water quality dataset of the Texas coast for development of recreational water quality criteria● Interpreted water quality data for stakeholders interested in swimming safety● Guided private monitoring groups on how to sample for bacteria to assess illness risk● Performed intricate task of microscopic bug identification● Produced answers to media requests related to bacteria standards● Participated in field work activities including: deploying water quality monitoring instruments, fish and invertebrate sampling,and recording physical habitat features

• worked with a team to process sediment cores and identify macrofauna from samples collected after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon blowout in the Gulf of Mexico• identified microscopic crustaceans• collected and processed water samples and sediment cores from local bays for a long-term water quality project • instructed new technicians in lab processing protocol