Kevin Melman Email & Phone Number

Colchester, VT, US

South Burlington, Vermont

• Supervise all operations of controlled environment mushroom farm
• Mentor newly hired employees and interns on operating equipment such as 85-gallon atmospheric steam pasteurizer, laminar flow hood, and humidification hardware
• Develop strong partnerships with over 30 local businesses to allow for collaboration, significant opportunities for growth, and sale of over 6000lbs of mushrooms annually
• Maintain clean and well-organized production areas to avoid hazards or unnecessary work delays and train staff on proper PPE usage
• Secure sufficient funds to cover business obligations by tracking expenses and budgeting accurately
• Deliver workshops, oral presentations, and lectures on mycology and mycological enterprise

• Contracted to work with The Transfarmation Project's clientele, who are farmers seeking to transition from CAFOs to plant- or fungi-based agriculture
• Consult with clients to assess needs, then create and manage business plans to start-up or optimize mushroom growing operations based on budgetary constraints
• Develop presentations for Project and present them to team leadership as well as Project's clients
• Created infrastructural guidelines and itemized budget for mushroom grow operation conversion with ~$10,000 budget
• Work one-on-one with clients to assess goals, troubleshoot problems, and answer questions
• Report to team leadership to update on timeline projections with clients

Burlington, Vermont, United States

• Upkeep, clean, and care for clients' aquaria and their inhabitants
• Establish aquarium maintenance programs for maximized efficiency, accuracy, and timeliness
• Communicate with clients about issues with their aquaria and address them with appropriate treatment protocol
• Acclimate biota to clients' aquaria as well as design creative new layouts to aquaria structure

University Of Vermont Davis Center, Burlington, VT

• Collect animals, plants, and hardscape under guidelines of state collection permit
• Maintain operation and orderliness of 300-gallon Lake Champlain biotope aquarium
• Perform feedings and provide occasional medical care to fish and turtles
• Organize student and staff meetings to address caretaking protocol guidelines
• Facilitate educational messaging regarding aquarium

Shelburne, Vermont, United States

• Managed time efficiently in order to complete all tasks within deadlines
• Successfully worked with brewery team to package over 10,000 gallons of beer per week
• Paid attention to detail while operating industrial machinery such as Clean-in-Place system, centrifuge, hop induction system, keg filler, and canning machine
• Provided observations, took measurements, and followed troubleshooting protocol according to quality control plan for beer characteristics including carbonation, packaging efficacy, and sensoryassessment
• Provided coaching and mentoring to newly hired brewery staff
• Maintained cleanliness of packaging areas, brewhouse, and cellar

Burlington, Vermont

• Applied for and was awarded academic research grants which sum to over $5200
• Managed a research project on community interactions between rotifers and Daphnia
• Coordinated with external partners to build a collaborative data-sharing effort with over 15 researchers from around the globe
• Organized data from 51 lakes into a unified database and analyzed statistically using Microsoft Excel and R programming software
• Prepared report of findings and presented poster at Global Lake Ecological Observatory Network conference and Lake Champlain Research Consortium conference

Montpelier, VT

• Collected, identified, and counted cyanobacteria cells under microscope as individual researcher and reported on findings biweekly in team meetings
• Calculated algae density with Microsoft Excel and Access software
• Uploaded data to Vermont Department of Health geographical tracking website
• Performed recordkeeping of aquatic chemical analyses
• Maintained lab cleanliness and organization

Rubenstein Ecosystem Science Laboratory, Burlington, VT

• Aided a graduate student with his research on Mysis diluviana (opossum shrimp)
• Watched and analyzed video from the bottom of Lake Champlain, counted mysids using video and preserved samples; Measured mysis using ImageJ software
• Entered data based on footage and measurements into Microsoft Excel and performed statistical analysis using R
• Presented my own project's findings with a poster at the Student Research Conference poster session hosted at University of Vermont