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Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Involved in a variety of public and private sector projects focusing on natural heritage and environmental management, with an emphasis on fish and aquatic habitat• Performs background review, agency consultation and field investigations for fish and fish habitat assessments and impact assessments• Participates in legislative approval processes including Conservation Authority permitting, Species at Risk approval processes, and review and authorization under the Fisheries Act• Analyzes data from field investigations and background to determine impacts• Develops mitigation and offsetting plans using innovative methods• Completes sediment and erosion control monitoring (CAN-CISEC certified)• Participates in fisheries and wildlife monitoring studies and research efforts

London, Ontario

Completed Graduate Teaching Assistantships during my graduate studies. The courses I taught were:Fall 2015- Organismal Physiology (BIO 2601A)Winter 2016- Wildlife Ecology and Management (BIO 3446B)Fall 2016- Biology for Science I (BIO 1001A), Scientific Method in Biology (BIO 2290F)Winter 2017- Behavioural Ecology (BIO 4436G)Fall 2017- Organismal Physiology (BIO 2601A)

Waterloo, Ontario

• Conducted turbidity monitoring on storm water management (SWM) pond construction projects, which involved fish and wildlife salvages• Performed bird and bat mortality searches at operational wind energy facilities, as well as identified bird and bat species (including Species at Risk)• Involved in woodlot and tree inventories, mapping and evaluations• Submitted daily reports to clients

Campbell River, British Columbia

• Involved in several research projects with the objective to develop optimized production stocks of Chinook salmon by evaluating the aquaculture performance of cross-bred (outbred) domesticated and wild stocks under multiple rearing conditions• Performed maintenance of sea pens and hatchery, including fish husbandry (feeding fish, collecting mortalities, egg picking)• Extracted PIT tags from mortalities, and completed data collection• Aided graduate students and researchers with the set up and execution of experiments

Waterloo, Ontario

• Involved in Lake Sturgeon monitoring in the Michipicoten River for abundance and spawning habitats through gillnetting and acoustic telemetry• Conducted fish salvages during the drawdown of reservoirs using backpack electrofishing, seine-netting and dip-netting• Performed habitat assessments and benthic sampling of various substrates• Carried out post-construction monitoring of bat and bird habitats and mortalities• Prepared mapping, appendices and data analysis for reports• Participated in client and agency liaison

Burlington, Ontario

• Archived and prepared zooplankton samples for contractors• Counted and measured mysid shrimp and invasive zooplankton from Lake Ontario• Conducted basic zooplankton counts and identification of samples from the Hamilton Harbour• Manipulated biological data for the 2013 sampling season• Participated in 2014 Hamilton Harbour sampling

Waterloo, Ontario

• Prepared tissue samples for stable isotope analysis (carbon and nitrogen SI)• Processed fish samples through dissections and otolith extractions• Supervised undergraduate work study students• Participated in fish sampling programs via boat electrofishing, gill netting and trap nets in northern Ontario and remote sites in Quebec• Collaborated with agencies such as Fisheries and Oceans Canada and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources• Assisted in zooplankton food web study fieldwork in Lake Ontario and Lake Erie

Waterloo, Ontario

• Worked in an aquatic ecology lab that specialized in primary production• Aided a Postdoc in organizing data on the phytoplankton structure and temperature profile of sampled Ontario lakes

Waterloo, Ontario

• Implemented science, engineering and technology activities to youth grades 1 to 9• Collaborated with staff and faculty of the University of Waterloo to develop activities• Created and tested science and engineering activities

Master Of Science (Msc), Biology

Activities and Societies: Biology Graduate Research Forum Thesis: Effects of dietary thiaminase on reproductive traits in three.

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc), Honours Environmental Sciences/Ecology, Biology Minor

Activities and Societies: Orientation Week, FASS Theatre Company, Science Society, Engineers Without Borders, Residence Council.