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Edmonton, Canada Area

Advising dog, cat, small animal, fish, horse, and other farm animal owners on productsavailable in the store. Used extensive personal history of animal wound care to assist in choosingtreatments and medications sold at the pharmacy. Worked in a team environment to solve customer problems.

Edmonton, Canada Area

Leading fieldwork activities such as collecting conifer tissue samples on a collaborativemulti-million dollar project. Duties included overseeing contractors and summer technicians in thefield, as well as assisting Postdoctoral Fellows with their research. Responsible for establishingstandard operating procedures, protocols, and procuring equipment for fieldwork. Office dutiesincluded data entry and checking of a large data set, as well as reporting to supervisors. During… Show more Leading fieldwork activities such as collecting conifer tissue samples on a collaborativemulti-million dollar project. Duties included overseeing contractors and summer technicians in thefield, as well as assisting Postdoctoral Fellows with their research. Responsible for establishingstandard operating procedures, protocols, and procuring equipment for fieldwork. Office dutiesincluded data entry and checking of a large data set, as well as reporting to supervisors. During thisproject, I collaborated successfully with Postdoctoral Fellows, PI’s, and Industry and Governmentstaff on field, lab, and greenhouse work. Field equipment used included infrared gas analyzers(LiCor 6400), satellite communication devices (InReach), GPS, map and compass, increment borers,pole pruners, ladders, and a resistograph. In addition to working with WinSEEDLE, and R softwareI gained extensive knowledge of Excel. Show less

Edmonton, Canada Area

Working with a PhD candidate in mountain pine beetle and lodgepole pine fieldwork-basedresearch. Main tasks included driving a 4x4 field vehicle on remote logging roads in NorthwesternAlberta, reading a GPS and maps, assessing trees for beetle damage, taking increment cores, andsetting up beetle traps. Lab duties included preparing traps and supplies for fieldwork, sanding andgluing increment cores, and scanning and assessing cores for resin ducts using specialized… Show more Working with a PhD candidate in mountain pine beetle and lodgepole pine fieldwork-basedresearch. Main tasks included driving a 4x4 field vehicle on remote logging roads in NorthwesternAlberta, reading a GPS and maps, assessing trees for beetle damage, taking increment cores, andsetting up beetle traps. Lab duties included preparing traps and supplies for fieldwork, sanding andgluing increment cores, and scanning and assessing cores for resin ducts using specialized software.Photoshop, Illustrator, Microsoft Excel and Word software were utilized. Show less

Edmonton, Canada Area

Designing and leading interpretive programs, public education events, and summer camps for the public at the Muttart Conservatory and the John Janzen Nature Centre. Successfully gave tours at the Nature Centre focused on local aquatic invertebrates, birds and plant species. Handled live snakes, toads, frogs, salamanders, and worms for public education demonstrations. Advised on local garden and houseplants, as well as composting programs.