• National Science Foundation funded instrumentation project for collecting hydrologic data in remote locations• Responsible for acquiring data through satellite internet servers, QA/QC data management• Installation and maintenance of data loggers, solar panels, rechargeable batteries, water quality probes

• Awarded National Science Foundation GK-12 Fellowship to partner with local high school science teacher, • Developed professional science communication skills through coursework and experience• Developed relevant inquiry-based curriculum for accelerated biology course • Worked as resident "scientist in the classroom" for an academic year, presenting original lessons and exposing students to STEM careers

• Conducting stream ecology research at Taylor Wilderness Research Station• Responsible for experimental design, equipment maintenance, methodologies, lab work, data analysis, and reports • Direct graduate and undergraduate field technicians, and led backpacking and kayaking expeditions to collect biological samples and hydrologic data• Compiling results of individual research project for thesis titled "Drivers of nitrogen, carbon and sulfur stable isotope composition and variability of freshwater biota in an oligotrophic wilderness watershed with native salmon and natural wildfire history"

• Developed curriculum and co-instructed 400-level River Ecology intensive field course• Part of pilot year for Semester in the Wild • Instructed undergraduates on the structure and function of river networks, covering geomorphology, hydrology and aquatic ecology concepts and data collection techniques

• 300-level fish ecology course lab section TA• Tutor for lecture section and scientific writing consultant• Included multi-day field trips, fish sampling and handling experience, and laboratory experiments

• Implemented 50-day expedition-based therapeutic program for at-risk Alaska youth • Responsible for physical and emotional safety of participants and guide team in a backcountry setting while ocean canoeing, whitewater canoeing, backpacking and mountaineering in coastal Alaska and interior British Columbia• Facilitated initiatives, activities and educational curriculum meant to empower teenagers with a variety of challenges• Instructed groups on technical outdoor skills as well as one-on-one behavior recognition and life skill development

• Conducted water quality field sampling and analysis, discharge calculations and wrote annual watershed reports• Coordinated citizen monitoring programs and community water quality events

• Tutored and mentored students, supervised laboratory exercises and ongoing research • Coordinated multi-day educational trips for large student groups (transportation, food, tour logistics) • Provided basic technical support and general assistance for faculty instruction of environmental policy and science courses• Maintained field equipment, wrote and produced monthly newsletter, planned departmental events

• Surveyed erosion gullies, creeks and wetlands for the Pikes Peak Watershed Restoration Project • Directed volunteer crews on safety, history and technique for ecological restoration projects • Conducted trail enhancement on Crestone Peak out of a remote alpine base camp • Studied alpine ecology, restoration methods, geomorphology and wilderness management for college credit through University of Colorado - Colorado Springs