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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

• Secured a sole-source bid to develop and implement a wetland monitoring program to evaluate the impact of managing invasive Phragmites australis on endangered species within two National Wildlife Areas.
• Independently coordinated and conducted two field seasons, including training technicians, overseeing data collection, and analyzing field data to extract valuable insights on wetland biodiversity.
• Managed multiple projects concurrently using exceptional time-management abilities and the capacity to deliver high-quality results within budget and on schedule.

• Responsible for conducting multidisciplinary research on natural and managed ecosystems, with a focus on Indigenous Inherent and Treaty Rights and biocultural values.
• Utilized advanced GIS skills to collect field data, digitize written data and maps, and create visually impactful maps for environmental reports and knowledge transfer.
• Conducted fieldwork throughout Southern Ontario, including wetland assessments, and assisting in the development of mitigation plans and providing support for report writing and reviews.
• Played a key role in producing project deliverables by actively participating in tasks such as writing and reviewing reports, ensuring high-quality and timely outputs from the environmental team.
• Demonstrated expertise in identifying and documenting aquatic species and contributing to comprehensive ecological assessments.

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

• Telemetry tagged 200 endangered freshwater American eels to determine if hydroelectric dam interventions are effective at reducing eel mortality.
• Extracted data from hundreds of primary and grey literature sources to determine effective conservation interventions for project partners at the Canadian Centre for Evidence-Based Conservation and Environmental.

• Analyzed all available and relevant information to develop socio-economic summary tables for invasive aquatic plant species (e.g., Eurasian Water-milfoil, African Oxygen Weed, Flowering Rush, Eastern Mosquito Fern).

Waterloo, Ontario

• Successfully managed and directed a wetland ecology research lab consisting of 10-20 team members and oversaw a diverse range of research projects.
• Coordinated and led research projects, including assessing biodiversity in Mountain peatlands (AB), developing a long-term monitoring plan for Oil Sands wetlands (AB), evaluating the impacts of an invasive grass on.
• Managed the financial aspects of multiple active grants totaling over $1 million (CAD), ensuring compliance with grant and contract deliverables, and consistently meeting reporting requirements.
• Successfully planned and orchestrated three four-month field seasons, coordinating multiple field crews operating concurrently in remote regions of Ontario and Alberta, Canada, which included acquiring necessary.
• Produced high-quality technical and scientific reports, as well as engaging public presentations, tailored for stakeholders and decision-makers, including provincial and federal government agencies.
• Developed comprehensive sampling protocols for wetland birds, vegetation (including bryophytes), and abiotic characteristics, ensuring standardized and rigorous data collection procedures.

• Excelled in project management coordinating two years of field sampling in over 100 wetlands in the Prairie Pothole Region of Alberta, Canada
• Successfully developed and validated two multimetric indices for wetlands in central and southern Alberta using floristic and spatial attributes of wetland vegetations which can be used to monitor wetland conditions.
• Worked as part of a team of multiple graduate researchers and technicians to complete intensive field sampling over a four-month period which included aquatic invertebrate collection, plant community identification and.
• Proficient at experimental design and analysis of complex data sets using R and other statistical programs (e.g., SPSS, PC-ORD)

Waterloo, Ontario

• Trained and led a field crew doing monitoring to evaluate the concentration and movement of glyphosate-based herbicide in Lake Erie coastal marshes in partnership with University of Waterloo, Ontario Ministry of.
• Performed species-at-risk surveys in coastal marshes to assess the risk of glyphosate-based herbicide treatment, and characterized vegetation changes at permanent plots to assess the efficacy of glyphosate-based.
• Collected surface water, sediment, benthic invertebrate, total suspended sediment and periphyton samples in coastal marsh ecosystems and led quality control/quality assurance on laboratory data, assisted with the.

Alberta, Canada

• Conducted field work contributing to the development of a long-term monitoring program for Boreal wetlands in the Oil Sands region.
• Established long-term vegetation transects and identified vascular plants to species and measured abundance along those transects.
• Reviewed and revised sampling protocols based on field experiences to better suit project objectives.

Ontario, Canada

• Conducted an extensive literature review to provide the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resource and Forestry with the best available science to develop provincial wetland policies.
• Systematically searched available scientific and grey literature on mineral wetland functions and catalogued literature based on the priorities presented by OMNRF.
• Worked closely with a local consulting firm and provided the primary research for their final deliverable.

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

• Led the organization and implementation of multiple field teams across Alberta that sampled wetlands across the Prairie Pothole Region.
• Assisted in the development of sampling protocols for various taxa in wetlands of differing permanence class to evaluate ecological integrity.
• Coordinated a team of graduate students and research technicians from the University of Waterloo (Ontario) and preparing and organizing them for remote field work in Alberta.
• Experience writing progress reports and research presentations for government and industry stakeholders.
• Assisted in the creation of an Index of Biotic Integrity (IBI) for wetland health and the associated monitoring handbook for implementation in the Alberta oil sands.
• Comfortable working with large datasets, including compiling, organizing and preparing several years’ worth of data for publications.

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

• Identified suitable wetland sites and coordinated research trips for a graduate student research project in Alberta’s Parkland region.
• Directed a small, independent team performing field sampling and data cataloging.
• Trained employees in established sampling protocols (e.g. vegetation characterization).
• Performed surveys to evaluate species richness and abundance of submerged aquatic vegetation, emergent vegetation and wet meadow wetland vegetation.
• Carried out visual and auditory bird surveys identifying waterfowl and songbirds.
• Created project-specific field data sheets to gather and enter data as well as perform quality control and assurance procedures.

• Sampled wetlands in Alberta’s Parkland and Boreal regions, including active mining sites in Alberta, to characterize vegetation communities at impacted wetlands and non-impacted wetlands in the Oil Sands to determine.
• Took plant samples and identify various terrestrial and emergent wetland plant species.
• Obtained water and soil samples and prepared them for analysis.
• Carried out laboratory procedures analyzing sediment samples.

M.Sc., Ecology

Thesis: Vegetation Based Assessment of Wetland Condition in the Prairie Pothole Region

Advanced Gis Certificates, Geographic Information Science And Cartography

Completed two certificates: 1) Geographic Information Systems (GIS) certificate 2) Arc GIS Technology Specialty Certificate

B.Sc., Environmental Science