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Plano, Texas, United States

• Conducted nearly 100 Phase I Environmental Site Assessments (ESAs) compliant with ASTM E1527-21 standards for clients including lending institutions, attorneys, landowners, sellers, and developers.
• Led Phase II ESA field operations, overseeing soil borings, temporary/permanent monitor well installations, and vapor intrusion testing to assess potential contamination.
• Completed NESHAP asbestos-containing material (ACM) surveys, ensuring regulatory compliance for demolitions or renovations.
• Provided environmental compliance assistance to clients across multiple industries, including quarterly inspections to monitor regulatory adherence.
• Developed Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC) plans per EPA guidelines and Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plans (SWPPP) per TCEQ permitting requirements.

Houston, Texas, United States

• Initiated a new internal Environmental eLearning program for development in various potential topics including criteria pollutants, air compliance, greenhouse gas emissions, and wastewater.
• Designed and implemented an automated spreadsheet for visualizing and analyzing emissions of pollutants (e.g., nitrogen dioxide, sulfur dioxide) and greenhouse gases from power plants.
• Revamped Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) datasheets for 75 power plants, ensuring accuracy and efficiency.
• Streamlined technical user guides for 45 documents, reducing update time significantly from 540 to 18 hours.
• Enhanced incident and investigation record-keeping by preparing over 180 incidents for efficient upload and analysis.
• Optimized safety data sheet database, reducing unique vendor names from 3,885 to 2,395 by eliminating duplicates and correcting input errors, greatly improving data searchability.

College Station, Texas, United States

• Conducted research on corn, sorghum, cotton, and soybean pests, including leaf hoppers and earworms, with a team of ten undergraduates and six graduate/Ph.D. students.
• Identified cotton squares with bollworm damage from initial squaring to boll development.
• Performed agricultural work, including planting, hoeing, and irrigation, along with safe handling and usage of pesticide and herbicide treatments.