Environmental Scientist with 12 years of experience in the environmental contracting field. Skills include data management, project management and planning, oversight, report writing, and knowledge of various health and safety programs. Experienced in developing and maintaining databases to organize and evaluate environmental chemistry data and support environmental projects. Project and task management skills including budgeting, supervising junior staff, working directly with federal, state and local clients, logistics and scheduling. Several years of experience conducting ecotoxicology tests required for evaluating industrial and municipal wastewaters, dredge materials, sediment, soil, new chemical products, and solid waste leachate performed under strict corporate quality assurance/quality control. Experience in database design and management. Proficiency in Microsoft Access, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Teams, ProUCL, Scribe, SAS, Hypack, ArcGIS and other environmental and statistical applications. Field leader duties include organization and oversight of field teams in support of various environmental projects including bacterial source tracking, vibracoring, sonic coring, fish trawling surveys, illicit discharge and detection, surface water and water column sampling, ponar grab sampling. Certifications include hazwoper, 30 hour construction safety training, 8 hr hazwoper supverisor training.

Performed acute and chronic toxicology tests on freshwater and marine vertebrates and invertebrates evaluating the effects of various effluents, chemicals, sediments, and dredge material in a NELAC accredited laboratory. Responsible for organism mortality observations, preparation, renewal of test solutions, and water quality measurements. Conducted reproductive observation of Americamysis bahia and Hyalella azteca to determine fecundity endpoints. Calibrated and maintained water quality instruments. Performed hardness and alkalinity analysis on water samples (e.g., effluents, river water, leachates, and elutriates). Performed numerous toxicity identification and reduction evaluations for industrial and municipal facilities. Responsibilities include characterization and identification of the various components causing toxicity in effluent samples using fractionation procedures such as those outlined U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Toxicity Identification Evaluation Procedure Manuals. Evaluated the acute and chronic toxicity and bioaccumulation potential of various sediment and dredge material samples to both freshwater and marine organisms. Test organisms include Hyalella azteca, Leptocheirus plumulosus, Macoma nasuta, Neries virens, and various other species. Evaluated the toxicity of soils using the terrestrial plant, Lactuca sativa. Responsible for the culturing of fish and invertebrates used for toxicity testing. Organisms include Hyalella azteca, Pimephales promelas, Ceriodaphnia dubia, Daphnia magna, Daphnia pulex, Cyprinodon variegatuis, and Menidia beryllina. Maintained cultures in static and flow-through systems for freshwater and marine organisms. Performed reference toxicant tests for health evaluation of cultures. Responsible for maintaining and calibrating field equipment including YSI water quality meter, MiniRae PID, and Lamotte water quality meters.

Internship at Gearce Research Center through Hood College. Monitored coral reefs for bleaching and fish species diversity and abundance.

Collection of macroinvertebrates using a kick seining technique in order to assess the health of Carroll Creek. Biological and chemical analysis of waters and organisms.

Internship at Mote Marine Institute through Hood College to observe failing septic systems in residential canals. Designed and deployed samplers to collect optical brighteners in residential canals. Conducted bacterial analysis of water samples from the same locations.

Internship at Flags Ponds Park through Hood College as part of an ongoing yearly marine debris survey. Collected debris along a 1,200 foot stretch of beach for quantification, composition analysis, and analysis of origin. Study results presented in public forums.