Tested chemical properties (i.e. mineral content) of drinking water to assess qualityAnalyzed properties of industrial and municipal wastewater to fulfill requirements for New York SPDES requirements, including total suspended solids and biochemical oxygen demand

Inspected watercrafts for aquatic invasive species, surveyed boaters, and collected dataEducated general public (in person and through publications)Periodically collected samples for water quality sampling at 5 sites on lakeAssisted with Citizen Statewide Lake Assessment Program (CSLAP) at Saratoga LakeHand-harvested invasive weeds

Modeled the abundance of 116 terrestrial invasive plants (~800,000 data points) in the United States as a response to climate in R in the lab of Jenica Allen, PhDConducted literature search (~50 papers post-screening) and data extraction for meta-analysis of the interaction of global change and biological invasion `Presented research at 103rd Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, UNH Graduate Research Conference, and 3-Minute Thesis Challenge

Fall semester: instructed and assessed 2 Field Methods classes of ~20 students in navigation, orientation, surveying, forestry, data collection, and sampling in the fieldSpring semester: led physical and virtual laboratory exercises for 2 Environmental Biology classes of ~25 students on subject matter, the scientific method, and interpretation and presentation of scientific results

Organized and led volunteer invasive plant pull event (~8 participants)Surveyed 9 transects of Lubberland Creek Preserve for 11 invasive plant species Recorded abundance data and geographic locations (handheld GPS)Managed found infestations: hand-pulling, weed-wrenching, marking for herbicide

Conducted field sampling and greenhouse experiment (~2000 plants) for USDA-funded project on invasive species (brown, black, and meadow knapweed) in the lab of Jane Molofsky, PhD

Completed multi-generation growth chamber experiment on Arabidopsis thalianaDemonstrated that elevated temperatures accelerate life history of subsequent generations without significantly effecting final fitness traitsPresented poster at 2015 Student Research Conference at University of Vermont

Maintained enclosures and fed animals for fish, reptile, and amphibian exhibits Interacted with patrons (2-10 most days) of all ages

Assessed quality of food and drink products through testing for taste, chemicalproperties, and biological contaminants like coliform bacteria, yeast, and mold