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Bradenton, Florida, United States

Former science teacher endorsed-in and teaching Engineering and Technology levels one through four.

Bradenton, Florida, United States

Endorsed-in and taught Biology, IB Chemistry, Physical Science, and Earth & Space Science.

Conduct traditional plant ecology surveys along the New Mexico elevation gradient for comparison with eddy covariance measured within nine flux tower sites.

University Of New Mexico Department Of Biology

Examine endangered fish species population dynamics (Rio Grande Silvery Minnow & several species of Mexican Pupfish) through molecular techniques such as microsatellite analysis, SSCP, Big Dye sequencing reactions, DNA extraction, and DNA preparation. Data produced affects water and ecosystem management policies. Independently learning Bioinformatics techniques for Next-Generation data-sets. Created Mitochondrial DNA Genome for a conservation-important species of pupfish from Mexico.

Consultant for an eighteen-tank aquarium system I built for a professor running Rainbow Trout immunology experiments for the aquaculture (Clear Foods Inc.) industry.

Prepared both plant and animal samples in a stable isotope laboratory for analysis in a mass spectrometer. Conducted field work to gather hair and blood from small mammals native to the Chihuahuan Desert in addition to tagging animals for mark-recapture study. Extracted tissue samples from museum fossils for stable isotope analysis. Conducted lipid extractions and demineralization protocols to prepare samples to be examined in a mass spectrometer.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Biology

Research on the dietary preferences of San Miguel Island Foxes using Stable Isotope Ecology. Worked in a Stable Isotope Ecology Lab. Built.

Bachelor'S Degree, Biological Anthropology And Psychology

Research on hand preference in Western Lowland Gorillas to study evolutionary cognitive and frontal lobe development. Designed.