• My primary functions include: performing chemical and bacteriological analyses, ensuring our lab operates a quality system that conforms with our state certification program, planning and directing lab activities, and working on outreach and fundraising projects.

• Here We Are Farm offers an array of vegetables at the East Hill Plaza and Steamboat Landing Farmers Markets and through its online CSA

• Perform all necessary bookkeeping and office duties for a diversified organic vegetable farm: manage employee timesheets and payroll, process paperwork for new employees, record all profits and expenses using accounting software (Quickbooks), generate financial reports and billing statements, and help maintain business web presence (i.e. facebook)• Co-created seeding schedule for retail plant starts and farm crop transplants for the entire 2016 growing season• Coordinated sale of retail plant starts to Greenstar Co-op, Ithaca Farmers Market and Cornell Cooperative Extension's Annual May Plant Sale

• Write and edit articles to be submitted for peer-review• Model solute transport of environmental contaminants using HYDRUS software (PC-Progress)• Published an article, on which I am lead author, in a peer-reviewed scientific journal (Chemosphere, 2016)

• Investigated the environmental behavior of an emerging class of soil and water contaminants• Involved in designing and implementing laboratory experiments, conducting chemical analyses, preparing technical reports, managing and processing large datasets

• Public education, fundraising and grassroots community organizing on environmental issues• Attained the position of Outreach Manager after successfully completing management training

• Organized and processed incoming inventory for classroom laboratories • Setup labs for biology courses

• Investigated the decline of the Golden-winged Warbler (Vermivora chrysoptera) in Steriling Forest State Park, including the assessment of habitat and nesting success and molecular genetic analyses of hybridization with the Blue-winged Warbler (Vermivora cyanoptera)• Worked effectively in a team to capture and band target Warbler species • Handled wildlife, took DNA samples, conducted field surveys, worked in varied weather conditions

• Investigated semiarid landscapes transitioning from shallow-rooted grasslands to mixed vegetation savannas composed of deeper-rooted shrubs • Performed soil chemical analyses, data entry and management, installed and operated soil water samplers, assisted in experimental design and implementation