Amphibian Ark's mission is to protect the world's most threatened amphibians, with a focus on species that currently cannot be safeguarded in their natural environments. I am responsible for promoting and managing Amphibian Ark's conservation-related programs. These include:1) Facilitating Conservation Needs Assessment (CNA) workshops and disseminating results to authors and appropriate stakeholders for further conservation action.2) Managing AArk’s Conservation Grants and Fellowship Program, including development of guidelines, oversight of the initial review process, and coordination of grant recipient reporting.3) Exploring and developing new initiatives to increase the contribution of ex situ amphibian programs to long term amphibian conservation.4) Managing AArk’s conservation databases and communications, including the newsletter, website, and Annual Reports. 5) Collaborating with the Training Director in the creation of materials and resources, such as seminar series and/or courses related to ex situ amphibian conservation, to disseminate to appropriate audiences.6) Acting as an ambassador for AArk with new and existing stakeholders, including the IUCN Amphibian Red List Authority, IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group, the Amphibian Survival Alliance (ASA), the Atelopus Survival Initiative (ASI) and others.

National Geographic Explorer, supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship and the UCB Hellman Graduate Fellowship.

• Developmental Editor for the forthcoming 3rd edition of the Handbook of Bird Biology (textbook)• Designed and taught a writing seminar on biology and conservation in the Galápagos Islands, offered to freshmen from underrepresented backgrounds at Cornell University• Developed content and multimedia for new biology, evolution, and conservation related courses for majors and non-majors

• Conducted biodiversity surveys of arboreal amphibians and reptiles along an elevation gradient • Ran and analyzed temperature threshold experiments on specimens to assess potential impacts of climate change

• Chosen to present recommendations report to delegates at the UN Climate Change Conference in Bangkok, Thailand• Developed monitoring, reporting, and verification methodology report for the social and environmental safeguards of the United Nations initiative Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+)• Wrote weekly reports for the client and bi-weekly promotional materials under strict deadlines

• Researched, wrote, and edited reports and proposals for donors on TNC projects, communicated with stakeholders• Coordinated a fundraising campaign and benefit for the Adirondacks that raised over $340,000 • Managed and maintained large quantities of donor information simultaneously in TNC database and spreadsheets

Parque Nacional del Manu, PeruSearched for nests and monitored incubation behavior of tropical bird species during breeding season, lived in remote field conditions in the Amazon Rainforest

Expanded a new program that seeks to build and strengthen the cultural, academic, and social ties between students at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY and Weil Cornell Medical College in Doha, Qatar.