Risa Ramirez-Wright Email & Phone Number

Philadelphia, PA, US

Greater Philadelphia

I teach Anatomy and Physiology in person, online, and hybrid.

Columbia, Missouri

Adjunct instructor for Principles of Biology I and II in the evening campus and day campus at Columbia College. I have taught both the lecture and lab for these two courses.

Teaching laboratory course in general biology and invertebrate biology.

Assists in the monitoring of various treatments on the eradication ofPseudogymnoascus destructans, a fungal pathogen causing White-Nose Syndrome and mass mortalities in bats

Northeastern And Midwestern United States

Co-supervised mist netting and radio telemetry while conducting summer bat surveys throughout the Northeastern and Midwestern United States. This position involves mist-netting, radio telemetry (Indiana bats, Northern Long-eared bats, and Eastern Small-footed bats), communicating with the public, managing and working closely with a team of bat surveyors.

Carlisle, PA

Conducted habitat assessments for a state threatened bat species, applied for state wildlife collection permits, constructed bat houses and bat surveying gear, and redesigned the company website.

Oakland Charter Township, MI

Teaching assistant in the after-care program and substitute teacher for grades JK–8th.

Springfield, Missouri

Co-edited chapter content, developed new exercises for the book, and revised the old chapter exercises.

Springfield, Missouri

• Instructed 2 laboratory sections of General Biology I (Introduction to genetics, evolution, and biological structure and function at the molecular and cellular level) and 4 laboratory sections of General Biology II.
• Graded assignments and exams as well as tutored students for the course Statistical Methods for Biologists during the Fall 2011 and Spring 2012 semesters.

Missouri

Conducted mist netting and radio telemetry while conducting summer bat surveys throughout Missouri. This position involved mist netting, radio telemetry of Indiana bats and Little Brown bats, communicating with the public, managing and working closely with a team of bat surveyors, and collecting data.

Somerset, Pennsylvania

Conducted bat and bird fatality searches and acoustic monitoring using ANABAT detectors at operating wind turbines in Pennsylvania.

Maryland

Monitored American shad populations at the Conowingo Dam in Maryland by identifying and counting fish and sorting American Shad for spawning for a restoration project.

Little Orleans, Maryland

Conducted bat species surveys using harp traps at an abandoned tunnel in Little Orleans, MD. The tunnel was determined to be a significant hibernaculum for the state threatened small-footed bat (Myotis leibii), and our work resulted in the preservation of the tunnel.

Milllersville, PA

Helped design, execute, and write-up two studies investigating pheromone attraction in cephalopods.

Lewisburg, PA

Aug. 2007 – May 2008: Honors Thesis/Independent ResearchPerformed an independent research project investigating cognitive behavior in primates. Designed the project, conducted the experiment, wrote-up my findings, and presented the study to a public audience and panel of professors.Sept. 2004 – May 2008: Undergraduate ResearchAssisted on multiple studies.

Master Of Science (M.S.), Biology

Activities and Societies: Dec. 2010 – Dec. 2011: Secretary, Ozarks Biological Graduate Society, Missouri State University

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Animal Behavior, Magna Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: Aug. 2005 - Dec. 2006: President, Animal Behavior Club, Bucknell University Aug. 2007 – May 2008: Treasurer.