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California, United States

Compton, California, United States

- Identified and managed 50+ cross-disciplinary projects, doubling the average leafy greens yield in Plenty's large scale, automated Vertical Farm.- Drove strategic decision-making by clearly communicating agronomic principles and solutions to stakeholders within the leadership team, aligning company-wide OKRs with high impact aspects of crop management.- Managed the New Product Introduction team, translating Research and Development learnings to scale, conducting 150+ trials, and launching three improved leafy greens products.- Applied Python, SQL, and effective data visualization to identify key growth parameters, analyzing a wide range of variables (e.g., light, nutrients, environmental factors) to inform strategic decision-making.- Contributed to initiatives aimed at reducing water usage and improving energy efficiency as part of Plenty's Sustainability Council.- Created 40+ custom data analytics dashboards for teammates while educating them about how to most effectively incorporate data insights into their workflows.

Compton, California, United States

-Utilized agronomic techniques to manage all aspects of crop care across multiple vertical farms (e.g. nutrition, environmental conditions, lighting, etc.)-Commissioned a highly automated vertical farm, providing technical guidance necessary to ensure that PLC systems, software operation systems, and data streams were designed to optimize plant health experience and provide user interfaces allowing for optimal farm operation by end-users

South San Francisco, California, United States

Managed all aspects of controlled environment, hydroponic leafy green production in Plenty's first production scale vertical farm with the goal of ensuring that all customer commitments were achieved with high quality product.

South San Francisco, California, United States

Laramie, Wyoming

-Managed two research labs for the Plant Science R&D Department, specifically focusing on New Crop Development.-Designed, built, and operated 20+ horizontal and vertical hydroponic systems.-Conducted research on 20+ different crop species while managing plant health by controlling light intensity and spectrum, irrigation method and frequency, nutrient solution composition, growth media, environmental factors, and implementing IPM measures.-Collected data for optimization of leafy green production in vertical towers.

Eleuthera, Bahamas

-Managed campus aquaponics system and implemented upgrades resulting in doubled monthly lettuce production.-Led multiple projects designed to improve food security at the Island School.-Taught high school students two research courses on food security and aquaponics and assisted them in undertaking research projects intended to improve the efficiency of the aquaponics system.-Organized orientation, accommodation, and professional development presentations for the Island School intern program.

Eleuthera, Bahamas

-Worked closely monitoring and updating the aquaponics system on campus.-Performed daily farm tasks while gaining an understanding of the principles of permaculture being extensively employed on the campus farm.

-Expanded Guayaki's Yerba Mate product awareness to Vanderbilt students by coordinating on-campus events, promoting its health benefits, and providing students with samples.-Educated students about Guayaki's market-driven reforestation business model.

Marin, California

-Restored native ecosystems by removing invasive plant species.-Researched the impact of invasive pollinators on the native bee population.

-Worked with a resident physician in various departments of the Vanderbilt University Medical Center, through Vanderbilt's Alpha Epsilon Delta pre-health organization-Gained an understanding of how hospitals function and how doctors approach their work

San Francisco Bay Area

-Provided support for the medical taxonomy and informatics group under the Senior Director of Clinical Terminology.-Assisted new employees in the Clinical Terminology department.-Defined categories for over 3,000 drugs being added to the taxonomy.

Bachelor’S Degree, Biology; Medicine, Health, And Society

Activities and Societies: Vanderbilt Rugby Timmy Global Health Club;Bachelor of Arts May 2018 Majors: Biology Medicine, Health, and Society

Master Of Science - Ms, Agriculture, 3.86

Organic Chemistry

Completed 3 quarters of Organic Chemistry and Organic Chemistry Lab during the summer of 2016

Biology, General

Study abroad program in Wellington, New Zealand from February 2017 to July 2017 Courses: Biology of Plants; Biology of Animals; Statistics.