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Point Counts Bird surveys via auditory and visual identificationFollowing scientific protocol for data collection and data entrySafely driving 4WD vehicle on active logging, gravel, and dirt roadsClearing wooded trails w/ brush ax, pulaski, brush cutterFirst Aid Certification received Navigating by GPS, avenza maps, and written directions

Santa Cruz, California, United States

Founded a project to address Environmental DNA (eDNA) workflow challengesSelected to join non-profit SeaKay (technology for social good organization)Won funding from National Science Foundation I-Corps and IDEA HUBInterviewed over 80 principal investigators, citizen scientists, entrepreneurs, government officials and lab techs to build a deep understanding.

Propagating California native plants from seeds and cuttingsSoil mix preparation Restoration Planting Pest and plant disease management and nursery inspection Restoration site visits for seed collecting and vegetation growth measuring

Carried out line transect surveys for burrowing owls (CA Species of Special Concern) and associated habitat/wildlife with the field research teamSighting and identifying and enumerating associate bird species (song birds, shore birds, raptors, water fowls, woodpeckers etc)Removed non-native/invasive weeds in prime burrowing owl nesting and foraging.

Inyo National Forest

Communicated with the public at the front desk of the Mono Basin National Forest Scenic Area Visitor Center regarding wilderness conditions, Mono basin history, conservation, ecology, fire and air quality reports, road closures, dispersed camping Issued wilderness permits for backcountry trips, verified itinerary safety and validitySold National Parks.

Santa Cruz, California, United States

Wrote a proposal and won research grant funding from Kathryn D. Sullivan Award in Earth & Marine Sciences, Division of Physical and Biological Sciences, UCSC, and from the UCSC Carbon FundConducted wet lab eDNA and molecular ecology activities including DNA extraction, PCR, gel electrophoresis, aliquoting, and pooling samplesConsulted for CALeDNA within.

Santa Cruz, California

Selected for competitive CAMINO NSF Ecology and Evolutionary Biology internshipConducted biodiversity field research, surveying coastal sites from southern California to Washington state, using the MARINe Pisco surveying protocolSurveyed point contacts to estimate spatially common intertidal plant, animal, and substrate coverConducted quadrat sampling and.

Santa Cruz, California

Developed project mission to educate school kids to properly sort and recycle discards based on their county’s resource recovery facilityDefined and assigned team members’ tasks, managed the Trello board, and SlackServed as primary liaison with team mentor and professorCoordinated team field trip of Santa Cruz Resources recovery facilityPlanned and ran.

San Francisco Bay Area

Worked directly with Professor of Health Informatics and Tidepool’s head data scientist and intern teamIndependently designed an bioinformatics algorithm in Java to detect duplicate time series data Improved deduplication algorithm speed from Big O θ(2(n^2)) to O(2*(n-T)(n+n/T)-Ω(2*((n-T)*(n/T))) time using a assumption based approachWrote a technical.

Santa Cruz, California

Held one-on-one discussions with local business managers to promote banning and removing neonicotinoid pesticides from local food and agriculture industries Emailed, called, or went door to door to over 70 local businesses to educate them about our campaign and ask them to join our coalition and to stop selling pesticides containing neonicotinoidsTabled.

Bachelor'S Degree, Ecology And Evolutionary Biology

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