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Washington, Dc, Us

Washington, Dc, Us

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Investigate soil health indicators known to be responsive to short-term management changes across working farms and soil series in Minnesota to contribute to national database for site-specific soil-response information and analysis; protocol development and refinement.Generate, design, and implement research ancillary to the above NRCS project exploring seasonal variability of soil health indicators; examine effects of soil moisture and temperature on dynamic soil property fluctuations.Compare various approaches for modeling dynamic soil properties by depth; innovate code for statistical analyses to incorporate into freeware coding packages for public use.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Constructed and implemented field and lab experiments assessing nitrogen contributions from legume cover crops in the Upper Midwest; published findings in peer-reviewed journals; wrote and proofed grant applications, requests for funding, and project design.

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Program leader for Center for Food Safety's work on soil ecology and conservation. Studied the effects of varying agricultural production systems on living soils and use this information to help develop policy solutions aimed to protect and regenerate agricultural lands.Designed and launched a new campaign program focusing on soil health, including Congressional education; provided scientific research and analysis for all legal, policy, and outreach campaigns; represented CFS at conferences and Congressional meetings; delivered public comments; led effort to consolidate and modernize website content; designed and produced outreach material and reports

Boiling Springs, Pennsylvania, United States

Sustained all steps of the food production process, including planting, irrigation, pest control, cultivation, harvest, preservation, and transportation; constructed an irrigation pond, yurts, and high tunnels; installed solar panels; managed farmers’ market stand, CSA pickup, farm crews, and volunteers; engaged community members through speeches during local food events, farm tours, a guided audiotour, food education, and food distribution

Bar Harbor, Maine, United States

Performed gene-silencing technique to investigate the role of cofilin 1-like in ischemia-induced acute kidney injury (AKI) in a zebrafish model as an REU Fellow.

Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Performed ELISA assays investigating stem cell viability markers during internship; edit and proof lab publications for clarity and flow as well as English spelling and grammar. Work resulted in a peer-reviewed publication, cited below.

Bethesda, Maryland, United States

Investigated the significance of Z-DNA-formation as a contribution to epigenetic changes during development as an IRTA fellow; rtPCR, data analysis, lab write-ups, and project presentation.

Doctorate Of Philosophy, Applied Plant Sciences, Agronomy/Agroecology Track, 4.0 Gpa

Activities and Societies: American Society of Agronomy Science Policy Council (3-year term) Food, Environment, and Agricultural Studies.

Master'S Degree, Applied Plant Sciences, Agronomy/Agroecology Track, 4.0 Gpa

Bachelor Of Science, Biochemistry And Molecular Biology, Italian Studies, 3.93 Gpa

Activities and Societies: All-Female A Cappella Group (The Syrens), Gamma Sigma Epsilon (Chemistry Honor Society), Independent Chemistry.