Sienna Weinstein, Ms Email & Phone Number

Boston, Ma, Us

Merrimac, Massachusetts, United States

Volunteer position writing for the Primate Species Profiles series on the Conservancy's websiteProfiles written (listed here from oldest to newest, but PDFs below listed from newest to oldest):• Barbary macaque• Siamang• Zanzibar red colobus• Mountain dwarf galago• Red-capped mangabey• Gray snub-nosed monkey• Wolf's guenon• Coastal black-handed titi• Diana monkey• Azara's capuchin• Demidoff's dwarf galago• Venezuelan brown capuchin• Bengal slow loris• Eastern pygmy marmoset• Selangor silvery langur• Annamese langur• Silvery gibbon• Black-mantled tamarin• Gerp's mouse lemur• Perrier's sifaka• Trinidad white-fronted capuchin• Goodman's mouse lemur• Yunnan snub-nosed monkey• Golden-faced saki• Sabah grizzled langur• Spix's red-handed howler monkey• Red ruffed lemur• Udzungwa red colobus: COMING IN JANUARY• Bearded capuchin: COMING IN JANUARY

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

• Provided husbandry services and performed clinical observations for the facility’s mice and rats • Maintained animal facilities and relevant records, performed proper receipt of incoming animals/supplies, fulfilled research requests and animal relocations

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

• Provided clinical vet support for the university’s lab mice and colony management services• Colony management services: birth dating/weaning pups, ear tagging, skin biopsy for genotyping, setting up breeding pairs, record keeping

Cambridge, Massachusetts

• Performed animal care and husbandry duties• Monitored the health and welfare of the laboratory’s supply of mice and rats• Replenished the rodents' food and water supplies, as well as changed their cages as needed

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Provided wildlife photographs and videos for the Friends of the National Zoo• Photos and videos used to promote the conservation of the species living at the Zoo

Stone Zoo, Stoneham, Massachusetts

• Assisted in basic animal husbandry routines• Monitored behavioral conditioning programs of many of the species living at the Zoo• Worked with zookeepers on numerous duties throughout the Zoo• Educated the public about certain aspects of the Zoo, as well as the animals that live there• Provided credited wildlife photographs for Stone Zoo official Facebook page and Zoo New England website

Burlington, Vermont Area

• Measured various body parts of backcrossed Pogonomyrmex harvester ants from previously photographed/magnified digital images• Correlated body part size with their fecundity as measured by the number of ovaries and the ants’ genotypes using 20,000 genetic markers• Results will lead to a better understanding of the number of genes involved in body size and shape

Gainesville, Florida

• Study abroad in Swaziland and South Africa (Kruger National Park); set up camera traps, went birding, and trapped and tagged small mammals for data collection• Compared species abundance/diversity in elephant-free Swaziland versus elephant-abundant Kruger National Park to stress the importance of elephants as a keystone species

Master Of Science (M.S.), Environmental Studies (Concentration: Conservation Biology)

Thesis: Managing “Problem Species” in Suburban Areas by Stimulating Predator-Response Behaviors: A Case Study of White-tailed Deer.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Zoology

Activities and Societies: Beta Beta Beta National Biological Honor Society, Outing Club

Study Abroad Program In South Africa/Swaziland, Conservation, Culture, And Management; African Savannah Wildlife Ecology, 4.0 Gpa

Three-week long study abroad in Swaziland/South Africa; coursework in "Conservation, Culture, and Management" and "African Savannah.

Education record