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Savannah, GA, US

Boulder, Colorado, United States

Boulder, CO

Boulder, CO

• Organize and implement integrated pest management (IPM) operations
• Identify native/nonnative plant hosts, their pests and disease relationships in the field and establish treatments
• Research new and alternative methods for pest and disease control
• Manage chemical inventory and proper disposal of hazardous waste
• Analyze production data to evaluate production goals

Boulder, CO

• Organize and implement integrated pest management (IPM) operations
• Identify native/nonnative plant hosts, their pests and disease relationships in the field

Statesboro

• Lecture and facilitate undergraduate Environmental Biology Lab courses
• Instruct four lab courses, comprising approximately 100 students per semester
• Responsible for all teaching duties including, grading, exam creation, instruction, addressing and resolving student concerns and lab safety

• The goal of my thesis research is to support sustainable agriculture by exploring methods to reduce fertilizer application and promote the use of ecological solutions such as intercropping by:
• Quantifying the effects of fertilizer and shade treatments on overall soil organic carbon and nitrogen nutrient status and measure nitrogen mineralization rates in coffee production
• Measuring the effects of fertilization on the nitrogen-fixing capacity of Erythrina poeppigiana and estimate an appropriate planting density for coffee to receive nitrogen through biological fixation in agroforestry.
• Determining if the spatial abundance of nitrifying bacteria is affected by various shade management, or by fertilizer treatment

Roswell, GA

• Assisted visitors with sales of admission, memberships, retail items and programs
• Provided customer service to visitors, staff and members
• Operated point-of-sale register, securely handled assigned monies and end of day balancing
• Maintained store organization and inventory

Statesboro, GA

• Lab work was part of a sustainability grant fee project that aimed to assess water quality on campus and climate mitigation potential through plant biomass soil carbon sequestration
• Contributed to the project’s experimental design and performed statistical analyses
• Actively coordinated field soil sampling, processing and analyses of the samples in the lab

Master Of Science (M.Sc.) In Biology, Soil Science And Agronomy, General, 3.68

Activities and Societies: Biology Organization of Graduate Students, Natural History Collections ClubMaster of Science in Biology.

Bachelor Of Science, Biology/Biological Sciences, General, 3.38

Activities and Societies: No impact week 2012-2013, Greenfest 2014Graduated with a Bachelor's of Science in Biology with a concentration.