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Lawrence, Kansas Area

Lawrence, Kansas Area

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Lawrence, Kansas Area

• Sampling phytoplankton, periphyton, and nutrients in urban streams.• Creating a method for collecting and analyzing chlorophyll data with a benthotorch periphyton sampler. • Comparing different methods of chlorophyll data collection in a large long-term dataset (>20,000 data points; 11 years).• Creating a model for predicting cyanobacteria toxicity and taste-and-odor events for the drinking water supply reservoir in Wichita, Kansas.

Moscow, Idaho

My thesis was primarily focused at mitigating cyanobacterial biovolume and toxicity in Willow Creek Reservoir, Oregon by manipulating the total nitrogen to total phosphorus (TN:TP) ratio with ammonium nitrate and aluminum sulfate (i.e., alum) treatments. My graduate research will ultimately help make progress towards recovering Willow Creek Reservoir from eutrophy and, in the case of Willow Creek Reservoir, its associated microcystin toxicity.Skills developed as a graduate research assistant include:Collection, identification, and quantification of phytoplankton.Collection, quantification, and measurement (using an ocular micrometer and ImageJ) of zooplankton taxa.Collection of water chemistry samples (i.e., phosphorus, nitrogen, suspended solids, and alkalinity) and physical profiles (i.e., pH, temperature, conductivity, and dissolved oxygen) with a YSI 85, YSI 556, and Eureka Manta multiprobe.Collection of light profiles using a Li-Cor 250A light meter.Laboratory analyses of nitrogen, phosphorus, total/dissolved/inorganic/organic suspended solids, alkalinity, and chlorophyll-a.Design and execution of field experiments using large-scale in-situ mesocosms.Designing a novel way to examine flow rates of in-lake long distance circulators (LDCs) using a Hach Flo-mate 2000 flow velocity meter and an Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP).Data analysis (using programs that include, but are not limited to: Sigmaplot, R, ImageJ, Microsoft Office, and SAS), interpretation, and scientific writing (e.g., my thesis).Assembled a large (>2000 lakes; >5000 data points) worldwide dataset to examine trends in cyanobacterial biovolume, microcystin concentration, nitrogen, phosphorus, and the nitrogen to phosphorus ratio in freshwater ecosystems.

Moscow, Idaho

Primarily helped teach the laboratory section of Fish 415 (Limnology) with Dr. Frank Wilhelm.Taught students how to analyze phosphorus, nitrogen, and chlorophyll-a from water and macrophyte samples.Helped mentor and challenge students to plan reservoir restoration projects for reservoirs located on the OX ranch (Council, ID)

Columbia, Missouri Area

Collected Secchi depths, water chemistry samples (i.e., phosphorus, nitrogen, total suspended solids, and alkalinity) and physical profiles (i.e., pH, temperature, conductivity, and dissolved oxygen) with a YSI 85 multiprobe at surface and depth using a Van Dorn.Collected sediment cores via a K-B gravity sediment corer.Preparation and analysis of laboratory samples that included, but was not limited to: nitrogen, phosphorus, total suspended solids, sediment cores, and chlorophyll-a.

Taught novice junior and adult sailors how to properly rig and sail small boats.

Carlyle Il

Led a youth (7-10 years of age) junior sailing program that consisted of weekly daylong training sessions.

Ecology And Evolutionary Biology, Harmful Algal Blooms

Activities and Societies: Self Graduate FellowAdvisors: Val Smith and Jerry deNoyelles

Master Of Science (M.S.), Natural Resources/Limnology, 3.85

Major Advisor: Dr. Frank Wilhelm

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Fish And Wildlife, 3.6

Minor: Biology (3.2 GPA)

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Forestry, 3.7