I work with the CT DEEP Wildlife Division's Outreach Program. We're involved in a number of projects that inform, educate, engage, and inspire interest among the public pertaining to Connecticut's wildlife resources, with a focus on conservation and sustainable use.

Assisting with a variety of bat and small mammal projects

Planning ecological research projects and writing grants with fellow scientists on a volunteer basis

Singer-songwriter • Drummer • GuitaristI've performed as a singer-songwriter, guitarist, and drummer with numerous musical groups at at venues throughout New England. I'm also an independent recording artist.

Perform songs using guitar, voice, and harmonica • Songwriting • Music composition and arrangement • Live sound and recording • Booking and promotion

Assist customers • Receive orders • Stock coolers • Manage inventory

Recorded movements of transmitter-equipped diamondback terrapins (turtles) in a salt marsh using radio telemetry • Monitored falcon and eagle nests • Responded to public inquiries regarding bats • Conducted surveys for freshwater mussels

Raised over $800 through crowdfunding to conduct road mortality surveys for diamondback terrapins and other wildlife • Created and maintained a project website and social media pages • Collected data and provided it to government and academic institutions • Partnered with a local nonprofit to remove roadside litter adjacent to a salt marsh

Completed a geospatial analysis that successfully predicted locations of road mortality for diamondback terrapins • Managed volunteers, collected and analyzed bioacoustic data for a bat monitoring project • Developed a database for tracking occurrences of non-native reptiles and amphibians • Assisted with fencing and installation of predator exclosures for piping plovers • Conducted surveys for road-killed diamondback terrapins • Monitored eagle and peregrine falcon nesting sites

Assisted the Nongame & Endangered Wildlife Program on various projects • Implemented a monitoring system that used camera traps to gauge carnivore abundance at New England cottontail habitat patches • Used MaxEnt software to create spatial models of probability of occurrence for rare species of reptiles and amphibians and generated associated reports • Conducted standardized surveys for wood turtles and Blanding's turtles • Tracked Blanding's turtles, box turtles, and New England cottontails using radio telemetry • Conducted pellet surveys and vegetation surveys in New England cottontail habitat • Managed interns who conducted surveys for Eastern cottontails

Analyzed data pertaining to the relative abundance and distribution of bobcats in New Hampshire • Produced occupancy models using the program PRESENCE • Assessed power to detect trends in relative abundance of bobcats using the program MONITOR • Conducted research on the use of unmanned aerial vehicles to inventory early successional habitats • Assisted with vegetation surveys • Provided regular progress reports

Instructed lab sections for the course Introduction to Geographic Information Systems • Assisted with lab sections for the course Inventory and Monitoring of Ecological Communities

Conducted radio telemetry and surveys for bog turtles • Collected habitat data • Conducted mobile acoustic surveys for bats and trained volunteers • Investigated bat colonies on private properties • Conducted bat emergence counts • Assisted with installation of piping plover nest exclosures

Monitored pitfall traps for amphibians, reptiles, and small mammals and collected data • Assisted with PIT tag scanning surveys for blue-spotted salamanders • Conducted radio telemetry and habitat surveys for eastern spade foot toads • Informed private landowners of telemetry research and received permission to conduct radio telemetry on their properties

Worked with a partner to collect amphibian skin samples statewide as part of a Yale University study on chytrid fungus • Monitored pitfall traps for amphibians, reptiles, and small mammals • Located populations of leopard frogs and collecting specimens for genetic testing • Conducted habitat surveys for wood turtles • Created various public outreach materials