EDUCATION The University of Texas, Austin, TX 2015 – 2019 Bachelor of Science in Biology, with honors – Concentration in Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior
WORK EXPERIENCE California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) Jan 2022 - Present Bumble Bee Scientific Aid: Limited Term Participate in the California Bumble Bee Atlas: CABBA
Oregon State University (OSU) Spring - Fall 2021 Assistant Pollinator Crew Lead: Full Time Archbold Biological Station (ABS) Spring - Winter 2020 Restoration/Herpetology Intern: Part Time + Research Project, temporary internship Presented my research on a Zoom webinar: YouTube Co-wrote a news article on Gopher Tortoise research: Scrub Blog
Southwestern Research Station (SWRS) Fall 2019 Intern: Part Time, temporary fall volunteer.
Southern Sierra Research Station (SSRS) Summer 2019 Avian Field Technician: Full Time, temporary summer
University of Texas at Austin: Undergraduate Teaching Assistant: Part Time
BIO 340L Biology of Birds Spring 2018, 2019
BIO 373 Ecology Fall 2017, 2018
NBCI 2.0 & University of Tennessee, Summer 2018 Field Technician: Full Time, temporary summer
Conservian/(Coastal Bird Conservation) Summer 2017 Intern Volunteer: Full Time, summer volunteer
FIELD TECHNIQUES Navigation: GPS mapping, specific use of Garmin, Trimble, Collector, and Avenza Maps Plants: Vegetative habitat surveying, plant transect sampling, dichotomous keys of Texas/Oregon plants Restoration: Backpack/hand pump herbicide sprayers (Glyphosate, 2,4-D), water quality measurement with YSI Birds: Point counting, resighting banded birds, nest searching, mist net erection Insects: Aerial and sweep netting, blue-vein trapping, pinning, western Bumble Bee ID Tortoises: Radio-telemetry tracking, burrow scoping, morphometrics
CITIZEN SCIENCE and OUTREACH Citizen Science projects: Ebird, iNaturalist, California Bumble Bee Atlas/Bumble Bee Watch, Project FeederWatch, Great Backyard Bird Count, Global Big Day, Christmas Bird Counts, Austin Bird Collision Survey, Breeding Bird Surveys, Strawberry Plains MAPS banding volunteer, Borderlands Research Institute sparrow banding volunteer, City of Austin Golden-cheeked Warbler Resighting project UT Biodiversity Center Outreach: Explore UT, AAAS Meeting, UT Biodiversity Day, Museum Day, Science under the Stars
RELEVANT COURSEWORK Animal Behavior, Biology of Birds (w lab/fieldwork), Biostatistics, Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy (w lab), Computational Biology, Conservation Biology, Ecology, Ecology Lab (w fieldwork), Entomology (w lab/fieldwork), Evolution, Field Biology lab, Field Herpetology (w lab/fieldwork), Linear Algebra, Organic Chemistry (2 semesters), Plant Physiology, Plant Systematics (w lab/fieldwork), Vertebrate Natural History (w lab/fieldwork).