Postdoctoral Research Fellow

• Jun 2021 - Present

AAAS Mass Media Fellow

• Jun 2023 - Aug 2023

Ph.D. Candidate and Graduate Teaching Fellow

• Aug 2015 - May 2021

I have teaching and lecturing experience in Statistical Computing in R, Vertebrate Zoology, and Introductory Biology. I have teaching and lecturing experience in Statistical Computing in R, Vertebrate Zoology, and Introductory Biology.

Ph.D. Candidate

• Jun 2015 - May 2021

I study the development of adaptive embryo behavior in Agalychnis callidryas (red-eyed tree frogs). I study the development of adaptive embryo behavior in Agalychnis callidryas (red-eyed tree frogs).

Teaching Assistant

• Aug 2012 - Jun 2015

ENVI102 Introduction to Environmental Science (2 semesters: Spring 2014, Spring 2015)BIOL208 Ecology (1 semester: Fall 2014)MATH103 Calculus (1 semester: Fall 2012)

Baxter Fellow

• May 2012 - Feb 2013

Approved as a Residential Advisor and Hall Mentor for East College (third floor). Attended weekly meetings. Planned, budgeted, and executed neighborhood and floor events to resolve conflicts and promote a comfortable living environment among students.

Campus Environmental Advisory Committee

• May 2012 - Jan 2013

Work with the College staff and administration to improve the College’s environmental practices. Helped compile the Environmental State of the Campus and Sustainability Report.

Research Assistant

• Jun 2012 - Sep 2012

Collected and analyzed samples of local water to test for quality and ion balance. Maintained instruments and databases. Gained experience with atomic absorption spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, ion chromatography. Presented a paper and poster on bacteria and chemistry of Eph's Pond.

REU Student

• May 2014 - Sep 2014

Designed and conducted an independent project on road noise effects on eavesdropping systems in eastern chipmunks; recorded and edited chipmunk, titmouse, and veery vocalizations; set up giving-up density and playback experiments; presented findings at Emory University Laney Graduate School STEM Research and Career Symposium 2015; corresponding paper is in preparation. Designed and conducted an independent project on road noise effects on eavesdropping systems in eastern chipmunks; recorded and edited chipmunk, titmouse, and veery vocalizations; set up giving-up density and playback experiments; presented findings at Emory University Laney Graduate School STEM Research and Career Symposium 2015; corresponding paper is in preparation.

Education Research Intern

• Jan 2014 - Feb 2014

Helped to develop a high school capstone course in Ecological Environmental Science, focusing on curricula materials involving biology and climate-science, as part of the Life Sciences Initiative at TERC, a non-profit organization dedicated to education research and evaluation. Helped to develop a high school capstone course in Ecological Environmental Science, focusing on curricula materials involving biology and climate-science, as part of the Life Sciences Initiative at TERC, a non-profit organization dedicated to education research and evaluation.

Science Teacher

• Sep 2011 - May 2012

Planned and taught weekly lessons about biology in a 5th grade class at Greylock Elementary School. Planned and taught weekly lessons about biology in a 5th grade class at Greylock Elementary School.

Research Assistant

• Oct 2008 - May 2011

Helped to design an RNAi construct to silence the expression of genes that trigger allergies to US bread wheat Butte 86. Used PCR to confirm stable transformation and inheritance of the transgene in embryo samples. Maintained greenhouses. Helped to design an RNAi construct to silence the expression of genes that trigger allergies to US bread wheat Butte 86. Used PCR to confirm stable transformation and inheritance of the transgene in embryo samples. Maintained greenhouses.