Senior Scientist

• Sep 2020 - Present

Antimicrobial, biopesticide, and conventional pesticide full life-cycle compliance with the US EPA under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and US states. Antimicrobial, biopesticide, and conventional pesticide full life-cycle compliance with the US EPA under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and US states.

Regulatory Consultant

• Jan 2020 - Sep 2020

- Manage and maintain compliance of pesticide registrations under FIFRA- Regulatory scoping, preparation,and submission of FIFRA pesticide applications for registration- Market and competitor research-Proposition 65 product review and exposure assessments

Regulatory Specialist II

• May 2017 - Jan 2020

•Directly support clients in navigation of pesticide regulatory landscape; deliverables include product registration, technical reports, strategy documents, white papers, data gap analyses, literature and market research.•Maintain compliance of products with regulation under Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). •Manage time, budgets, and priorities to support needs of clients and team of over 10 regulatory scientists and consultants.•Provide clients with ad hoc support, compliance reviews, and guidance.•Conduct research using various governmental agency databases.

Graduate Teaching Assistant

• Aug 2015 - May 2017

Biodiversity Lab and Recitation (August 2015 – May 2017)• Responsible for leading lab sections of up to 22 students, while facilitating in class discussion and critical thinking exercises regarding scientific journal articles.• Creating lectures, activities, and assessments based on course material.• Guiding students in data collection, statistics, microscopy, and dissections.• Consistently highly rated student evaluations.• Awarded competitive teaching position for intensive summer session.Freshwater Ecosystems Lab (August 2016 – December 2016)• Prepped field and lab materials to support faculty led lab of 14 students.• Demonstrated aquatic field sampling and survey techniques for water quality and filtration, wetland delineation, flora, benthic biota, and stream surveys.• Explained quantitative ecological concepts to facilitate data analysis using Microsoft Excel and multivariate statistics.• Provided extensive student guidance and critique throughout scientific writing process to produce peer-reviewed journal quality reports.• Recognized for surpassing expectations as a reliable asset to students and faculty.

Graduate Research Assistant

• Jun 2015 - May 2017

• Maintain lab safety compliance as per university Environmental Health and Safety Office.• Recruit and coordinate undergraduate volunteers.• Involvement in permit reporting in cooperation with Virginia Dept. of Game & Inland Fisheries and International Animal Care and Use Committee.• Complete supply ordering, inventory and lab upkeep. • Integrating large data sets for physical and biological data in support of research activities.• Supervising and mentoring undergraduate research semester student including project design, budgeting, literature review, and data analysis.

Server

• Jul 2012 - Aug 2016

• Working diligently to multitask in a fast-paced environment.• Managed coworkers as shift-lead.• Responsible for training new employees. • Working diligently to multitask in a fast-paced environment.• Managed coworkers as shift-lead.• Responsible for training new employees.

Research Assistant

• May 2014 - May 2015

• Training new volunteers for research support.• Larval fish identification and data entry.• Otolith aging of adult fish.• Conducting aquatic sampling operations including plankton, fish, and water quality.• Participating in public outreach efforts to educate non-technical public on research activities.

Research Support Volunteer

• Nov 2013 - May 2014

• Collection and sorting plankton samples for larval fish.• Surveyed adult fish using fyke nets, seines, and otter trawls. • Conducted weekly stream morphology surveys during March-May field season.• Monitored weekly water quality of physical parameters during entire field season.

Server

• Jun 2011 - Jul 2012