Morgan Irons

Master Composter at Cornell Cooperative Extension Tompkins County
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(386) 825-5501
Location
Ithaca, New York, United States, US
Languages
  • French Professional working proficiency
  • English Native or bilingual proficiency

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Credentials

  • Applied Suicide Intervention Skills (ASIST) First Aid
    LivingWorks
    Feb, 2019
    - Nov, 2024
  • First Aid
    Health & Safety Institute (HSI)
    Jul, 2019
    - Nov, 2024
  • Heartsaver CPR AED Classroom
    American Heart Association
    Mar, 2019
    - Nov, 2024
  • US EPA Agricultural Worker Protection Standard Training
    US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
    Aug, 2019
    - Nov, 2024

Experience

  • Cornell Cooperative Extension Tompkins County
    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Master Composter
      • Mar 2023 - Present

  • Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability
    • United States
    • Research
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Graduate Research Fellow
      • Jan 2022 - Present

      Recipient of a 2022 Small Grant of $8,000 from the Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability Recipient of a 2022 Small Grant of $8,000 from the Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability

  • NASA Centennial Challenge's Deep Space Food Challenge
    • Expert Judge
      • Jan 2021 - Present

      Invited by NASA Centennial Challenges to be a Phase 1 Judge for the Deep Space Food Challenge in 2021 and a Phase 2 Judge in 2022. Phase 3 judging is scheduled for 2023. Invited by NASA Centennial Challenges to be a Phase 1 Judge for the Deep Space Food Challenge in 2021 and a Phase 2 Judge in 2022. Phase 3 judging is scheduled for 2023.

  • National Science Foundation (NSF)
    • United States
    • Research Services
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • NSF Graduate Research Fellow
      • Sep 2020 - Present

  • Carl Sagan Institute
    • Ithaca, New York, United States
    • Carl Sagan Institute Fellow
      • Apr 2020 - Present

  • Norfolk Institute
    • Norfolk, Virginia, United States
    • Research Fellow
      • Aug 2019 - Present

  • Cornell University
    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • PhD Candidate
      • Aug 2018 - Present

      PhD Student (Aug 2018 - Dec 2020)PhD Candidate (Dec 2020 - May 2023)

    • Graduate Teaching Assistant
      • Aug 2019 - May 2020

  • Brooke Owens Fellowship
    • United States
    • Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Grand Challenge Coordination Lead
      • Jan 2018 - Present

      As the alum lead of the Brooke Owens Fellowship's Grand Challenge exercise, I chair the Grand Challenge Coordination Team, which develops and implements the Grand Challenge Exercise at the BOFP Summit for each new class of fellows. As the alum lead of the Brooke Owens Fellowship's Grand Challenge exercise, I chair the Grand Challenge Coordination Team, which develops and implements the Grand Challenge Exercise at the BOFP Summit for each new class of fellows.

  • Deep Space Ecology, Inc.
    • United States
    • Farming
    • Co-Founder, Chief Science Officer
      • May 2016 - Present

  • Public Speaking
    • Public Speaker
      • Feb 2011 - Present

      My public speaking experience spans speaking at over 40 academic and industry conferences, over 40 classroom visits and Zoom sessions, and over 20 interviews (i.e., live interviews, podcasts). My public speaking experience spans speaking at over 40 academic and industry conferences, over 40 classroom visits and Zoom sessions, and over 20 interviews (i.e., live interviews, podcasts).

  • iCRAG - SFI Research Centre in Applied Geosciences
    • Ireland
    • Research
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • ReSToRE 2 Participant
      • Jul 2022 - Jul 2022

  • IvyOnline Academy
    • Primary and Secondary Education
    • Course Creator & Instructor
      • Jul 2020 - Mar 2022

      Course creator and instructor for the Eco-Solutions course series hosted on IvyOnline Academy: - Eco-Solutions: Smarter Greenhouses - Eco-Solutions: Research Independent Study Future Course: Eco-Solutions: Greener Cities Course creator and instructor for the Eco-Solutions course series hosted on IvyOnline Academy: - Eco-Solutions: Smarter Greenhouses - Eco-Solutions: Research Independent Study Future Course: Eco-Solutions: Greener Cities

  • Hubbard Brook Ecosystem Study
    • Young Voices of Science Participant
      • Mar 2021 - Apr 2021

  • The Mars Generation
    • Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • SSA Leadership Program Advisory Board, Vice Chair
      • Apr 2017 - Dec 2019

  • Avascent
    • United States
    • Business Consulting and Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Summer Analyst
      • Jun 2017 - Aug 2017

  • Brooke Owens Fellowship
    • United States
    • Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Fellow
      • Mar 2017 - Aug 2017

      Fellowship Profile: http://www.brookeowensfellowship.org/morgan-irons Fellowship Profile: http://www.brookeowensfellowship.org/morgan-irons

  • Duke Medical Center Duke Univ
    • United States
    • Hospitals and Health Care
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Assistant Volunteer Coordinator
      • Sep 2015 - May 2017

  • Duke Shared Materials Instrumentation Facility
    • Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area
    • Advanced Technology Operator & Lab Assistant
      • Jan 2015 - May 2017

  • Duke University
    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Tree Campus Ambassador
      • Sep 2013 - May 2017

  • Cardea Fellows Program
    • Duke University
    • Fellow
      • Aug 2013 - May 2017

  • Duke Willis Lab
    • Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area
    • Research Assistant
      • Aug 2014 - Dec 2015

  • Duke Rittschof Lab
    • Beaufort, North Carolina
    • Field Research Assistant
      • May 2015 - Jun 2015

  • NASA Langley Research Center
    • United States
    • Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Student Researcher
      • Sep 2012 - Aug 2013

      As an intern under Dr. Sang Choi and Dr. Yeojoon Park, supporting research in the design and application of integrated universal chemical detectors with selective diffraction arrays - through diffraction analysis for periodic nano-scale apertures, scatters, and absorbers - for space vehicles using SEM; training with Direct Metal Ion Beam Deposition, Atomic Force Microscopy, E-Beam Lithography, MathCad, and optical digital microscopy; and author of advanced technology operator manuals for college students Show less

Education

  • Cornell University
    Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Soil and Crop Sciences
    2018 - 2023
  • Duke University
    Bachelor of Science - BS, Environmental Science and Biology
    2013 - 2017

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