Experience

The Freshwater Trust

• United States
• Environmental Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Analyst I- Geospatial Ecologist

  • Sep 2022 - Present

  TFT freshwater ecology, conservation planning, resilience, and landscape-level water and land management strategies through literature review, spatial analysis, and mapping TFT freshwater ecology, conservation planning, resilience, and landscape-level water and land management strategies through literature review, spatial analysis, and mapping



Samara Group PDX

• United States
• Environmental Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Project Associate/GIS Analyst- The Oregon Connectivity Assessment and Mapping Project (OCAMP)

  • Jun 2020 - Aug 2022

  Collaborative project partnership with Samara Group/Portland State University/Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife https://oregonconservationstrategy.org/success-story/the-oregon-connectivity-assessment-and-mapping-project-ocamp/ Collaborative project partnership with Samara Group/Portland State University/Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife https://oregonconservationstrategy.org/success-story/the-oregon-connectivity-assessment-and-mapping-project-ocamp/



Metro

• United States
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• GIS Analyst- Wildlife Habitat Connectivity Toolkit

  • 2017 - 2020

  Worked on contract with Metro Regional Government Parks and Nature department, Portland State University, and Samara Group. Collaboration on wildlife habitat connectivity includes independent and collaborative research, data analysis, reporting, presentation Worked on contract with Metro Regional Government Parks and Nature department, Portland State University, and Samara Group. Collaboration on wildlife habitat connectivity includes independent and collaborative research, data analysis, reporting, presentation



Portland State University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Geography Department Graduate Teaching Assistant

  • Jan 2018 - Jun 2019

  Physical Geography course in the Department of Geography. Field trips, lab management, grading. Physical Geography course in the Department of Geography. Field trips, lab management, grading.



Samara Group PDX

• United States
• Environmental Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• GIS Analyst- ODFW Coastal Tailed Frog Report Contributor

  • 2019 - 2019

  Cartography, data visualization, GIS modeling, analysis for Costal Tailed Frog, var. herpetofauna sub-contracted report for Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) comparing decadal changes in presence of herpetofauna within the headwaters and basin-wide region in association with forest management and stream management activity. Report Title: Amphibian Surveys in the Kilchis River Basin Cartography, data visualization, GIS modeling, analysis for Costal Tailed Frog, var. herpetofauna sub-contracted report for Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) comparing decadal changes in presence of herpetofauna within the headwaters and basin-wide region in association with forest management and stream management activity. Report Title: Amphibian Surveys in the Kilchis River Basin



Clemson University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Herpetofauna Habitat and Biodiversity Research Assistant

  • Mar 2014 - Jul 2014

  Conducted habitat, transect, occupancy, dip netting, and SM2 bioacoustics surveys with Bethany Johnson (M.S. Clemson U). Research: Landscape scale approach of occupancy and community characteristics of ephemeral aquatic systems by herpetofauna in managed forests (Southeastern Atlantic Coastal Plain and Pine Forest) Conducted habitat, transect, occupancy, dip netting, and SM2 bioacoustics surveys with Bethany Johnson (M.S. Clemson U). Research: Landscape scale approach of occupancy and community characteristics of ephemeral aquatic systems by herpetofauna in managed forests (Southeastern Atlantic Coastal Plain and Pine Forest)



NYS Department of Environmental Conservation

• United States
• Environmental Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Forest Health Outreach & Lab Assistant

  • May 2013 - Sep 2013

  Lab assistant to the NYSDEC Forest Health Diagnostics Lab. Research: Emerald Ash Borer monitoring & purple prism trap deployment, Identification/collection of tree pathology & entomology specimens. Other: Macro stackshot camera photography collection, Asian Long Horn Beetle citizen outreach, Hemlock Wooly Adelgid survey, Pine Bark Beetle monitoring, Sirex sp. & Buprestidae predation. Lab assistant to the NYSDEC Forest Health Diagnostics Lab. Research: Emerald Ash Borer monitoring & purple prism trap deployment, Identification/collection of tree pathology & entomology specimens. Other: Macro stackshot camera photography collection, Asian Long Horn Beetle citizen outreach, Hemlock Wooly Adelgid survey, Pine Bark Beetle monitoring, Sirex sp. & Buprestidae predation.



U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Hydrological Technician- GS 1316-04

  • Jul 2012 - Oct 2012

  Field technician for USGS funded PhD research under Cheryl Bondi. Research: Visual encounter surveys, herpetofauna collection, salamander diet study, soil coring at various North Eastern United States forest lands (New York, Vermont, New Hampshire). Field technician for USGS funded PhD research under Cheryl Bondi. Research: Visual encounter surveys, herpetofauna collection, salamander diet study, soil coring at various North Eastern United States forest lands (New York, Vermont, New Hampshire).



State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry

• United States
• Higher Education
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Soils and Invertebrate Lab Assistant

  • Sep 2011 - Dec 2011

  Lab assistant in macroinvertebrates/soil lab for PhD research under Cheryl Bondi. Research: Soil calcium level effect on salamander diet, snails, arthropods (North Eastern Hardwood Forests) Lab assistant in macroinvertebrates/soil lab for PhD research under Cheryl Bondi. Research: Soil calcium level effect on salamander diet, snails, arthropods (North Eastern Hardwood Forests)