Experience

Oregon Department of Agriculture

• United States
• Environmental Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Pesticide Investigator

  • Nov 2022 - Present



National Pesticide Information Center

• United States
• Information Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Project Coordinator

  • Apr 2016 - Oct 2022

• Pesticide Specialist

  • Mar 2014 - Mar 2016



Mount St Helens Institute

• Amboy, WA

• Data Analyst

  • Oct 2013 - Jan 2014



Washington State University

• Amboy, WA

• Research Technician

  • Jun 2013 - Oct 2013



Southern Illinois University, Carbondale

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Graduate Teaching Assistant

  • Aug 2009 - Aug 2012

  Lab instructor for Mammalogy, Animal Diversity, and Introductory Biology. Created and administered weekly lesson plans, lectures, classroom activities, lab quizzes, and exams.

• Research Assistant

  • May 2011 - Aug 2011

  Nematode parasite abundance in woodwasp species (Sirex spp. and Ibalia leucospoides) in Illinois: DNA extraction, assigned PCR protocols at 3 gene regions, gel electrophoresis and imaging. Searched gut contents for protozoan infection using Hematoxylin-Eosin staining technique.

• Research Assistant

  • May 2010 - Aug 2010

  Nematode parasite abundance in woodwasp species (Sirex spp. and Ibalia leucospoides) in Illinois: performed dissections and necropsies, extracted and preserved nematodes and wasp reproductive tracts, and created gut smears from dissected wasps for later analysis.