Experience

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  Bragg Lumber Company Limited

  • Aylesford, Nova Scotia, Canada

  • Apiarist

    • Apr 2020 - Present
    • Aylesford, Nova Scotia, Canada

    I am part of a team maintaining the health of thousands of bee hives located across the Annapolis Valley. I also participated in the rearing of queen bees through grafting, resulting in the company's most productive rearing year on record.

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  University of Freiburg

  • Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

  • Graduate Research Assistant

    • May 2019 - May 2019
    • Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

    Assisted in data collection for a PhD project regarding the pollination activity of wild bee populations in apple orchards. Observed apple blossoms using quadrat plot sampling and captured wild bees which landed on the blossoms for identification.

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  University of Freiburg

  • Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

  • Graduate Research Assistant

    • Mar 2018 - Nov 2018
    • Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

    Reviewed scientific articles relating to deadwood conservation to determine if they should be included in a study about dead wood conservation and species diversity in forest ecosystems. A checklist was applied to assess relevance based on the level of evidence presented in each article.

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  Natural Resource Services, Inc.

  • Harrisville, RI

  • Wetland Biologist Intern

    • Jul 2018 - Aug 2018
    • Harrisville, RI

    Assisted the staff wetland biologist in wetland delineations, wildlife habitat assessments, and submerged aquatic vegetation surveys for private land owners through the use of field surveys, subsequent data input, and preparation of technical reports.Regular duties included site assessments, data entry, and writing reports.

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  Harvard University

  • Boston, MA

  • Temporary Project Assistant

    • Jan 2016 - Apr 2016
    • Boston, MA

    Labeled, mounted, and data-based specimen from Joseph Rock’s expedition to Asia in the 1920s. Created labels for ~3000 unlabeled specimen in the herbaria’s Chinese collection, to then be data based.

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  Wheaton College (MA)

  • United States
  • Higher Education
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Marine Biology Teaching Assistant

    • Jan 2014 - May 2014

    Answered questions and assisted students in lab exercises, and assisted in lab set up and clean up.

  • Biology Peer Mentor

    • Sep 2013 - Dec 2013

    Assisted students in lab exercises for an introductory evolutionary and ecology biology course, and held weekly office hours and review sessions for students to ask questions about class work and exams.

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  University of Guelph

  • Guelph, Ontario, Canada

  • Research Intern

    • Jul 2013 - Aug 2013
    • Guelph, Ontario, Canada

    Collected data on amphibian movement between a group of class I wetlands in Guelph using mark and recapture surveys.

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  National Biodiversity Centre

  • Serbithang, Thimphu, Bhutan

  • Herbarium Intern

    • Mar 2013 - Jun 2013
    • Serbithang, Thimphu, Bhutan

    Logged dried plant specimen into a computer database and assisted in the collection of early spring flowering plants for the herbarium.

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  Orchard Farm Organics

  • Princeton, New Jersey

  • Farm Volunteer

    • Jun 2012 - Aug 2012
    • Princeton, New Jersey

    Tended to and harvested herb and vegetable beds on a small organic farm, milked cows and goats, and helped run the weekly market for farm share members.