Experience

NOAA: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration

• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Statistician

  • Jun 2020 - Present

  Developing and coding Atlantic herring discard estimation within the Catch Accounting and Monitoring System (CAMS) across all Atlantic regional fisheries for use in quota monitoring, stock assessment, and fishery-dependent data analyses. • Redesigning Atlantic herring, river herring and shad regional quota monitoring with new landings data and discard estimation from CAMS. • Executing in-season Atlantic herring quota monitoring and creating landings projections to support Atlantic herring area closures when necessary. • Informing fisheries management decision making by providing analytical support, presentations, and feedback as a member the New England Fisheries Management Council Atlantic herring Plan Development Team. • Implementing new Atlantic herring Industry Funded Monitoring observer data into in-season quota monitoring and realized coverage reports to maintain a feedback loop with the Northeast Fisheries Science Center Observer program who deploys coverage. • Conducting fishery-dependent data analyses of New England fisheries for NOAA, state agencies, and regional fisheries management council requests. • Representing the Analysis and Program Support Division on the NOAA regional Aquaculture Team to ensure Division feedback is captured while offshore aquaculture develops. Show less



Gulf of Maine Research Institute

• United States
• Research Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Quantitative Research Technician

  • May 2018 - Jun 2020

  • Managed and created code to process large and diverse fishery-dependent and fishery-independent data sets. • Designed statistical analysis of fishery-independent data sets to understand patterns and changes in biodiversity in the Gulf of Maine using generalized additive mixed models and multivariate statistics. • Programmed and simulation testing Gulf of Maine cod stock assessment with alternative levels of inaccurate catch data to support the New England groundfish fishery management plan. • Developed and tested Management Strategy Evaluations (MSE) applied to Atlantic bluefin tuna under stock mixing with alternative life history scenarios and harvest control rules. • Presented MSE concepts to Bluefin tuna stakeholders and soliciting feedback through workshops to inform MSE management procedures and modeling configurations. • Reviewed and ensured functional accuracy, efficiency, and standardization of programming code across multiple projects using GitHub. Show less



University of Massachusetts

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant

  • Sep 2015 - Jul 2018

  • Programmed and simulation tested statistical catch-at-age stock assessment models for Gulf of Alaska groundfish that incorporated environmental drivers of recruitment. • Quantified model estimation performance and applied model selection tools. • Evaluated the accuracy and robustness of model selection tools (Akaike’s Information Criterion, Mohn’s retrospective statistic, and hold-out validation) to distinguish among models with differing representations of environmental drivers on recruitment. • Assessed the implications of future climate change on population dynamics. • Evaluated the performance of harvest control rules based on those used by the North Pacific Fishery Management Council and International Pacific Halibut Commission to meet management objectives given climate and model specification uncertainty. • Coordinator for Quantitative Workshops in Fisheries and Ecosystem Science Fall 2017/ Spring 2018. • Wrote thesis and manuscript for peer-reviewed publication. Show less



Virginia Tech

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Undergraduate Researcher

  • May 2014 - Sep 2015

  • Designed goals and objectives for undergraduate research project to evaluate the effects of small-scale tournaments on Smallmouth Bass. • Interacted with tournament anglers to communicate objectives and collect data.• Calculated tournament and creel survey catch rates.• Determined the effect of assuming different fishing mortality rates of tournament-associated mortality and catch-and-release mortality.

• Lab/Field Technician

  • May 2014 - May 2015

  • Identified and preserved Muskellunge and Smallmouth Bass stomach contents.• Embedded, sectioned, and mounted Muskellunge pelvic fin rays to determine age.• Reviewed management plans for private pond owners.• Surveyed anglers for creel data collection.• Identified species, measured length and weight, and extracted otoliths for age determination. • Sampled a small impoundment using boat electrofishing, gill nets, and trotlines.



Student Conservation Association

• United States
• Environmental Services
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Freshwater Pond Fish Survey Intern

  • May 2012 - Aug 2012

  • Led pond sampling efforts using boat electrofishing. • Collected fish using seines and gill nets. • Wrote creel survey to estimate effort, catch rates, and harvest. • Led classes of up to 40 children weekly about native fish and wildlife. • Constructed and repaired information boards in addition to posting new information for freshwater ponds. • Performed herpetology surveys and deer spotlight counts of Naval Air Station Patuxent River (NAS Pax River) • Retrieved and handle injured wildlife. • Received Airfield Operators License: NAS Pax River. Show less