Experience

The Loomis Chaffee School

• United States
• Primary and Secondary Education
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Science Teacher

  • Jan 2020 - Present



Nutmeg Volleyball

• Windsor, Connecticut

• Residential Director

  • Jul 2013 - Jul 2019

  - Responsible for overseeing first aid care, assessment, medical administration and safety and welfare of 70+ campers at a time - Organized, delegated duties to, and supervised 8-10 counsellors during day and overnight stays - Established lines of communication and liaised for parents and staff while also updating and maintaining medical administration records for coaches, campers and staff (CPR, First Aid EPI-pen, MAR certified) - Developed Emergency Care Plans and formulated task distributions for reorganization of admin positions.



University of St Andrews

• United Kingdom
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• MRes Student Researcher

  • Aug 2017 - Dec 2018

  - Planned and executed a yearlong project, designed objectives and established timelines and strategy to investigate the links between neural immunity and the microbiome in the context of chronic stress. - Developed project goals and evaluated methodology around regulated procedures incl. behavioural testing - Performed radioimmunoassay, in vitro immune analysis, immunohistochemistry, and RNA extraction. - Proficient in ornithological blood sampling, analysis, and handling after obtaining a personal license for regulated procedures and performed procedures while adhering to strict ethical and safety regulations. - Mentored and supervised undergraduate student in behavioural testing and animal handling. - Clarified and updated standard lab guidelines and protocol for radioimmunoassay of corticosterone. - Performed post-mortem dissection, tissue collection and storage, and brain removal, embedding, sectioning, mounting, and staining. - Maintained sensitive data and precise records and liaised with key supervisors and lab members. - Gained experience in euthanasia through ASPA’s humane S1K procedures (i.e. IP injection).



University of St Andrews

• United Kingdom
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Undergraduate Researcher

  • Nov 2016 - May 2017

  - Performed Galleria mellonella handling and dosing of MDRGN pathogens through proleg injection.- Validated Klebsiella Pneumoniae as a physiologically relevant pathogen for testing in G mellonella.- Maintained aseptic conditions and managed multiple simultaneous assays, cell cultures, and infections.- Calculated dilutions, bacterial culture infection levels and concentrations, and antibiotic doses for analysis.- Performed plate enumeration, various in vitro assays, and plate pouring.- Independently took initiative and planned and executed additional in vitro assays.

• Secretary and Fixtures Officer for Saint's Sport Volleyball

  • May 2014 - May 2017

  Responsibilities included but were not limited to: liaising between club members and director of sport, managing and maintaining hall bookings for practices and games, ensuring all paid members club profiles were active and up to date each academic year, minutes and note taking at bi-weekly meetings, distributing pivotal information to committee members in a timely fashion, various other administrative duties.

• Bar Staff

  • Feb 2015 - Feb 2017

  University of St Andrews Student Association Bar Staff



British Society of Neuroendocrinology

• University of St Andrews, Schools of Biology and of Neuroscience

• Intern through the British Society of Neuroendcrinology

  • Jun 2016 - Sep 2016

  Recipient of the British Society of Neuroendocrinology 2016 Student Laboratory Experience Grant: 8 weeks spent in Karen Spencer's Mechanisms of Behaviour Lab Group studying prenatal and early life stress in the context of neuroendocrinology; Independently performed high volume radioimmunoassays under time constraints. Recipient of the British Society of Neuroendocrinology 2016 Student Laboratory Experience Grant: 8 weeks spent in Karen Spencer's Mechanisms of Behaviour Lab Group studying prenatal and early life stress in the context of neuroendocrinology; Independently performed high volume radioimmunoassays under time constraints.