Experience

Trent University

• Canada
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• • Sep 2015 - Present

  I studied the adaptive capacity of lake trout and brook trout to the elevated temperatures associated with climate change by examining whether acclimation of mature trout to warm temperature influenced their offspring’s phenotypic response to warming. This work involved respirometer design and measurement of oxygen consumption by intermittent respirometry, and isolation of RNA and analysis of transcriptome data (sequencing and bioinformatics were outsourced). This project was completed for my PhD thesis. Show less

• • Sep 2015 - Apr 2020

  For courses in animal physiology, fish ecology and evolution (each 20-30 per lab). Duties included instructing and demonstrating lab activities to students, and assisting students with their lab work. I also troubleshooted lab equipment, and graded student lab reports and exams.

• • May 2015 - Sep 2015

  Assisted with graduate student field work during the summer. Work involved capture and handling of small mammals and birds, collecting and recording data, hiking and working in densely wooded areas



Memorial University of Newfoundland

• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• • Sep 2012 - Oct 2015

  I studied the effect of an acute hyposaline exposure on two species of crab with different osmoregulatory abilities to determine if/how they can balance the energy demand of digestion and osmoregulation. This work involved measurement of oxygen consumption by intermittent respirometry, x-ray imaging of the digestive system, direct calorimetry using a micro-calorimeter, and measurement of protein synthesis by injection of a radioisotope and detection by scintillation counter. This wok was completed for my MSc thesis. Show less

• • Jan 2012 - Aug 2012

  I studied the effects of an acute temperature increase on Arctic char and Atlantic salmon to determine their cardiorespiratory limitations at high temperatures in seawater. This work involved measurement of oxygen consumption by intermittent respirometry, and conducting surgery on fish to implant a cannula and Doppler flow probe to measure cardiorespiratory parameters such as heart rate, ventilation rate and opercular pressure. This work was completed as an honours project for a BSc degree.



Memorial University of Newfoundland

• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Undergraduate lab assistant

  • Jun 2010 - Sep 2010

  Assisted in graduate student ecological research as part of a work experience program. This work involved animal care (adult and juvenile lobster), recording data, preservation of lobster larvae to study morphology, and fluorescence microscopy to determine bacterial cell density. Assisted in graduate student ecological research as part of a work experience program. This work involved animal care (adult and juvenile lobster), recording data, preservation of lobster larvae to study morphology, and fluorescence microscopy to determine bacterial cell density.