Experience

NOAA: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration

• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Environmental Scientist

  • Aug 2023 - Present

  As an Environmental Scientist I serve as a Regional Resource Coordinator for the Northeast and Great Lakes branch of the Assessment and Restoration Division in the Office of Response and Restoration. I support the Damage Assessment, Remediation, and Response Program on Natural Resource Damage Assessments for oil spills, hazardous waste sites, and vessel groundings.

• Regional Restoration Coordinator

  • Apr 2021 - Aug 2023

  Serving as a Regional Restoration Coordinator for the Northeast & Great Lakes branch of the Assessment and Restoration Division working on natural resource damage assessments. Contracted through Genwest Systems.



Global Science & Technology, Inc

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Policy Consultant

  • Feb 2020 - Jun 2020

  As a policy consultant for Global Science & Technology, I worked to support the Group on Earth Observations Blue Planet Initiative Secretariat Office at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the Satellite Oceanography and Climatology Division, in College Park, MD. I served as both a mentor for the 2020 Knauss Sea Grant Marine Policy fellow as well as a lead on the development of the Global Monitoring Platform for Marine Debris. As a policy consultant for Global Science & Technology, I worked to support the Group on Earth Observations Blue Planet Initiative Secretariat Office at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the Satellite Oceanography and Climatology Division, in College Park, MD. I served as both a mentor for the 2020 Knauss Sea Grant Marine Policy fellow as well as a lead on the development of the Global Monitoring Platform for Marine Debris.

• GEO Blue Planet Policy Fellow

  • Feb 2019 - Feb 2020

  This position is part of the John A. Knauss Marine Policy Sea Grant Fellowship. In this fellowship, I worked with the GEO Blue Planet Initiative. In my role, I worked with the director of the GEO Blue Planet Secretariat in College Park, Maryland. As part of my job, I work to identify stakeholder needs (particularly in developing countries) and support the director of the Secretariat in administrative and coordination duties. During the fellowship, I was able to get first-hand experience working with high level intergovernmental organizations, like the United Nations Environment Program, and also with local stakeholders and users in coastal communities in various regions in the world, the private sector, NGOs and within NOAA. During this fellowship, I served two primary roles. One role I served was a high level administrative role in which I helped to coordinate and facilitate international meetings within the management team of the GEO Blue Planet initiative, as well as project partners in and outside of the initiative. I also managed some technical aspects of our organization such as development and maintenance of our website, writing and delivering monthly newsletters to the wider Initiative community, as well as managed our social media outreach. The other role I played in this organization was to help coordinate, manage, and participate with various projects within the Blue Planet community. I primarily worked on two key projects. Working with the UN Environment Programme, I co-authored a white paper on a global monitoring platform for marine litter and plastics. The second project I worked on was to develop a monitoring and alert system for sargassum and oil spills in the Caribbean. In this project, I worked to develop a website that highlights all on-going sargassum based research in the region. Show less



Natural Resources Research Institute

• United States
• Research Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Research Assistant

  • Jul 2016 - Jan 2019

  As a part of my Masters in Water Resources Science from the University of Minnesota Duluth, I worked as a graduate research assistant under Dr. Chan Lan Chun at the Natural Resources Research Institute in Duluth, MN. My work with Dr. Chun focused on developing a sediment bioreactor to treat sulfate impacted mine waste water. The project incorporated various principles of environmental engineering, microbial ecology, water chemistry, and environmental modeling. In the lab, I regularly sampled water from bench scale sediment bioreactors to analyze the water chemistry change over time including pH, ORP, sulfur chemistry changes, as well as did microbial analysis of the sediment using both PCR, qPCR, DNA extraction and concentration, as well as amplicon sequencing analysis. Show less



University of Minnesota Duluth

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Graduate Teaching Assistant

  • Jan 2018 - May 2018

  Graduate teaching assistant for the Environmental Engineering class in the Civil Engineering Department in the Swenson College of Science and Engineering at the University of Minnesota-Duluth. Responsibilities include preparing the laboratory for in-class experiments, as well as teaching the laboratory section and aiding students with their work. Class meets weekly throughout the Spring 2018 semester. Graduate teaching assistant for the Environmental Engineering class in the Civil Engineering Department in the Swenson College of Science and Engineering at the University of Minnesota-Duluth. Responsibilities include preparing the laboratory for in-class experiments, as well as teaching the laboratory section and aiding students with their work. Class meets weekly throughout the Spring 2018 semester.



Villanova University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant

  • May 2014 - May 2015

  Under Dr. Vito Punzi, I conducted my senior research project exploring different materials to use as adsorbents for waste water treatment. Specifically, I tested the capabilities of a plant based biochar to remove heavy metals and organic chemicals from waste water. In addition, I explored the regeneration capacity of spent adsorbents, such as chitosan and amberlite.Under Dr. Noelle Comolli, I worked on two projects in the Biomaterials Laboratory at Villanova University. One project I worked on, in collaboration with University of Pennsylvania, was to generate micelles to be used in drug delivery, using biodegradable materials. In addition, I worked to develop thin-layered films made from chitosan to be used as a method of drug delivery. Show less

• Head Resident Assistant

  • Aug 2013 - May 2015

  For the 2014-2015 school year, I was promoted to a Head Resident Assistant. In this position, I oversaw two residence halls, two other Resident Assistants, as well as roughly 100 freshmen and sophomore students. in this role, I was in charge of facilitating meetings, building community through various events and meetings that I organized and facilitated both with my staff and my residents, as well as enforcing policy to help make sure my residents lived in a safe and respecting community. In addition, I oversaw the transition of one of the residence halls into the first substance-free housing options for upperclassmen students at Villanova.During the 2013-2014 school year, I worked on a staff of 12 other Resident Assistants and was in charge of roughly 50 students, maintaining a good hall community as well as planning events to build community and foster a safe and healthy living area. Show less

• Teaching Assistant

  • Aug 2013 - May 2015

  As a teaching assistant for the Waste Water Treatment Freshman Engineering mini-project, I was responsible for setting up laboratory equipment, supervising the students during experiments, and preparing standards and solutions for student use. The course was taught by Dr. John Komlos, CEE Department and Dr. Vito Punzi, CHE Department. In addition I was a teaching assistant for the freshman introduction to chemical engineering course and aided with in class experiments, as well as grading.


Glenview Park District
• United States
• Recreational Facilities
• 100 - 200 Employee
• Lifeguard and Swim Instructor

  • Feb 2010 - Aug 2013


NorthShore University HealthSystem

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Intern in the Center for Simulation and Innovation

  • Jun 2011 - Aug 2012

  As an intern in the Center for Simulation and Innovation, I programmed and operated two new manikins for physicians and nurse anesthetists to practice procedures on. I also taught a course at the end of the first summer in how to operate the manikins. In addition, I spent time collaborating with other interns on research papers and developing a shoulder dislocation model. The research was primarily bio-medical engineering based. As an intern in the Center for Simulation and Innovation, I programmed and operated two new manikins for physicians and nurse anesthetists to practice procedures on. I also taught a course at the end of the first summer in how to operate the manikins. In addition, I spent time collaborating with other interns on research papers and developing a shoulder dislocation model. The research was primarily bio-medical engineering based.