Experience

Harvard University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Postdoctoral Fellow and Lab Manager

  • Oct 2022 - Present

  I am studying how forest degradation across New England affects relationships between trees and the soil microbiome. I hope to find microbial community compositions that are beneficial for tree health and apply this into a restoration context in the future. I am studying how forest degradation across New England affects relationships between trees and the soil microbiome. I hope to find microbial community compositions that are beneficial for tree health and apply this into a restoration context in the future.



University of Missouri-Saint Louis

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Doctoral Candidate

  • Sep 2017 - Jul 2022

  I studied how active and passive restoration affect the recovery of dead wood carbon pools and insect communities in Southern Costa Rica. I found that plantations accelerate dead wood carbon recovery significantly. I led and trained field teams across 35 study sites spread across 533km2. Obtained over $250,00 in grant funding as a PhD candidate. I studied how active and passive restoration affect the recovery of dead wood carbon pools and insect communities in Southern Costa Rica. I found that plantations accelerate dead wood carbon recovery significantly. I led and trained field teams across 35 study sites spread across 533km2. Obtained over $250,00 in grant funding as a PhD candidate.



Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

• Panama
• Research Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Environmental Scientist - Agua Salud Project

  • Oct 2016 - Jun 2017

  I researched the suitability of disturbed and undisturbed habitats for plants of the Araceae family, led field teams to carry out fieldwork, and published conservation recommendations for this family of plants in a peer-reviewed international journal. I researched the suitability of disturbed and undisturbed habitats for plants of the Araceae family, led field teams to carry out fieldwork, and published conservation recommendations for this family of plants in a peer-reviewed international journal.



Missouri Botanical Garden

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Restoration Ecologist

  • Mar 2015 - May 2016

  I developed an innovative and cost-effective strategy to restore plants from the Bromeliaceae family in restoration plantations in Southern Costa Rica, obtaining over 70% plant survival. I analyzed ecological data using linear and non-linear mixed effects modelling, and parametric tests. I published the results in a peer-reviewed international journal. I developed an innovative and cost-effective strategy to restore plants from the Bromeliaceae family in restoration plantations in Southern Costa Rica, obtaining over 70% plant survival. I analyzed ecological data using linear and non-linear mixed effects modelling, and parametric tests. I published the results in a peer-reviewed international journal.



Nantes Université

• France
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Intern in biodiversity monitoring using GIS

  • Jan 2014 - Feb 2014

  I monitored and mapped the marine biodiversity of Ker Chalon’s Atlantic coast in France with teams of up to ten people. I monitored and mapped the marine biodiversity of Ker Chalon’s Atlantic coast in France with teams of up to ten people.