Experience

EDI Environmental Dynamics Inc

• Canada
• Environmental Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Vegetation Ecologist

  • Feb 2021 - Present



SALMTEC - Science and Land Management Training and Education Centre Inc.

• Canada
• Education Administration Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Project Coordinator

  • Dec 2020 - Present



Integrated Sustainability

• Environmental and Regulatory Advisor

  • Apr 2018 - Feb 2021



Ecofor Consulting Ltd.

• Canada
• Environmental Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Biologist

  • Feb 2017 - Apr 2018



Kicking Horse Environmental Consulting Ltd.

• Vegetation Ecologist

  • Apr 2016 - Jan 2017



Applied Aquatics

• United States
• Environmental Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Vegetation Ecologist/Environmental Planner

  • Jan 2014 - Apr 2016



Tambopata Macaw Project

• Peru
• Research Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Volunteer Research Assistant

  • Aug 2013 - Nov 2013

  • Volunteered position with a team collecting data on macaws and parrots including census point counts, foraging assessment; and regularly presented detailed research information to ecotourists. • Volunteered position with a team collecting data on macaws and parrots including census point counts, foraging assessment; and regularly presented detailed research information to ecotourists.



University of Saskatchewan

• Canada
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Technician

  • Apr 2013 - Jun 2013

  • Conducted statistical analyses, and wrote publication ready manuscripts.Letts, B, Lamb, E.G., Mischkolz, J.M., and Romo, J.T. in press. Litter accumulation drives plant community composition via leaf traits.

• Graduate Student

  • May 2010 - Apr 2013

  • Managed projects, organized data collection, and independently supervised research assistants for the completion of research in both small field plot and large-scale greenhouse experiments.• Performed advanced statistical analyses (including classical tests, mixed general linear models, and structural equation modeling).• Successfully wrote and published results, and defended thesis dissertation, as well as presented results in national and international conferences.Mischkolz, J. 2013. Selecting and evaluating native forage mixtures for the mixed grass prairie. University of Saskatchewan, Canada. Master’s thesis. Pp 122.Mischkolz, J., Schellenberg, M. P. and Lamb, E. G. 2015. Assembling productive communities of native grass and legume species: finding the right mix. Applied Vegetation Sci.19: 111-121.Mischkolz, J., Schellenberg, M. P. and Lamb, E. G. 2013. Early productivity and crude protein content of establishing forage swards composed of combinations of native grass and legume species in mixed-grassland ecoregions. Can. J. Plant Sci, 93: 445-454.Mischkolz, J., Schellenberg, M. P. and Lamb, E. G. in prep. Limited effects of a moderate drought on complex mixtures of native grass and legume species.

• Head Teaching Assistant and General Teaching Assistant

  • Jan 2009 - Apr 2013

  • As Head TA, presented the laboratory demonstration material and supervised teaching assistants. Courses: Botany, Ecology and Ecosystems.• Assisted students with laboratory material during weekly laboratory period. Courses: Introduction Biology, Botany, Ecology and Ecosystems, Plant Physiology

• Research Assistant

  • May 2009 - Sep 2010

  I performed this research as part of my undergraduate thesis project• Conducted a literature review, and planned some logistical aspects of the field work.• Extensively surveyed endemic plant species using GPS navigation as part of a field team.• Designed and performed follow-up greenhouse experiment and published results.Guy, A., Mischkolz, J., and Lamb, E. G. 2013. Limited effects of simulated acidic deposition on seedling survivorship and root morphology of endemic plant taxa of the Athabasca Sand Dunes in well watered greenhouse trials. Botany, 91: 176-181

• Research Assistant

  • May 2009 - Sep 2009

  • Assisted in field work on fire interval return of the northern black spruce forests for Dr. Carissa Brown's Ph.D. research.• Assisted in field work on assessing the status of a rare plant species, Hairy Prairie Clover, in sand dunes for Christian Catellier's M.Sc. research.