Discovery and Stewardship Ambassador

• Mar 2020 - Present

• Completes 25-40 member interviews per month (phone, video, in-person) with the goal of discovering their interests and passions relating to science and Sigma Xi, following a protocol for engaging each contacted member in a discussion about their career and experience with the Society. • Seeks to understand each member’s current interests in various areas, projects, and initiatives, gauging their interest in becoming more involved with Sigma Xi as a volunteer and assessing their philanthropic inclination towards making a gift to the Society. • Makes recommendations about prospect flow – ensuring that interviewed members are subsequently engaged by appropriate frontlines staff on the Development and/or Membership teams. • Refers major/planned gift leads prospects to Major Gifts Officer and Executive Director for follow-up and cultivation. • Prioritizes existing pool of interview candidates with the Major Gift Officer to align outreach with ongoing cultivation efforts for current individual and institutional donors. • Coordinates appointments with members to ensure regular schedule of interviews to meet monthly goals. • Enters contact reports following interviews, ensuring quality and accuracy. Updates information in Members Only system. • Tracks and manages expenses associated with Discovery engagement activities. • Communicates with members and staff by phone, mail, and email as appropriate relating to gifts made to Sigma Xi from individuals. • Collaborates across departments to help manage and streamline the Society’s gift acknowledgement plan. • Coordinates the Sigma Xi donor “rapid response” system, to ensure segments of annual contributors receive personal, timely thank you calls from fundraising staff. • Supports coordination of development events, including special stewardship opportunities for the Sigma Xi President’s Circle • Assembles distribution lists for fundraising appeals (print and digital) from Members Only, in coordination with Finance Team.

Student Trainee

• Mar 2021 - Feb 2022

• Contribute to projects and tasks within the Radiation and Nuclear Countermeasures Program. • Contribute to projects and tasks within the Radiation and Nuclear Countermeasures Program.

International Development Ambassador

• May 2020 - Jul 2020

BPP empowers children and youth in Latin America through free supplementary schooling that instills creativity, enhances confidence, facilitates international communication, and develops critical thinking skills. • Successfully helped BPP raise over $20,000 for students in Nicaragua during this fundraising period. BPP empowers children and youth in Latin America through free supplementary schooling that instills creativity, enhances confidence, facilitates international communication, and develops critical thinking skills. • Successfully helped BPP raise over $20,000 for students in Nicaragua during this fundraising period.

Research Assistant

• Oct 2018 - Mar 2020

Part of a neuroscience lab that studies traumatic brain injuries in mice/rats to further research on concussions for the department of defense. • Techniques such as BLAST and chimera are used to injure mice • Perfusion is usually used to sacrifice the animals • Use a Microtome to slice mice/rat brains which are then protected in cryoprotectant until washed, then mounted on glass slides • Perform different stains such as silver stain, cresyl violet, hematoxylin and eosin staining on slides to look for differences in injured mice versus non injured mice • Perform RNA extractions with conversion to cDNA to study mice/rat histology

Researcher

• Jun 2018 - Aug 2018

The goal of this research is to target oxidases within barnacle glue and determine how they affect the mechanical integrity of the barnacle adhesion/glue strength. • Synthesis of a double network gel (polyacrylamide/alginate) as the surface of barnacle growth. Then using a peel test to determine the strength of the barnacle adhesion. • Research barnacle literature and synthesize findings in a report for lab researchers. • Utilize research reports to advance lab experiments of different enzymes to target cofactors important to native enzymes in the barnacle glue. • Prepare and orally present findings of enzyme activity results to research group.

Study Abroad Ambassador

• Aug 2017 - May 2018

• Helping to connect students interested in studying abroad with alumni and other students who had already studied abroad. • Held information tables for general interest. • Determined what supplies and activities were needed to help gain interest.• Ran the activities monthly.

Information Technology Consultant

• Sep 2016 - May 2018

• Search databases to help clients, detect and remove viruses/malware, installation of Clark approved software and antivirus software, data recovery techniques, trained in efficient identification and communication of computer problems.

Gene Delivery Researcher

• Aug 2017 - Jan 2018

The goal of this project was to synthesize a vehicle that can be used to successfully deliver and express DNA into a living cell.• Synthesis of Polyethylene glycol functionalization of propargyl functionalized Poly(2-ethyl-oxazoline) via Azide-alkyne Click Reaction.• Adding fluorescent tags to both the PEI and DNA.• Running the polymer and DNA through agarose gel to make sure it has complexed.• Injecting the polymer vehicle into a living cell to test for effectiveness.

Captain

• Aug 2017 - Feb 2018

Tissue Engineering Researcher

• Aug 2015 - Jan 2016

The goal of this project was to identify the materials needed to make the most cost-efficient ultrasensitive, ion-selective electrode. • Determined the best materials and amount of materials needed for the synthesis of the copolymer made from methyl methacrylate and lauryl methacrylate. • The initial phase of this work focused on the synthesis of the copolymer that is the building block of the hydrogel. Polyethyleneimine (PEI) and poly-N-isopropylacrylamide (PNIPAM) will be used to construct a series of graft copolymers.