Experience

Heal the Bay

• United States
• Environmental Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Science, Policy & Outreach Director

  • Sep 2018 - Present

  Responsible for setting strategic goals and visioning for the Science, Policy & Outreach Department and Heal the Bay. Provides leadership to the Department, develops and manages Heal the Bay’s Science & Policy programs and staff; ensures coverage of appropriate issues, advises on organizational positions, and oversees direction of Department. Creates and maintains relationships with government agencies, local and statewide decision-makers, advocacy groups, scientific researchers, and other environmental stakeholders. Tracks marine, coastal, watershed, and water quality issues at a high level to ensure coverage of appropriate issues with reliance on staff to assist. Tracks local, state, and federal policies related to Heal the Bay work along with staff scientists; sponsors state legislation. Manages Department budget; tracks grants and grant spending with Operations Director and Finance staff; identifies and applies for funding. Show less

• Watershed Scientist

  • Mar 2012 - Sep 2018

  Responsible for water quality and biological health assessments in Los Angeles Regional Watersheds including design and planning of projects, collection and evaluation of field and laboratory data, and presentation of results through written reports, conference presentations, and community meetings. Managed a successful community science program, Stream Team; trained, organized, and led volunteers to collect water quality and biological data in the Malibu Creek and LA River Watersheds. Represented Heal the Bay in watershed-related stakeholder groups; reviewed policy, planning, and permitting documents, wrote comment letters and gave public testimony at meetings and hearings. Show less



UCLA

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Lecturer

  • Sep 2011 - Dec 2011

  Instructor for EE BIOL 17, Evolution for Everyone, a General Education course for non-science majors. Taught course focused on Darwinian natural selection and relevance of evolution to everyday life. Supervised two teaching assistants. Instructor for EE BIOL 17, Evolution for Everyone, a General Education course for non-science majors. Taught course focused on Darwinian natural selection and relevance of evolution to everyday life. Supervised two teaching assistants.



UCLA

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Teaching Fellow and Assistant

  • Sep 2005 - Jul 2011

  Teaching Assistant for Life Sciences 1, Introduction to Ecology and Behavior, and Conservation Biology.Teaching Fellow for The Global Environment, a year-long multidisciplinary General Education course.Designed and taught a seminar, spring 2010: "Los Angeles Invaded: The Impacts and Management of Non-Native Species"; students read primary scientific literature, learned field and lab techniques, wrote laboratory reports, and performed research project, resulting in a paper or poster.

• Graduate Teaching Fellow K-12

  • Jun 2008 - Jun 2009

  Served as a scientist in the classroom, paired with two 7th grade life sciences teachers from LAUSD.Developed and implemented inquiry-based lesson plans. Funded through National Science Foundation, Graduate Fellows in K-12 Education Program.



Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Technologist

  • Jun 2002 - Jun 2004

  Examined transcriptional profiles of mice to treatment with alkylating agents to understand DNA repair mechanisms; genotyped mice, isolated RNA, ran microarray gene chips, performed real time PCR. Examined transcriptional profiles of mice to treatment with alkylating agents to understand DNA repair mechanisms; genotyped mice, isolated RNA, ran microarray gene chips, performed real time PCR.



U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Intern

  • Aug 2001 - Dec 2001

  Worked as an entomology intern on the Palila Restoration Project, a research and conservation project for an endangered Hawaiian bird. Worked as an entomology intern on the Palila Restoration Project, a research and conservation project for an endangered Hawaiian bird.



Northwestern University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Technician

  • Jan 2000 - Jul 2001

  Performed lab duties in a breast cancer research lab, including techniques of RNA isolation, Northern blots, DNA probe preparation, PCR, tissue culture, gene expression arrays, and glass slide arrays. Performed lab duties in a breast cancer research lab, including techniques of RNA isolation, Northern blots, DNA probe preparation, PCR, tissue culture, gene expression arrays, and glass slide arrays.



Marine Biological Laboratory

• United States
• Research Services
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Intern

  • Jun 1998 - Sep 1998

  Designed independent project on river nutrient dynamics; collected water samples, analyzed water chemistry, measured stream discharge, constructed nutrient & water budgets, developed a model of nitrogen uptake. Designed independent project on river nutrient dynamics; collected water samples, analyzed water chemistry, measured stream discharge, constructed nutrient & water budgets, developed a model of nitrogen uptake.