Experience

Pilgrim Education Investment Co. Ltd
• Hong Kong
• Education Administration Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Editor and Writing Coach

  • Dec 2019 - Present


VIPKid

• United States
• E-Learning Providers
• 700 & Above Employee

• English Second Language Teacher

  • Nov 2019 - Jul 2020

  ● Teaching one-on-one customized English lessons for school-aged children in China. ● Provided personalized written feedback for each lesson, focusing on the student’s strengths, weaknesses, and areas for improvement. ● Teaching one-on-one customized English lessons for school-aged children in China. ● Provided personalized written feedback for each lesson, focusing on the student’s strengths, weaknesses, and areas for improvement.



Powdermill Avian Research Center

• Banding Technician

  • Aug 2014 - Nov 2014

  •Assisted in bird migration and refueling performance research for Carnegie Museum of Natural History’s environmental education center in Rector, PA. •Helped efficiently operate a high-volume banding station that handled up to 300+ birds a day; banded passerines with emphasis on ageing by molt limits. •Collected blood samples from small passerines (under 5 mins) for a metabolite research on the effects of environmental conditions, competition, and net capture times on triglyceride levels in true migrants. •Assisted in other projects such as bioacoustics recording of focal species for flight readiness, photographing MAWA’s for PARC’s ageing and sexing guide. Show less



University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Crew Leader

  • Apr 2014 - Jul 2014

  •Co-lead a field crew in Aiken, SC for a comparative research on temperate-zone and tropical birds’ metabolic responses to temperature across latitudes. •Trained crew members in mist-netting, banding, collecting blood samples, and conducting thermal neutral zone and heat stress experiments using an open-flow respirometry system. •Independently ran 8 – 10 hour experiments determining focal species’ upper and lower critical temperatures and physiological response to heat stress. •Co-lead a field crew in Aiken, SC for a comparative research on temperate-zone and tropical birds’ metabolic responses to temperature across latitudes. •Trained crew members in mist-netting, banding, collecting blood samples, and conducting thermal neutral zone and heat stress experiments using an open-flow respirometry system. •Independently ran 8 – 10 hour experiments determining focal species’ upper and lower critical temperatures and physiological response to heat stress.



University of Massachusetts Amherst

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Field Technician

  • Jan 2014 - Feb 2014

  •Constant effort and target netting for a PhD research on carry-over effects in prairie warblers and effect of habitat quality on overwintering and resident birds on San Salvador Island, the Bahamas. •Banding passerines: Ageing by molt; taking morphological measurements, feather, claw, and blood samples of resident and migrant species. •Territory mapping and re-sighting color banded prairie warblers. •Constant effort and target netting for a PhD research on carry-over effects in prairie warblers and effect of habitat quality on overwintering and resident birds on San Salvador Island, the Bahamas. •Banding passerines: Ageing by molt; taking morphological measurements, feather, claw, and blood samples of resident and migrant species. •Territory mapping and re-sighting color banded prairie warblers.



Rock Point Bird Banding Station

• Bird Bander

  • Aug 2013 - Oct 2013

  •Banded for a station in Southern Ontario as part of the Canadian Migration Monitoring Network. Banded 1,221 birds and 68 species. •Helped supervise local volunteers in extractions and accurate sexing and ageing. •Part of a three-person team running the northern saw-whet owl project 6 nights a week. •Banded for a station in Southern Ontario as part of the Canadian Migration Monitoring Network. Banded 1,221 birds and 68 species. •Helped supervise local volunteers in extractions and accurate sexing and ageing. •Part of a three-person team running the northern saw-whet owl project 6 nights a week.



University of Chicago

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Field Assistant

  • May 2013 - Jul 2013

  •Assisted a new PhD research on the polyandry behavior of spotted sandpipers on Beaver Island, MI. We identified breeding territories on a 10-mile coast and tested systematic methods in mist-netting, nest-searching, and nest-trapping. • Assistance with processing birds and blood-sampling. Re-sighting color bands, behavioral observations, habitat sampling, territory mapping, and determining nesting/fledgling success. • Due to unexpected difficulties, worked 12+ hour days for 6-7 days a week to accomplish research goals. Show less



Beijing Normal University

• China
• Higher Education
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Volunteer Research Assistant

  • Feb 2013 - Apr 2013

  •Independent nest searching and monitoring for a post-doctoral study on cooperative breeding behavior and factors influencing nesting success of long-tailed and black-throated tits. •Assistance with target mist-netting, banding, blood-sampling, and determining reproductive breeding status. •Nest-filming, video analysis, documenting parental care behavior of banded pairs. •Communicated and worked harmoniously with Chinese field crew without direct supervision. •Independent nest searching and monitoring for a post-doctoral study on cooperative breeding behavior and factors influencing nesting success of long-tailed and black-throated tits. •Assistance with target mist-netting, banding, blood-sampling, and determining reproductive breeding status. •Nest-filming, video analysis, documenting parental care behavior of banded pairs. •Communicated and worked harmoniously with Chinese field crew without direct supervision.



Cape Wildlife Center

• United States

• Preceptern

  • Jan 2011 - Feb 2011

  • One-on-one clinical assistance of lead veterinarian: physical exam, administering treatments, wildlife digital radiography, necropsy, and tissue sampling. • Pre-release conditioning of wildlife patients and raised young. • In charge of maintaining medical records and compiling the monthly patient reports • After internship completion, built a website for networking among Latin American vets. • Handling experience with passerines, waterfowl, small mammals, and reptiles. • Compiled fact sheet on Pythiosis, published in the 2013 Edition of Infectious Disease Manual: Infectious Diseases of Concern to Captive and Free Ranging Animals in North America Show less



Wolf Park

• United States
• Environmental Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Intern

  • Jan 2010 - Feb 2010

  - Participated in the Breeding Season Watch: 3 to 6 hour stints documenting the pack's aggression, mating, and communication behavior. Worked with an established ethogram and contributed to 38 years of research data. - Part of a two-person team in charge of daily animal husbandry duties, (including administering meatball medication, preparation of roadkill deer, and feeding 15 resident wolves.) - Participated in the Breeding Season Watch: 3 to 6 hour stints documenting the pack's aggression, mating, and communication behavior. Worked with an established ethogram and contributed to 38 years of research data. - Part of a two-person team in charge of daily animal husbandry duties, (including administering meatball medication, preparation of roadkill deer, and feeding 15 resident wolves.)