Experience

Adirondack Watershed Institute
• United States
• Environmental Services
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Research Associate

  • Mar 2020 - Present


University of Michigan

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Research Technician

  • Jun 2015 - Present

  • Synthesized multiyear water chemistry data sets • Oversaw proper packaging and disposal of hazardous waste • Maintained data and instrumentation records for lab • Performed routine maintenance on analytical instrumentation (Membrane Inlet Mass spectrometer, Infrared Dissolved Inorganic Carbon analyzer, C-OPS (Compact Optical Profiling System), fluorescence / UV-Vis spectrophotometer, DO/ pH/ conductivity probes) With summer field seasons at Toolik Field Station North Slope Borough, AK • Planned for summer field season at remote Arctic field station, including ordering supplies, shipping equipment, coordinating fieldwork and hiring summer technicians • Obtained and renewed permits as needed for performing fieldwork in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and Prudhoe Bay Oil Fields • Collected and analyzed water and permafrost samples from sites across the North Slope, AK (focusing on organic carbon content and quality using fluorescence spectroscopy) • Performed ‘emergency’ repairs on analytical instrumentation in the field • Oversaw documentation and shipping of water and soil samples from the field With field sampling on Lake Erie through NOAA-GLREL (Great Lakes Environmental Research Center) • Collected samples and water quality data on two Lake Erie research cruises as part of a multidisciplinary Harmful Algal Bloom project • Currently developing* a method to track biological breakdown of hydrogen peroxide using 18-O labeled H2O2 Show less



University of Connecticut

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Science Research Specialist

  • Jun 2012 - Sep 2013

  • Built front-end and maintained lRMS (Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometer) and chemiluminescent NOx gas analyzer • Analyzed seawater samples for nitrate, nitrite and ammonium concentrations and natural abundance nitrogen and oxygen isotopic ratios • Maintained cultures of denitrifying bacteria for use in N-isotope analysis • Built front-end and maintained lRMS (Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometer) and chemiluminescent NOx gas analyzer • Analyzed seawater samples for nitrate, nitrite and ammonium concentrations and natural abundance nitrogen and oxygen isotopic ratios • Maintained cultures of denitrifying bacteria for use in N-isotope analysis