Experience

Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority

• United States
• Utilities
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Water Quality Data Manager

  • Nov 2017 - Present

• Acting Laboratory and Compliance Manager

  • Mar 2017 - Nov 2017



Pittsburgh Water And Sewer Authority / Apex Life Sciences

• Water Quality Data Manager

  • Aug 2016 - Mar 2017



Carnegie Museum of Natural History

• Powdermill Nature Reserve

• Staff Scientist/Graduate Researcher

  • Jun 2012 - Apr 2016

  Coordinated multiple crews of up to 12 people to set up and monitor large-scale field experiments testing the impacts of salvage logging on forest biodiversity. Answered questions from the public about natural history, ecology, and conservation biology. Coordinated multiple crews of up to 12 people to set up and monitor large-scale field experiments testing the impacts of salvage logging on forest biodiversity. Answered questions from the public about natural history, ecology, and conservation biology.



University of Pittsburgh

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Graduate Research Assistant

  • 2011 - Apr 2016

  Managed ecological projects studying (1) the role of various disturbance regimes on forest succession in West Virginia; (2) the indirect effects of wolves on seed predators in Michigan; (3) the indirect effects of deer and turkeys on forest regeneration and arthropod diversity in northwestern Pennsylvania; and (4) the effects of mammalian herbivores on ant diversity in Costa Rica.Responsibilities included: obtaining research funding, budget oversight, permit preparation, field crew supervision, field data collection, data analysis, and scientific journal article preparation.Mentored more than a dozen undergraduate researchers on various independent projects, some of which have been published or are in preparation to submit. Show less

• Teaching Fellow

  • 2012 - 2015

  Nominated for the Stanton Crawford Teaching Award.Integrated relevant personal research into the curricula of introductory biology, general ecology, forestry, and microbiology.



Penn State University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Teaching Assistant

  • Sep 2009 - May 2010

  Taught Population and Community Biology and Introductory Molecular BiologyOversaw a weekly two-hour laboratory section with 23 students and wrote and graded weekly quizzes and assignments

• Field Assistant

  • May 2009 - Aug 2009

  Monitored and tracked the eastern bluebird population on the Penn State campus. Performed daily nest box checks on 59 boxes and compiled habitat data using ArcGIS and Minitab.