Experience

Sea-Bird Scientific
• United States
• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Technical Customer Support

  • Feb 2022 - Present


College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences - Oregon State University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Graduate Teaching Assistant

  • Dec 2020 - Mar 2022

  Graduate Teaching Assistant for OC 332 Coastal Oceanography: grading and helping undergraduates understand coastal oceanography's basic concepts. Course Instructor: Dr. Kipp Shearman

• AUV Lab Assistant

  • Jul 2018 - Dec 2020

  Prepared Slocum Gliders (compass calibration, ballasting, and assembly) for deployment and piloted the glider in the field. Assisted with glider recovery and post-deployment maintenance. Helped with staging other oceanographic instruments (Vertical Micro Profilers, Davis Drifters, and ADCPs) for research cruises.

• Research Assistant

  • May 2019 - Jun 2019

  Fieldwork in the Gulf of Mexico. Project: Smart, and Autonomous System (S&AS). PI(s): Drs. Kipp Shearman, Geoff Hollinger, Julie Adams, & Jonathan Nash. Role: In charge of Davis Drifter operations. Assisted with Glider and vertical microstructure profiling operations. I analyzed data from GPS-tracker and the RDI Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler.



Ocean Observatories Initiative

• United States
• Research Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Graduate Student Researcher

  • Jun 2020 - Jul 2020

  PI(s): Drs. Ed Dever and Jonathan Fram Role: On the two-week research cruise off the Oregon and Washington coast, I assisted with deployment/recovery/clean-up of moorings and Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs). I also assisted with piloting the AUVs. PI(s): Drs. Ed Dever and Jonathan Fram Role: On the two-week research cruise off the Oregon and Washington coast, I assisted with deployment/recovery/clean-up of moorings and Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs). I also assisted with piloting the AUVs.

• Undergraduate Research Assistant

  • Sep 2017 - Oct 2017

  Project: Coupled Air-Sea Processes & EM Ducting Research (CASPER) West PI(s): Drs. Kipp Shearman and Qing Wang. Role: Pilot G-1 and G-2 Slocum Gliders, analyzed ADCP data, operate RBR thermistors and CTDs, and assisted with atmospheric profiling. Project: Coupled Air-Sea Processes & EM Ducting Research (CASPER) West PI(s): Drs. Kipp Shearman and Qing Wang. Role: Pilot G-1 and G-2 Slocum Gliders, analyzed ADCP data, operate RBR thermistors and CTDs, and assisted with atmospheric profiling.



Western Washington University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Intern

  • Oct 2016 - Jun 2017

  Learned to operate, maintain, and retrieve data from the ADCP. I wrote an operational manual for the ADCP for my department. Working with Nortek company made me understand the role of business and its influence on oceanography. Learned to operate, maintain, and retrieve data from the ADCP. I wrote an operational manual for the ADCP for my department. Working with Nortek company made me understand the role of business and its influence on oceanography.



Taylor Shellfish

• United States
• Restaurants
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Algae Technician

  • Jun 2014 - Sep 2014

  Cultured, inoculated, prepared, and transferred algae in a controlled laboratory and greenhouse setting for a commercial oyster hatchery. Observed oyster hatchery breeding operations. Created an information bulletin board to inform the general public about commercial shellfish operations. Cultured, inoculated, prepared, and transferred algae in a controlled laboratory and greenhouse setting for a commercial oyster hatchery. Observed oyster hatchery breeding operations. Created an information bulletin board to inform the general public about commercial shellfish operations.