Experience

CEIF (Center for Environmental Sustainability through Insect Farming)
• United States
• Research
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Researcher

  • Jun 2022 - Present


Texas A&M University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Aggie Research Scholar - DeBakey + STEM Leadership Programs

  • Jan 2022 - Present

  Mentored a diverse, interdisciplinary group of undergraduate researchers. Each is studying a different aspect of the biology of the black soldier fly. Mentored a diverse, interdisciplinary group of undergraduate researchers. Each is studying a different aspect of the biology of the black soldier fly.


National Science Foundation (NSF)
• United States
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee
• Graduate Research Fellow

  • Jul 2021 - Present

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
• Panama
• Research Services
• 100 - 200 Employee
• Visiting Researcher

  • Aug 2022 - Mar 2023


University of Illinois at Chicago

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Graduate Teaching Assistant

  • Aug 2019 - Aug 2021

  Experienced teaching students of diverse ethnic, economic, educational, and intellectual backgrounds (UIC is a MSI + HSI institution).

• Graduate Student Researcher

  • Aug 2019 - Aug 2021

  * Developed a spatial model to explain the occurrence of increased cannibalism within juvenile wolf spiders and inform IPM practices (i.e., arrangement of plots/refuges on farms).* Won the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship* Mentored another student who won the NSF GRFP, as well as other grants.* Set department record for time to completion.

• James Woodworth Prairie Field Manager

  • Apr 2018 - Aug 2019

  -Trained co-workers to identify prairie plants and animals. -Our team discovered an endangered species new to the prairie.-Gave educational walking tours to public visitors and biology students.-Won an award for educational outreach from Glenview Township.-Digitized field logs for future scientific and naturalist use.-Removed woody vegetation (buckthorn) and other invasive plants (garlic mustard) from the site.

• Undergraduate Researcher

  • May 2017 - Dec 2018

  * Documented the carrion-associated arthropods in a remnant prairie* Secured grant funding* Presented research at a poster fair* Mentored other students, who later secured grant funding of their own



Jeff Lemke Trains, Inc.

• Analytics Specialist

  • Feb 2019 - Aug 2019

  * Developed an Inventory Management System (combination of on-site, and cloud-database) for an international hobby business. * Responsible for maintaining sensitive corporate information. * Performed quantitative analyses to explain customer trends, generating bi-weekly data reports. * Proposed business strategies that divested the company of substantial debt/risk obligations * Developed an Inventory Management System (combination of on-site, and cloud-database) for an international hobby business. * Responsible for maintaining sensitive corporate information. * Performed quantitative analyses to explain customer trends, generating bi-weekly data reports. * Proposed business strategies that divested the company of substantial debt/risk obligations