Experience

Presidio Trust

• United States
• Government Administration
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Wildlife Ecologist

  • Sep 2023 - Present

  San Francisco, California, United States



University of California, Berkeley

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Postdoctoral Scholar

  • Sep 2022 - Sep 2023

  Berkeley, California, United States Postdoctoral scholar advised by Justin Brashares and Chris Schell studying the influence of human disturbance on wildlife



Environmental Science, Policy, and Management at UC Berkeley

• Graduate Student

  • 2016 - Aug 2022

  Berkeley, CA For my dissertation I used multi-disciplinary approaches to study the ecological outcomes of cannabis legalization



Michigan State University Mara Hyena Project

• Lab Tech

  • Mar 2015 - May 2015

  Lansing, Michigan Area



Golden Gate Raptor Observatory

• Research Intern

  • Jul 2014 - Jan 2015



Michigan State University Mara Hyena Project

• Research Assistant

  • Jul 2013 - Jun 2014

  Maasai Mara, Kenya As a research assistant with Kay Holekamp's Mara Hyena Project in Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya, I managed camp vehicles, equipment, and a staff of 6 or more employees, collected demographic and behavioral data on spotted hyenas (Crocuta crocuta), monitored local carnivore and prey species using transects, assisted in hyena immobilizations, radio tracked hyenas, processed fecal and blood samples, and presented hyena lectures to local tourists, students, and other community groups.



Cipher Magazine

• Editor

  • 2010 - 2013

  Colorado Springs, Colorado Area Wrote, edited stories, managed writers, took photos, drew illustrations, and laid out pages for the student-run creative nonfiction news magazine published monthly at Colorado College.



The Catalyst Newspaper

• United States
• Newspaper Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• News Editor

  • 2010 - 2010

  Colorado Springs, Colorado Area Wrote, edited stories, managed writers, assigned stories, kept a news beat with student representatives, student clubs, and staff members at Colorado College.