Experience

ACC Environmental Consultants

• United States
• Environmental Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Field Technician

  • Sep 2015 - Present

  Environmental surveys, air testing and reporting for mainly asbestos, lead, mold and PCBs. Environmental surveys, air testing and reporting for mainly asbestos, lead, mold and PCBs.



Micro Air, Inc.

• Environmental Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Bulk Asbestos Identification Technician

  • Oct 2014 - Aug 2015

  Testing for Radon (Activated Charcoal Canisters) and Asbestos (bulk and air samples). Testing for Radon (Activated Charcoal Canisters) and Asbestos (bulk and air samples).



Indiana Urban Forestry Council (IUFC)

• Marketing and Outreach Intern

  • Jul 2014 - Sep 2014

  o Bookkeeping and office administration using QuickBooks and Constant Contacts. o Online communications, research and networking with other non-for-profit companies.o Fundraising and event coordination for summer and fall conferences.o Website updates and media correspondence. o Bookkeeping and office administration using QuickBooks and Constant Contacts. o Online communications, research and networking with other non-for-profit companies.o Fundraising and event coordination for summer and fall conferences.o Website updates and media correspondence.



IUPUI

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Department Thin Section Technician and Sample Organizer

  • Dec 2013 - May 2014

  o Manage and maintain department’s Petrology laboratory instrumentation including table rock saw, PetroThin, glass polishing plates, and PLM microscope. o Provide general laboratory and research support to students and faculty, including user training, instrument troubleshooting and maintenance.o Prepare thin sections of a variety of rock types according to deadlineso Categorizing, identifying, and labeling hand mineral and rock samples for introductory-level and upper-level courses.o Maintain Department’s educational equipment and collections including microscopes, field gear, rocks, minerals and fossils, and teaching aid kits.

• Student

  • Aug 2010 - May 2014

  In addition to studying, I took on two separate research assignments as well as a laboratory job during my undergraduate. My published abstracts are listed below. Gehrman, R.C., Barth, A.P., Riggs, N.R., Walker, J.D. “Open system magma reservoir fractionation model for Jurassic explosive volcanism in the Sierra Nevada, California” 2013 GSA annual conference. Denver, CO.Gehrman, R.C., Bird, B.W., Abbott, M.B., Stansell, N.D., Rodbell, D.T., Steinman, B.A. “Holocene-scale trends in Andean South American summer monsoon variability inferred from a coupled lake system in the central Peruvian Andes” 2013 regional GSA conference. Kalamazoo, MI.Gehrman, R.C., Barth, A.P., Riggs, N.R., Walker, J.D. “Insights into magma reservoir processes from early Mesozoic explosive volcanism in California” 2012 annual GSA conference. Charlotte, NC.

• Petrology lab technician

  • Aug 2011 - Dec 2013

  o Prepare 24 thin sections of rhyodacitic volcanic tuff and granodiorite samples. Identify, characterize, and record the mineralogy and textures observed. o Analyze whole rock and trace element geochemistry. o Created a model for fractional-crystallization in a solidifying magmatic chamber.o Presented undergraduate research for 2 GSA annual conferences.

• Isotope Geochemistry Laboratory Assistant

  • Aug 2012 - Dec 2012

  o Precisely sampling lake sediment cores, digesting and acidifying sediments.o Accurately weigh carbon powders and preparing samples for isotope geochemistry.o Maintain a clean and organized laboratory.