Postdoctoral Scholar

• Jul 2021 - Present

Graduate Teaching Fellow

• Mar 2017 - Jun 2021

Coral Reef Ecology in the Anthropocene, Spring Quarter 2021 Marine Botany, Winter Quarter 2021 Introduction to Marine Science Lab, Fall Quarter 2020 Introduction to Marine Science, Summer Session C 2019 Introduction to Marine Science Lab, Spring Quarter 2019 Marine Botany, Winter Quarter 2019 Introduction to Marine Science Lab, Fall Quarter 2018 Introduction to Marine Science, Summer Session C 2018 Introduction to Marine Science Lab, Fall Quarter 2017 Marine Biology… Show more Coral Reef Ecology in the Anthropocene, Spring Quarter 2021 Marine Botany, Winter Quarter 2021 Introduction to Marine Science Lab, Fall Quarter 2020 Introduction to Marine Science, Summer Session C 2019 Introduction to Marine Science Lab, Spring Quarter 2019 Marine Botany, Winter Quarter 2019 Introduction to Marine Science Lab, Fall Quarter 2018 Introduction to Marine Science, Summer Session C 2018 Introduction to Marine Science Lab, Fall Quarter 2017 Marine Biology Quarter, Spring Quarter 2017

PhD Graduate Student

• Sep 2014 - Jun 2021

Graduate Teaching Associate

• Sep 2015 - Jun 2016

Marine Botany, Spring Quarter 2016 Field Marine Biology Quarter, Winter Quarter 2016 Introduction to Marine Science Lecture & Lab, Fall Quarter 2015

Graduate Student

• Aug 2011 - Aug 2014

Masters Thesis - Impacts of Harvesting on Brine Shrimp (Artemia franciscana) in Great Salt Lake, UT I determined the commercial harvesting of brine shrimp (Artemia franciscana) cysts in Great Salt Lake, UT acts as a selective pressure, which has resulted in evolutionary changes in the population over time (Sura and Belovsky 2016).

Environmental Research Center East Teaching Assistant

• May 2011 - Jul 2011

Undergraduate Researcher in Lamberti Lab

• Aug 2009 - May 2011

Under the guidance of a graduate student, I examined the role of introduced Pacific salmon in transporting contaminants into Great Lakes tributaries. Specifically, I evaluated uptake of contaminants by resident fish and the isotopic signatures of invertebrates and biofilms in salmonid and non-salmonid waters. I examined stomach contents and PCB and isotopic enrichment of tissue from resident fish.

Undergraduate Researcher in Belovsky Lab

• Aug 2008 - May 2011

I studied how varying environmental conditions (water temperature, salinity, food concentration, food type) affect the foraging rate of different brine shrimp (Artemia franciscana) life stages from the Great Salt Lake, UT, in collaboration with another undergraduate student.

Student Worker at Waddick's Cafe

• Aug 2007 - May 2011

Environmental Research Center East Student

• May 2009 - Jul 2009

Ten week summer research program with class modules and an independent research project. For my independent research project, I examined the effects of chemical cues from competitors, including an invasive species, and a potential predator on the feeding rate of a freshwater snail, Helisoma trivolvis.

REU Student with Gary Belovsky

• May 2008 - Aug 2008

Graduate Teaching Assistant

• Aug 2011 - May 2014

Biostatistics, Spring Semester 2014 Biology II Lab, Spring Semester 2013 General Ecology Lab, Fall Semester 2012 Biology II Lab, Spring Semester 2012 General Ecology Lab, Fall Semester 2011 Biostatistics, Spring Semester 2014 Biology II Lab, Spring Semester 2013 General Ecology Lab, Fall Semester 2012 Biology II Lab, Spring Semester 2012 General Ecology Lab, Fall Semester 2011

NSF REU Student

• Jun 2010 - Aug 2010

I examined beach and water quality characteristics of horseshoe crab spawning sites in the Delaware Inland Bays. I examined beach and water quality characteristics of horseshoe crab spawning sites in the Delaware Inland Bays.

Student

• Dec 2009 - Jan 2010

I took the Coral Reef Ecology field course which involved course work and a two week trip to South Water Caye, Belize to conduct group research projects. Another undergraduate student and I studied the effects of artificial light illumination on ostracod density in nearshore seagrass beds. We presented a poster on our research at the 2010 Benthic Ecology Meeting in Wilmington, North Carolina. I took the Coral Reef Ecology field course which involved course work and a two week trip to South Water Caye, Belize to conduct group research projects. Another undergraduate student and I studied the effects of artificial light illumination on ostracod density in nearshore seagrass beds. We presented a poster on our research at the 2010 Benthic Ecology Meeting in Wilmington, North Carolina.