Experience

Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens

• United States
• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Plant Ecologist

  • Jun 2019 - Present



Duquesne University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Adjunct Assistant Professor/Scholar-in-Residence

  • Jan 2021 - Present



Department of Natural Resource Ecology and Management, Oklahoma State University

• Stillwater, OK

• Postdoctoral Fellow

  • Jan 2014 - Jun 2019

  Oversee the project investigating the spatial extent and ecological effects of non-native earthworms on the historically earthworm-free San Clemente Island, California (SCI). Oversee the project investigating the spatial extent and ecological effects of non-native earthworms on the historically earthworm-free San Clemente Island, California (SCI).



Southern Illinois University Carbondale

• Instructor

  • Jan 2013 - Dec 2013

  Robert Noyce Masters Teacher FellowshipWetland Ecology and BiodiversityProposal Writing, Research Design

• Ph.D.

  • Aug 2007 - May 2013

  Climate Change, Shifts in Tropical Storms and Inundation Regimes, and Triadica sebifera Invasion in Coastal Mississippi, Southeastern USA.

• Graduate Research Assistant

  • Aug 2007 - Dec 2012

  -Last five years I have been working in following areas: Field research in coastal wetlands of the Southeastern United States: Floating marsh and bottomland hardwood forests in Louisiana; Salt marsh, brackish marsh, freshwater marsh, wetland forests, and pine savanna of coastal Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida. -Performed vegetation survey in the field, gathered field data, processed samples in the lab (e.g., plant biomass, soil samples for soil texture, moisture, organic matter, soil water conductivity, and c/n analysis), data entry and management.- Seed viability testing using standard protocol.-Conducted several climate change related field and greenhouse and growth chamber experiments.-Experiment design in ecological studies. Show less

• Graduate Research Assistant

  • Aug 2007 - Dec 2012

  Studied effects of climate change, shifts in tropical storm regimes and Triadica sebifera invasion in coastal transition ecosystems southeastern USA.Studies effects of climate change on coastal plant communities, including floating aquatic communities, floating marsh, bottomland hardwood forests, floodplain forests, marshes, and highly diverse pine savannah communities.



NGRREC

• Summer Intern

  • May 2011 - Jul 2011

  - Resilience of Floating Aquatic Plant Communities in Coastal Bottomlands of the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley (LMAV) - Established greenhouse experiment, carried field survey. - Data analysis, and presented results in the NGRREC symposium. - Resilience of Floating Aquatic Plant Communities in Coastal Bottomlands of the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley (LMAV) - Established greenhouse experiment, carried field survey. - Data analysis, and presented results in the NGRREC symposium.



SIUC

• Graduate Teaching Assistant

  • Aug 2009 - May 2011

  Taught Following courses to undergraduate students: General Biology Plant and Society Taught Following courses to undergraduate students: General Biology Plant and Society



World Wild Life Fund (WWF) Nepal

• Ecologist and consultant

  • Oct 2006 - Jul 2007

  Ecology of rangelands in Sacred Himalayas, Nepal. Assisted in study design, data collection, data analysis, and report writing. Ecology of rangelands in Sacred Himalayas, Nepal. Assisted in study design, data collection, data analysis, and report writing.



University of Bergen, Norway

• Masters Student

  • Jan 2004 - Jan 2006

  Studied effects of topography and land use on woody species composition and diversity in aird Trans-Himalayan landscape. Studied effects of topography and land use on woody species composition and diversity in aird Trans-Himalayan landscape.



Nepal Forest Resources and Institutions

• Research Assistant

  • Jan 2000 - Jan 2002

  Performed vegetation survey in many community and government managed forests, assisted in plant species identification, data entry, analysis, and report writing. Performed vegetation survey in many community and government managed forests, assisted in plant species identification, data entry, analysis, and report writing.



CNSP

• Tribhuvan University, Nepal

• Student

  • 1998 - 1999