Experience

Archbishop Spalding High School
• United States
• Education Administration Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee
• High School Science Teacher

  • Aug 2018 - Present

Anne Arundel County Public Schools
• United States
• Primary and Secondary Education
• 700 & Above Employee
• Environmental Science Teacher at Old Mill High School

  • Jul 2017 - Jul 2018


Colorado Springs School District 11

• United States
• Primary and Secondary Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• 6th Grade Science Teacher at Jack Swigert Aerospace Academy

  • Aug 2016 - Jun 2017

• 8th Grade Science Teacher at Jack Swigert Aerospace Academy

  • Jan 2016 - Jul 2016



Cheyenne Mountain Zoo

• United States
• Spectator Sports
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Summer Camp Mentor

  • May 2015 - Aug 2015

  -Teach summer camp programs for children pre-k through high school. - Handle and present animals including reptiles, insects, and small mammals. -Teach summer camp programs for children pre-k through high school. - Handle and present animals including reptiles, insects, and small mammals.



Boeing

• United States
• Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Boeing Robotics Curriculum Developer with UCCS Teach

  • Feb 2014 - Feb 2015

  - Create lesson plans with LEGO® Mindstorms® NXT 2.0 - Make lesson plan available to local elementary and middle school students - Teach robotics workshops for local teachers - Create lesson plans with LEGO® Mindstorms® NXT 2.0 - Make lesson plan available to local elementary and middle school students - Teach robotics workshops for local teachers



Norfork National Fish Hatchery

• United States
• Fisheries

• Animal Caretaker/Fisheries Biologist

  • Jul 2013 - Jan 2014

  • Respond to questions from daily visitors as well as provide tours when required. • Host student groups at the hatchery as well as travel to teach at local schools. • Feed fish by hand and with a feed truck. • Monitor fish behavior and health from eggs to adults (hatchery raises and stocks 2.5 million brown, rainbow and cutthroat trout annually). • Clean raceways and troughs. • Perform fish inventories, splits, and load fish onto tank truck for stocking. • Enter data into forms and spreadsheets (fish mortality, feed sheets). • Monitor water flow and quality parameters and maintain proper water flow and rearing environments. • Organize and maintain hatchery tools, equipment, and grounds. • Work requires operation of large and small vehicles, ability to maneuver trailers, use of lawnmowers, and ability to lift up to 50 pounds regularly. Show less



Murray State University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Graduate Student and Research Assistant

  • Jun 2010 - Dec 2012

  • Thesis focused on the analysis of carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes to discover nutrient flow pathways and driving ecological processes in Kentucky Lake. • Field work included collection of sediments, benthic invertebrates, plankton, and stream organic matter as well as piloting, trailering and launching boats. • Experience and knowledge operating mass spectrometer, drying oven, microscope, dissecting microscope, microbalance, PONAR grab, Eckman grab, sediment gravity corer, plankton nets, and small boats (jon, pontoon). • Assisted fellow graduate student with underwater acoustic recording equipment. • Additional research assistance included collection and tagging of freshwater mussels in both lakes and streams. • Lab coursework has provided working knowledge of scanning electron microscope, many types of fish nets (drift nets, trammel nets, drag nets) and stream collection tools (kick-net, d-net, stovepipe corer, Hess sampler, Hester-Dendy sampler). • Coursework included rigorous invertebrate collection and identification. Show less



Clemson University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Student Assistant in Fisheries Department

  • Sep 2009 - May 2010

  • Assisted fisheries professor with outdoor and indoor lab classes.• Assisted students with backpack electro-shocking, kick-net collection, seining, identification of fish, and other lab activities.• Focused on turquoise darter collection in streams surrounding Clemson.• Helped add specimens to fish collection at Clemson University.• Collected crayfish with kick-nets and assisted with subcutaneous tagging.

• Undergraduate Researcher/Lab Technician

  • Jan 2008 - Dec 2009

  • Assisted graduate students with research in areas of aquatic ecotoxicology.• Participated in toxicity testing with aquatic organisms, water, and sediment.• Sorted stream samples with emphasis on identifying aquatic invertebrates.• Responsible for care and culture of fish, daphnia, and chironomids.• Performed basic water chemistry testing (pH, DO, conductivity) daily.• Responsible for training new undergraduate lab assistants. • Collaborated/built a PVC fish tank pump/filter system. Show less



Fisherman Island National Wildlife Refuge

• Field Researcher

  • May 2009 - Aug 2009

  • Participated in road mortality study of Diamondback Terrapin. • Collected GPS data points for road-killed terrapin and live terrapin. • Actively caught and collected data on terrapin crossing the highway. • Collected data (size, sex, etc.) on live terrapin specimens. • Co-author of paper that used my data. • Participated in road mortality study of Diamondback Terrapin. • Collected GPS data points for road-killed terrapin and live terrapin. • Actively caught and collected data on terrapin crossing the highway. • Collected data (size, sex, etc.) on live terrapin specimens. • Co-author of paper that used my data.