Experience

Kenai Fjords National Park

• United States
• Renewable Energy Semiconductor Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Ecologist

  • Mar 2017 - Present

  Bats, bears, soundscapes, wilderness, birds, Alaska Native relations, human impacts Bats, bears, soundscapes, wilderness, birds, Alaska Native relations, human impacts



Ecological Services, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

• Wildlife Biologist

  • May 2015 - Present

  I work as a conservation wildlife biologist involved in the development of strategic habitat plans for threatened and endangered species. I also develope predictive species distribution and habitat models for inventory and monitoring efforts and designating critical habitat of threatened and endangered species and species of concern. I am a liason for the Alabama Ecological Services field office working with Landscape Conservation Cooperatives in the southeast United States. I work as a conservation wildlife biologist involved in the development of strategic habitat plans for threatened and endangered species. I also develope predictive species distribution and habitat models for inventory and monitoring efforts and designating critical habitat of threatened and endangered species and species of concern. I am a liason for the Alabama Ecological Services field office working with Landscape Conservation Cooperatives in the southeast United States.



Kenai Peninsula College, University of Alaska Anchorage

• Adjunct Professor

  • Apr 2014 - May 2015

  I teach introductory courses in biology and advise students seeking degrees in the biological sciences. I teach introductory courses in biology and advise students seeking degrees in the biological sciences.



University of Alaska Fairbanks

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Graduate Research Fellow

  • Aug 2009 - Dec 2014

  My thesis research is focused on determining how snowmobile activity in the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska effects ecological systems at a landscape scale. My thesis research is focused on determining how snowmobile activity in the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska effects ecological systems at a landscape scale.



U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Wildlife Biologist

  • May 2008 - Apr 2009

  As a wildlife biologist working for USFWS in Colorado, I conducted surveys of state imperiled bat species, small mammals, and mesocarnivores at the U.S. Army's Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site. As a wildlife biologist working for USFWS in Colorado, I conducted surveys of state imperiled bat species, small mammals, and mesocarnivores at the U.S. Army's Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site.



Sul Ross State University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Graduate Research Fellow

  • May 2005 - May 2008

  My thesis research was focused on validating and ground-truthing two GIS-based models predicting the breeding habitat of Mexican Spotted Owls in the Guadalupe Mountains of west Texas and southeast New Mexico. I also characterized the microhabitat features of nest and roost sites. My thesis research was focused on validating and ground-truthing two GIS-based models predicting the breeding habitat of Mexican Spotted Owls in the Guadalupe Mountains of west Texas and southeast New Mexico. I also characterized the microhabitat features of nest and roost sites.



U.S. Forest Service - Rocky Mountain Research Station

• Biological Science Technician

  • Jun 2003 - Sep 2003

  Collected floral and faunal population and community data in the Santa Fe National Forest to assess the impacts of management activities created by the Healthy Forest Initiative Collected floral and faunal population and community data in the Santa Fe National Forest to assess the impacts of management activities created by the Healthy Forest Initiative



Gorman Nature Center

• Assistant Naturalist

  • Apr 2002 - May 2003

  Conducted various inventory and monitoring projects on mole salamanders, small mammals, bats, and birds. Conducted various inventory and monitoring projects on mole salamanders, small mammals, bats, and birds.