Experience

Michigan State University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Postdoctoral Research Associate

  • Sep 2019 - Present

  -Organize and statistically analyze large, long-term datasets on evolutionary responses of wild threespine stickleback fish (Gasterosteus aculeatus) as a result of climate change, using uni- and multivariate approaches in the command-line based statistical software R-Collaborate with two professors and a postdoc to design a large-scale population genomics experiment to test relatedness among threespine stickleback populations in Iceland-Engage in ongoing training in bioinformatics and population genetics analyses (Unix, Python)-Educate and mentor five undergraduate students on conducting scientific research (in-person and online), including experimental design, data analysis (R), and data visualization (Inkscape)



University of Denver

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Graduate Teaching Assistant

  • Jun 2013 - Jun 2019

  -Managed, taught, and assessed 300+ undergraduate biology majors and non-majors in introductory and advanced biology laboratory courses over six years as a predoctoral student-Laboratories in: Origins and Evolution of Life (non-majors); Concepts in Evolution, Heredity, & Biodiversity, Physiological Systems, Conservation Biology, and Human Physiology

• Graduate Research Assistant

  • 2013 - 2019

  PI: Dr. Robin M. Tinghitella.-Led graduate and undergraduate students in field collection of threespine stickleback fish (Gasterosteus aculeatus) in inland and coastal rivers in Washington state, trapping fish and camping over several days at a time-Used behavioral and molecular methods (ddRAD-seq) to assess reproductive and genetic isolation between populations of threespine stickleback that differ in nuptial coloration-Assisted with preparation of scientific collection and animal transport permits for Washington DFW



Michigan State University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant

  • Jan 2011 - Jun 2013

  PI: Dr. Janette BoughmanMaintenance and husbandry of threespine stickleback fish populations (in the lab and in the field); artificial crossing and morphometric landmarking in the lab; morphological data collection and behavioral phenotyping in the field.

• Undergraduate Teaching Assistant

  • Sep 2010 - May 2012

  UTA in mathematics. Conducted recitation sections for freshman algebra courses, which included answering homework questions, administering quizzes and exams, and grading all materials. One semester involved working with students who had come from high schools without adequate, college-preparatory math programs.