2016
African Penguin Research
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University – Port Elizabeth, SA
- Captured and released adult breeding African penguins off nest on remote, protected island
- Performed physical restraint on adults to measure body condition (weights, beak and flipper measurements) and chicks to measure body growth
- Inserted transponders and deployed and retrieved GPS loggers to geographically track foraging patterns
2016-2017
African Penguin Husbandry Internship
Mystic Aquarium – Mystic, CT USA
- Performed husbandry care of 34 African penguins, including diet preparation, feeding, medicine dispersal, record keeping, exhibit maintenance, enrichment, and training
- Engaged with and educated guests during encounter programs and daily feeding talks on microphone
2011
Interactive Qualifying Project (IQP)
Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) – Worcester, MA
Chulalongkorn University – Bangkok, Thailand
“Heat impacts on occupational health in the time of climate change”
- Worked in an interdisciplinary team of WPI and Thai students to report interview findings of agricultural and industrial workers in rural Thailand regarding heat stress, health, and climate
2012
Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship in Oceanography (SURFO)
University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography – Narragansett, RI
“Environmental parameters affecting the halo-tolerance of the toxic raphidophyte”
- Maintained strains of H. akashiwo under varying salinity, temperature, and irradiance
- Performed daily spectrophotometry fluorescence measurements to quantify growth and halo-tolerance
- Presented poster at 2013 Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography annual meeting
- L3 Trainer NZ National Bird Banding Scheme for transponding little penguins; L2 for all other penguin species
- GPS tracking of marine animals
- Penguin monitoring
- R coding
- Maxent and Species Distribution Modelling
- GIS mapping using ArcGIS, QGIS
- Large dataset management/analysis
- Technical writing
- Advanced computer proficiency and data entry
- Teaching and public speaking
- Marine Mammal Medic, Project Jonah
- PADI SCUBA certified 2017
- CPR certified 2017
Public Outreach and Teaching
2018-2021 Demonstrator – University of Otago
2021 Guest speaker – Birds New Zealand
2020 Guest speaker –Penguin Awareness Day, Akaroa, NZ
2020 Guest speaker –Seaweek “Know Your Big Blue Backyard”, Akaroa, NZ
2019-2020 Stats Cadet tutor – University of Otago
2019 Guest speaker for Wildlife Management Diploma Course – University of Otago
2017 Guest speaker for One Health Seminar Series presenting Penguins in Peril– Delaware Valley University, Doylestown, PA
2016 Guest speaker presenting Penguins in Peril: Our Obligation to Protect Our Animal Neighbors –Westover School, Middlebury, CT
2015 Guest lecturer for Evolution & Ecology (BGY1007M) – University of Lincoln, UK
2015 Secondary supervisor for undergraduate theses in Macroecology – University of Lincoln, UK
2015 Grader for Evolutionary Ecology 3rd year module – University of Lincoln, UK
2015 Guest speaker presenting Penguin Ecology – Ramsden Primary School, UK
2015 Journal Referee for Ecography, Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, Global Ecology and Biogeography
Conferences and
Awards
2021 Oamaru Penguin Symposium – Oamaru, NZ
2019 10th International Penguin Conference – Dunedin, NZ
2018-2021 Yellow-eyed Penguin Symposium – Dunedin, NZ
2019 University of Otago Postgraduate Research Proposal Seminar – Dunedin, NZ
2015 Postgraduate Student Conference – University of Lincoln, UK
2015 EU Macro Conference Ignite Presenter – Copenhagen, Denmark
2014 School of Life Sciences Postgraduate Research Seminar – University of Lincoln, UK
2014-2016 British Ecological Society (BES) Student Member, Macroecology Special Interest Group Member
2013 Biology and Biotechnology MQP Final Presentation – WPI, Worcester, MA, USA
2012-2013 2012 President’s IQP Award Certificate of Merit – WPI, Worcester, MA, USA
2012-2013 Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO) Student Member and Poster presenter at Aquatic Sciences Meeting – New Orleans, LA, USA
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