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Education

Queen's University, Biology, MSc, Present

Colorado State University, Zoology, BS, 2019

Research Experience

Ecophysiology, Queen’s University, Dr. Fran Bonier,                                                  September 2021-Pres.

  • Research based MSc work determining the cross-generational impact of gut microbiome changes on fitness in Nicrophorus orbicollis beetles

  • Zone of inhibition and lytic assays, field identification and trapping, insect husbandry

Laboratory Manager, Colorado State University, Dr. Graham Peers,                       August 2019-April 2020

  • Order and organize laboratory supplies and run routine maintenance on laboratory instruments

  • Maintain algal and diatom cultures, create and follow media standard operating procedures for multiple growth media types

Algal Molecular Biology, Colorado State University, Dr. Graham Peers,                 January 2018-May 2019

  • Completion of senior honors thesis identifying nuclear genes functioning in regulation of chloroplast genome expression

  • Utilized high throughput insertional mutagenesis techniques, immunoblot analysis, PCR amplification, and gel electrophoresis

Honors and Awards

Ray Huey Award for Best Student Presentation Ecology and Evolution, SICB                      January 2023

Best Undergraduate Poster Presentation, Western Photosynthesis Conference                  January 2019

Honors Thesis Improvement Grant, Colorado State University                                           October 2018

High Honors for Poster Presentation, C.U.R.C. Colorado State University                               April 2018

Student Employee of the Year, Colorado State University                                                        April 2019

Teaching Experience

Evolutionary Medicine TA, Prof: Dr. Fran Bonier, Queen's University                                           Fall 2022

Fundamentals of Biology: Organism to Ecosystem TA,

Prof: Dr. Chris Moyes, Queen's University                                                                               Winter 2021

Ecology TA, Prof: Dr. Paul Martin, Queen's University                                                                  Fall 2021

Introduction to Biology: Organisms Undergraduate TA, Colorado State University   Spring and Fall 2018

Volunteering/Community Engagement

Youth Soccer Coach, Jr. Gaels Soccer Club, Kingston, ON                                                         2021-2023

Engineers Without Borders Public Outreach Chair, Colorado State University                          2017-2019

Rehabilitation Intern, Rocky Mountain Raptor Program                                                        Summer 2017

Environmental Education/Animal Behavior Intern, Philadelphia Zoo                                    Summer  2016

           

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