Experience

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  University of alaska

  Sept 2017 - May 2019

  Student assistant

  As a Student Assistant at the Museum of the North, I organized and cataloged the museum's marine invertebrate specimens into Arctos, a collection management information system. I also worked on several population genetics research projects where the goal was to created and prepare genetic libraries for sequencing. This included isolating and purifying DNA, performing agarose gel electrophoresis, Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR), and running samples through a fluorometer, spectrophotometer, and sonicator. I presented our work at the Western Alaska Interdisciplinary Science Conference (2018), Western Division American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting (2018), and the Undergraduate Research & Scholarly Activity: Research and Creative Activiy Day (2018). Show less

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  Tanana valley watershed association

  May 2018 - Aug 2019

  Administrative and field technician

  During my time with Tanana Valley Watershed Association, I was the administrative assistant, program planner for the Adopt-a-Stream, a volunteer-based citizen science effort to measure water quality in local water bodies, and the lead technician for the juvenile Chinook salmon habitat sampling project during the 2019 field season.

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  University of alaska fairbanks

  Jun 2019 - Nov 2020

  Research technician

  Working as a Research Technician for the Alaska Center for Energy and Power, I built, deployed, and recovered oceanographic moorings, provided logistical support for colleagues in the field, collected hydrokinetic-fisheries interaction data, maintained and stored scientific instruments and equipment, and conducted fieldwork in various locations throughout Alaska. I also assembled and organized oceanographic, hydrological, and fisheries data sets in various formats.

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  Indiana department of natural resources

  May 2021 - Nov 2021

  Naturalist aid

  As a Naturalist Aid for the East Fork State Fish Hatchery, I am responsible for daily care of a variety of fish species, including walleye, hybrid walleye (saugeye), striped bass, hybrid striped bass, channel catfish, muskellunge, and fathead minnows. Cleaned and maintained rearing units, fed fish, safely handled fish and monitored growth, observed fish behavior, sorted and enumerated fish prior to stocking, harvest production ponds, and stocked fish.

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  Monument chemical

  Feb 2022 - now

  Laboratory technician