Chris Palmer

Experience

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  Law Cover

  Jan 2009 - Jul 2013

  Contracted Underwriting Temp

  Preparing insurance quotes, deleting credit card information from databases, administrative task assistance.

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  Sydney Grammar St Ives Preparatory School

  Jan 2010 - Dec 2011

  Sports Coach

  Training and managing team/s of boys aged 9 to 11 in the sports of cricket, soccer and archery. Involved preparing two training sessions per week as well as supervising Saturday match days with occasional referee responsibilities.

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  Sydney Aquarium SEALIFE

  Oct 2011 - Jan 2014

  Presentation Keeper, Curatorial Staff

  Casual position involving such tasks as preparing and presenting wildlife talks to the public, managing guest experience facilities such as a touch pool and a glass bottom boat, as well as some minor curatorial roles.

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  University of New South Wales

  Jan 2013 - Feb 2014

  Honours Palaeontology

  Thesis Title:"A new species of Planigale (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae) from the Pliocene Rackham’s Roost Site, Riversleigh World Heritage Area, northwestern Queensland"Employing comparative dentition morphology to interpret the fossil findings of the genus Planigale from the Rackham's Roost site, Riversleigh.

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  GreenCollar

  Feb 2014 - Jan 2015

  Field Ecologist

  Surveying native forests in the central-west NSW region via allometry and biomass studies in order to provide carbon credits to local landholders.

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  Knox Grammar School

  Feb 2015 - Dec 2015

  Laboratory Technician

  Facilitating practical lessons for senior and junior science classes, specialising in biology. Preparation of equipment and safe disposal of used scientific material from the fields of biology, chemistry and physics. Managing a strict spreadsheet of class practical times for six school cohorts.

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  Knox Grammar School

  Jan 2017 - Jun 2019

  Laboratory Technician
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  UNSW

  Jan 2017 - Dec 2023

  PHD Palaeoecology

  To develop an in-depth understanding of species abundance and diversity within key Riversleigh fossil deposits from the Oligocene to the Pleistocene to deduce how these communities are structured and how they respond to perturbations.

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  GHD

  Sept 2022 - now

  • Ecologist

    Feb 2024 - now

  • Graduate Ecologist

    Feb 2023 - Feb 2024

  • Graduate Intern

    Sept 2022 - Mar 2023