Ali Dimitriou

Experience

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  Lonestar Texas Grill

  Sept 2017 - Jun 2018

  Hostess
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  GVI

  Jul 2018 - Aug 2018

  Field Conservation Volunteer & Volunteer Ambassador

  • Full time wildlife volunteer in the remote mountains of Huay Pakoot,Thailand, taking biological and behavioural data on eight Asian Elephants rescued from the tourism and logging industries• Aiding in the reintroduction of domesticated elephants to the wild.• Community volunteer as an English teacher and fundraiser in free time.

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  Alpha Delta Pi Sorority

  Jan 2019 - Jan 2020

  • Role of planning and executing a number of charitable events and acting as the liaison between Ronald McDonald House of BC and the UBC community• Balanced a budget and raised over $25 000 for Ronald McDonald House Charities in one year, during the COVID-19 pandemic• Organized community service opportunities for UBC students Event organizer, educator and campus advocate for sustainable practices and environmental awareness

  • Director Of Philanthropy

    Jan 2019 - Jan 2020

  • Sustainability Chairman

    Jan 2019 - Jan 2020
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  University of Ottawa Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine

  Apr 2019 - Aug 2019

  Undergraduate Research Assistant

  • Full time summer student research assistant in a laboratory focused ondetermining the role of the Sigma-1 receptor as a response to endoplasmic reticulum stress and it’s potential to serve as a neuroprotective therapy in Alzheimer’s patients• Key experimental techniques: cell culturing, reverse transcription polymerase chain reactions, DNA electrophoresis, chromatin immunoprecipitation assays, bacterial transformations and DNA cloning.• Main summer project: DNA cloning with the use of bioluminescent reporters in an attempt to confirm the role of CHOP as a transcription factor in cellular stress in order to mediate apoptosis. Show less

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  Great Dane Coffee

  Aug 2019 - Jan 2022

  • Director of Social Media Management

    Jan 2020 - Jan 2022

  • Senior Barista & Supervisor

    Aug 2019 - Jan 2022
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  Tseng Lab: Aquatic and Insect Ecology & Evolution

  Jan 2021 - Jan 2023

  - Undergraduate research assistant under Dr. Michelle Tseng, exploring the impact of changing environments on insect and aquatic communities.- Performed comprehensive background literature reviews for Dr. Tseng’s grant proposals.- Set up and helped conduct field experiments on the effect of micro-plastic pollution on zooplankton communities and assisted with zooplankton ID and analysis.- Assisted a Master’s student with her field and lab research exploring the effect of warming temperatures on phytoplankton community composition and nutritional quality.- Conducted an experiment examining the efficacy of biodegradation of plastic by insect larvae, in order to assess their ability to reduce medical mask waste in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Show less

  • Research Assistant

    May 2021 - Jan 2023

  • Directed Studies Student Researcher

    Jan 2021 - May 2021
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  Just Another Coffee Shop

  Mar 2021 - Apr 2022

  Senior Barista

  Working at a small local coffee shop pop-up, crafting and serving speciality espresso drinks, toasts, pastries and locally roasted coffee.

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  Loafe Cafe

  Jan 2022 - Jan 2023

  • Cafe Supervisor

    Mar 2022 - Jan 2023

  • Barista

    Jan 2022 - Mar 2022
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  BC Parks (Ministry of Environment & Climate Change Strategy)

  May 2022 - Aug 2022

  Student Ranger

  - Student Park Ranger in Mount Robson Provincial Park fostering effective wildlife conservation, public outreach and safety, Indigenous relations, and enhancing British Columbia’s natural and cultural value.- Conducted biodiversity health assessments and surveys for province-wide research projects including the North American Bat Inventory, Long Term Ecological Monitoring of red squirrel and soapberry, and restoration of Whitebark pine. - Tracked and responded to human-wildlife interactions and developed a new tracking system for large carnivore movement throughout the park in order to minimize conflicts. Show less

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  Andromeda Coffee

  May 2022 - Aug 2022

  Barista

  Seasonal summer employee at Andromeda Coffee & Snow Dome Coffee Bar in Jasper National Park.

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  Spectacled Bear Conservation Society Peru

  Jan 2023 - Jun 2023

  Wildlife Monitoring Assistant

  - Monitoring, collecting, and analyzing evidence of Andean bear activity.- Use of GIS and statistical software to map and identify population parameters and seasonal habitat use.- Participating in expeditions into remote bear habitat to monitor and install camera traps.- Protection and ecological restoration of critical bear habitat, facilitating community education and alternative livelihood programs, and working with local Indigenous communities.- Assisting SERNAP (National Protected Area Service) and Park Guards in the planning and deployment of a 200+ camera-trap grid in the Machu Picchu National Protected Area, to monitor and protect the local populations of Andean bear and other wildlife species. Show less

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  Wildlife Coexistence Lab

  Jun 2023 - now

  Masters student studying the impact of recreation on wildlife communities in provincial parks across BC. - Research technician assisting on a variety of wildlife ecology research projects using camera trapping across BC.- Working in partnership with BC Parks to conduct recreation ecology research in Mount Robson Provincial Park to better understand the complex wildlife community dynamics in shared and altered environments in order to guide effective conservation efforts and adaptive management.

  • Masters Student & Graduate Research Assistant

    Sept 2023 - now

  • Research Technician

    Jun 2023 - Aug 2023
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  UBC Faculty of Forestry

  Sept 2024 - Dec 2024

  Graduate Teaching Assistant

  Lab TA for an upper year wildlife conservation and management course (FRST 395). Duties included teaching concepts in quantitative ecology, taxonomy, and physiology of mammals, amphibians, reptiles, and birds to over 70 students, as well as preparing course materials and grading lab assignments and exams.