Micah Jay Strike

Experience

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  Mounds View Public Schools

  Apr 2018 - May 2018

  Assistant Track And Field Coach

  I helped coach long-distance athletes at Chippewa Middle School.

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  North Oaks Home Owners Assoc

  May 2018 - Aug 2019

  Assistant Head Lifeguard

  I worked as Assistant Head Lifeguard in 2019.

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  Concussion Alliance

  Dec 2020 - Jan 2021

  Extern - Science Writer

  I collaborated with other volunteers to design webpages on post-traumatic headaches and write for the newsletter. I also helped conduct a professional interview in order to create new resources for the organization.

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  Ramsey County Parks and Recreation

  Jun 2021 - Aug 2021

  Lifeguard

  I completed my final summer of lifeguarding at Lake McCarrons in Roseville and at Battle Creek Waterworks in Maplewood. I also applied my lifeguarding skills to give swim lessons in my neighborhood over the summer.

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  Mounds View Public Schools

  Jul 2021 - Aug 2021

  Intern - Summer Orchestra

  I assisted summer orchestra teachers and gave private violin lessons. I also helped coordinate the final concert.

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  University of Minnesota

  Jun 2022 - Aug 2022

  Research Assistant

  I assisted graduate students and post-docs with field research and conducted a research project on phytoplankton growth in nutrient enrichment and salt addition conditions.

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  St. Olaf College

  Dec 2022 - Dec 2022

  Student Researcher with Dr. Anne M. Gothmann

  I maintained Dr. Anne Gothmann’s experiment on coral skeleton response to seawater temperature by feeding corals and controlling water pH.

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  Carleton College

  Jan 2023 - Jun 2023

  Student Researcher with Dr. Mike Nishizaki

  I studied marine mussel respiration and gene expression under thermal stress.

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  Texas State University

  Jun 2023 - Aug 2023

  Student Researcher, Symbioimmunity Lab

  I designed and executed an experiment testing the immune response of Exaiptasia diaphana to thermal stress. I presented a poster at the 2023 Research, Inquiry and Creative Expression Showcase at Texas State University.

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  Carleton College

  Sept 2023 - Dec 2023

  Student Researcher with Dr. Amanda Hund and Dr. John Berini

  I continued my summer internship project by conducting immune assays on homogenized anemone tissue.

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  Carleton College

  Mar 2024 - May 2024

  Fifth year lab technician

  I performed RNA extractions on stickleback head kidneys to determine how gene expression in freshwater fish changes in response to parasite load. I also trained new lab members on the RNA extraction protocol, managed lab logistics, wrote protocols, and contributed to literature searches.

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  University of Minnesota

  Jun 2024 - Sept 2024

  Research Assistant

  I returned to Cedar Creek for the summer of 2024 as a field research assistant. My independent research was focused on designing mesograzer (grasshopper) exclusion cages and testing their effectiveness.