Experience
Science Education Partner
Dartmouth College, Montshire Museum of Science • September 2020 - June 2022
Year 1: Reviewed and modified lesson plans for in-person and virtual teaching of local, low-income sixth grade classrooms. Collaborated with education professionals from the Montshire Museum of Science to incorporate hands-on learning opportunities for units on human diseases, ticks, and climate change.
Year 2: Created lesson plans for introductory data logging of environmental conditions such as soil temperature, soil moisture, humidity, and light availability using Arduino microcontrollers and sensors in classroom terrariums.
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Dartmouth College • September 2019 - Present
BIO 29: Biostatistics, Winter ‘21, ‘22, & ‘23, Prof. Kathy Cottingham
Advised ~30 students during group-based statistics projects using Zoom and JMP 15-17. Wrote and modified R scripts for optional weekly lab component.
ENVS 15: Environmental Issues of the Earth’s Cold Regions, Spring ‘20, ‘21, & ‘22, Prof. Ross Virginia
Managed Canvas course website in order to best facilitate remote-learning due to COVID-19. Arranged readings, prerecorded lectures, and contact information so that it was intuitively accessible to all students. Engaged with students one-on-one to communicate about special accomodations for those living in different timezones or with special learning needs. Hosted live Zoom office hours ~2 times per week. Delivered a guest lecture “Arctic Amplication, Permafrost Thaw, and Carbon Cycling.”
BIO 16: Introduction to Ecology, Fall ‘19 & ‘22, Prof. Matt Ayres & Prof. Caitlin Hicks Pries
Instructed an introductory ecology laboratory section of 13 students. Led 3 in-lab lesson and corresponding field visits on: the impacts of invasive earthworms in forest ecosystems; factors of habitat selection of the white pine weevils; and the influence of stream flow rate on benthic invertebrate community composition. Graded 3 sets of reports for 13 students in lab section and 33-50% of each exam for all 29 students enrolled in the course.
Laboratory Technician (Hicks Pries Lab)
Dartmouth College • June 2019 - September 2019
Prioritized laboratory and field tasks for the timely completion of all objectives. Contributed to four ongoing climate science projects based at experimental sites across the Northeast including the Dartmouth Organic Farm, the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, the Harvard Forest, and the Second College Grant. Routinely measured carbon dioxide and oxygen flux from forest soils using a PP Systems EGM-5 IRGA and PreSense Fibox 5.
Research Assistant (Keiluweit Lab)
University of Massachusetts, Amherst • January 2018 - May 2019
Directly injected replicates of liquid rhizon samples into a total organic carbon analyzer for cumulative total of 20+ hours. Performed sequential extractions on 84 solid soil sample replicates. Prepared dilutions of the resulting reagents for microwave plasma atomic emission spectroscopy analysis for a cumulative total of 15+ hours. Entered output measurements into Microsoft Excel spreadsheets and analyzed data using statistical software RStudio for rendering graphics. Created both poster and slideshow presentations in order to communicate ongoing project updates and findings.
Research Assistant (Keiluweit Lab)
Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory • May 2018 - August 2018
Measured soil carbon dioxide flux using a LI-COR 8100A IRGA and reduction-oxidation potentials using a voltmeter; took numerous solid, liquid, and gas samples for laboratory processing. Hiked 500+ ft in elevation gain to field site on a daily basis and prepared for elemental exposure during Colorado’s monsoon season. Attended weekly seminars hosted by RMBL, volunteered to help other research projects through NEON, and improved coding in R under graduate student mentor Carolyn Anderson.
