SUMMARY
Recent recipient of an MS degree in Earth and Environmental Resource Management pursuing activities committed to global understanding and adaptive decision-making in a changing ecological and climatic environment. Continuously seeking to improve individual knowledge by being actively curious, engaged, and displaying a zeal for various areas of interest. Present is a strong desire to incorporate seasoned knowledge from multiple study areas into researched problem solving and exploration for maximum personal impact in projects. Well-rounded interpersonal skills and firm knowledge of, and comfort with, technology. Regarded as a key resource and integrative thinker by colleagues. Passion for learning and cultivating skills to be applicable in all areas of life in order to achieve successes where involved.
EDUCATION
University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 2009 – 2011
M.S. in Earth and Environmental Resource Management
Reconstructing 20th Century Climate Variation from Paleoclimate Proxies to Produce an Independent Record of Global Warming
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 2004 – 2008 English Literature and Geological Sciences
University of Middlesex, England 2007
Study Abroad Program: International Marketing
RELEVANT GRADUATE COURSEWORK
Resource Management and Environmental Impact Assessment, Natural Resource Governance, Environmental Advocacy Law, Environmental Problem Orientation, Environmental Ethics, Public Accountability and Ethics, Animal Behavior, Marine Ecology, Coastal Processes, Paleoclimatology
WORK EXPERIENCE
Title: Visiting Scientist
NOAA NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA CENTER PALEOCLIMATOLOGY BRANCH JANUARY 2011-PRESENT
BOULDER, CO
• Project Title: Reconstructing 20th Century Climate Variation from Paleoclimate Proxies to Produce an Independent Record of Global Warming
• Created first independent observational climate variability record spanning from 1880 to present through collection, assemblage, and analysis of time series using corals, ice cores, cave data, and biological indicators.
• Extended data set through 1730 through curiosity and desire to provide additional information for the scientific community.
• Expanded data in NOAA archives.
• Educated the scientific and public communities by helping relay project information via a published article and multiple presentations.
• Established a self-driven solid understanding through supplemental reading and exploratory investigation, allowing for additional data to be incorporated into study.
• Used interpersonal skills to develop professional relationships with various scientists outside of NOAA to receive permissions for relevant datasets to be cited and become part of the NOAA archives. Quickly interpreted multiple scientific papers to determine whether the information is relevant, able to be incorporated, and is a good contribution to the integrity of the project. Reinvestigation of past datasets and the interpretation of new datasets to create the most applicable compilation for the project.
• Built relationships from the ground-up between USC, NOAA, and the CU Campus Museum for future research opportunities and collaborations.
• Introduced other departments to the project, producing new interests in intra-department collaborations and expanding project goals.
Title: Green Learning Class Manager
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA 2009-2010
COLUMBIA, SC
• Managed class schedule and syllabus, introduced new guest speakers and field trips not previously part of syllabus. Trained students to be a self-run community.
• Expanded the workforce by establishing the highest response rate among students to become interns and return to the Green Learning Center.
• Raised competitive standing for the Green Learning Center among other campus opportunities by creating a campus-wide media brochure.
• Project Manager of: GLC Class, Environmental Justice Project, Building Community in the Green Quad Project, with integral involvement in other project teams including Green Quad Hall Government, Assessment Team, and USGBC Coordinator.
• Provided daily assistance with campus-wide integration of Green Learning Center techniques and information assimilation.
VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO CAMPUS MUSEUM BOULDER, CO
Fossil Bone Preparation and Cleaning
LONGMONT HUMANE SOCIETY
LONGMONT, CO
Shelter Animal Care
PROJECT PET
IRMO, SOUTH CAROLINA
Shelter An...
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