Curriculum Vitae

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Employment

Environmental Consultancy- Larry Walker Associates, Davis, CA

• Job Title: Intern Project Scientist
• In this environmental consultancy position, I work under the direct supervision of the Vice President, conducting analytical and administrative work as well as specialist fieldwork all aimed at stormwater quality management across the state of California.

Education

MSc Marine Ecosystems Management- University of St Andrews, UK

• Graduated with merit
• Relevant Modules: Mathematical and Statistical Modelling, Ecosystem-based Management of Marine Systems, Biologging, Fisheries Research, and Population Biology.
• Thesis title: ‘Spatial and temporal variation in harbor seal diving behavior’ – Supervisor: Gordon Hastie

BSc Marine Biology- University of California - Santa Cruz (UCSC), USA

• Graduated with honors
• Relevant Experience: Research technician in two marine mammal labs. See 'About' tab for more detail.

Marine Biology, Terrestrial Ecology Field Quarter- University of Queensland, Australia

Crescenta Valley High School La Crescenta, CA

Relavent Skills

Industry

• Coordinating stakeholder and client engagement
• Undertaking extensive water quality fieldwork and analysis
• Data dissemination and science communication in the form of Annual Reports and Environmental Impact Assessments
• Producing presentations for stakeholder communication including government agencies
• Experience in developing public communications and outreach materials including websites, brochures, factsheets, infographics, and social media posts

Marine Mammal Science

• Scientific project design and planning
• Field experience handling, tagging, and observing marine mammals in their natural environment
• Analysis of large remote-sensing tag datasets
• Extensive husbandry experience training and caring for captive marine mammals in a research setting
• Presentation and communication of scientific results in the form of peer-reviewed scientific publication (see below), international conference talks, and blog posts

Data Science

• Microsoft Office suite – Everyday writing, organizing, and presenting
• R and MatLab - Statistical analysis of large quantitative datasets
• ArcGIS, QGIS, and OceanData View - Spatial and geographic data analysis
• Audacity, Raven, Adobe Audtion - Analysis of acoustic data
• BORIS - Animal behavioral analysis
• Adobe suite - Graphical plotting and manipulation
• Procreate - Hand-drawn illustrations for deliverables
• Extensive experience in handling and carefully managing large datasets and developing protocol to ensure data integrity is maintained.

Publications

Linsky, J.M., Wilson, N., Cade, D.E., Goldbogen, J.A., Johnston, D.W. and Friedlaender, A.S., 2020. The scale of the whale: using video-tag data to evaluate sea-surface ice concentration from the perspective of individual Antarctic minke whales. Animal Biotelemetry, 8, pp.1-12. HERE

Additional Skills

• Well-developed communication and interpersonal skills,
• Flexible with regards to work environment (i.e., working both remotely and in an office setting),
• Skilled at goal-oriented planning and problem solving,
• Possess a driver’s license