Graduate Assistant, University of Florida, Milton, FL, 08/23/2023 – Present

• Part-time, 20 hrs/wk, Supervisor: Dr. Victoria Donovan, PhD.

• Investigated wildfire risk in the wildland-urban interface (WUI) of the Eastern Temperate Forest Ecoregion of the US using geospatial data

Rangeland Fire and Grazing Ecology Intern, USDA Agricultural Research Services, Miles City, MT, 05/22/2023 – 08/04/2023

• Full-time, 40 hrs/wk, Supervisor: Dr. Devan McGranahan, PhD. & Dr. Carissa Wonkka, PhD.

• Investigated the effects of wildfire on rangeland ecology and herbivory

Fire and Recreation Intern, US Forest Service/Student Conservation Association, Norton, VA, 01/23/2023 – 05/11/2023

• Full-time, 40 hrs/wk, Supervisor: Michael (Shane) Sturgill

• Wildland firefighting, use of prescribed burns in conservation projects, trail maintenance, hand tool and saw use

Research Assistant, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 05/31/2022 – 01/20/2023

• Full-time, 40 hrs/wk, PI: Dr. Donald R. Lynch Jr, M.D., M.SCI.

• Investigated changes in platelet function following transcatheter valve interventions (TAVR/TMVR) using flow/spectral cytometry, confocal, super-resolution, and transmission electron microscopy, Western blotting, MACS, cell culture, and CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing

Undergraduate Research Assistant, Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, KY, 05/10/2021 – 5/07/2022

• Part-Time, 25 hrs/wk 5/21 to 8/21, 9 hrs/wk 8/21 to 5/22, PI: Dr. Allison T. Parker, Ph.D.

• Investigated the effects of nutrient concentration and water volume on oviposition choice in female Culex mosquitoes using two semi-controlled field assays involving larval and adult mosquito identification to species, mosquito trapping, and collection methods

Undergraduate Research Assistant, Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, KY, 2/2020 – 9/2020

• Part-time, 10 hrs/wk, PI: Dr. Lauren L. Williamson, Ph.D. 

• Investigated the effects of maternal helminths on offspring neuroinflammation, response to neonatal infection, and learning in adulthood using stereology, microscopy, and cell culture