Certifications
AAUS Scientific Diver 100ft December 2019
Advanced Open Water SCUBA | Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI) | June 2021
Advanced Open Water SCUBA | Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI) | June 2021
Currently active with Florida State University up to 60ft
Advanced Open Water SCUBA | Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI) | June 2021
Advanced Open Water SCUBA | Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI) | June 2021
Advanced Open Water SCUBA | Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI) | June 2021
Boating Safety Certification in Massachusetts, Hawai'i, and Florida
Advanced Open Water SCUBA | Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI) | June 2021
CPR/First Aid/ADA/Oxygen Certified | Divers Alert Network | September 2021
- Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission | June 2022
- Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources | January 2022
- Commonwealth of Massachusetts July 2021
CPR/First Aid/ADA/Oxygen Certified | Divers Alert Network | September 2021
Safe Zone Trained and Certified | Trainer: Alyvia Norris UMass Boston | Spring 2018
CPR/First Aid/ADA/Oxygen Certified | Divers Alert Network | September 2021
Safe Zone Trained and Certified | Trainer: Alyvia Norris UMass Boston | Spring 2018
Safe Zone Trained and Certified | Trainer: Alyvia Norris UMass Boston | Spring 2018
Safe Zone Trained and Certified | Trainer: Alyvia Norris UMass Boston | Spring 2018
Skills
Group Coordination & Productivity
Group Coordination & Productivity
Group Coordination & Productivity
- Organizing and instructing masters level grad students in lab and field work while advocating for their needs within a long-term traveling collegiate program as well as undergraduate students within the classroom and lab
- Successful in developing and coordinating field research protocols between different lab groups
- Experience and confidence in multiple leadership and professional roles and in taking an open approach to work within diverse settings
- Successful in volunteer coordination
- Able to work professionally in an office and lab environment while communicating effectively with administration and colleagues
Boating
Group Coordination & Productivity
Group Coordination & Productivity
- Operating up to 26ft and 3,200lb vessels for SCUBA divers, surface sampling, and deploying heavy equipment both inshore in shallow seagrass and coral/oyster reefs and up to 7 miles offshore
- Coordinating and leading large vessel marine mammal and bird surveys
- Deploying CTD and YSI probes
- Micro-net sampling/plankton tow
- Photographing animals for identification
- Taking photos of settlement structures for 3D modeling
- Safety management
Underwater
Group Coordination & Productivity
Underwater
- SCUBA in both Tropical (Caribbean & Indo-Pacific) and cold water (New England and Pacific Northwest) between 4-100ft and as low as 6-inch visibility
- Tankless hookah/surface-supplied air diving
- Coral reef and mangrove surveying
- Identification of tropical corals and fish
- Fish spawning surveyal
- Underwater transects and chain-measured rugosity
- Search and recovery
- Underwater fish capture
- Maintenance of coral nursery structure via snorkeling and free diving
- Collection/identification of red/green/brown algae and invertebrates
On Land
Software & Statistical Analysis
Underwater
- Beach profiling
- Using a stadia stick
- Calculating sponge pumping
- Hand level
- Hand lens
- YSI (conductivity, temperature, PH, and salinity) storage and usage
- Conducting qualitative surveys within different human communities
- Transporting both people and gear in large pickup trucks and 15 passenger vans as well as towing up to 26ft/3,200lb vessels
Laboratory Work
Software & Statistical Analysis
Software & Statistical Analysis
- Microscopy
- Hemocytometer
- Pipetting
- Proper disposal and usage of chemicals
- Coral lipid and protein extraction
- Calibrating equipment
- Storage of animal and coral samples
- Operating PAM experiments
- Maintaining flow-through seawater tanks and systems
- Care of live adult snails and spat-adult stage oysters, conducting fish spawning experiments
- Analyzing fish and squid stomach content
Software & Statistical Analysis
Software & Statistical Analysis
Software & Statistical Analysis
- ArcGIS
- R Studio (e.g., univariate statistical analysis, querying, entering, graphing (Sci plot & ggplot), and calculating data, R Markdown)
- Qualtrics
- Benchtop Multi-Mode Microplate Reader and plate shaker
- Microsoft Office
- Google Suite
- Excel/macros
- Operating PAM instrument and program
- CoralNet
- Agisoft MetaShape 3D modeling
- ImageJ
- Adobe Premiere Pro video editing
- Adobe Lightroom
Experimental Design
Science Communication
Science Communication
- How to ask a testable question
- Using constructive criticism when digesting manuscripts
- Manuscript writing
- Critical reading of scientific and policy papers
- Creating a stakeholder survey
- Developing and testing in-situ settlement structures and equipment
- Creating an NSF Proposal
- Developing and testing field protocols
- Creating accessible population surveys
Science Communication
Science Communication
Science Communication
- Experience in science communication in the format of a research poster presentation, Science Cafe, educational workshop, social media, and a thesis presentation
- Experience managing social media platforms for scientific and educational engagement through Instagram and Twitter
- Served as a consultant for social justice educational social media platforms
- Accomplished in service-learning development and logistics