Education
Research Experience
Teaching Experience
Presentations
Phd in progress - Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Kent State University, 2020-2025
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Bachelors of Science - Zoology
Kent State University, 2016-2020
Graduate student researcher,
Drs. Kershner and Rocha labs,
Department of Biological Sciences,
Kent State University, 2020-present
Undergraduate student researcher, Bahlai Lab of Applied Quantitative Ecology, Department of Biological Sciences, Kent State University, 2020
Undergraduate student researcher, Summer Undergraduate Research Experience, Department of Biological Sciences, Kent State University, 2020
Undergraduate student researcher, de Szalay Lab of aquatic ecology/entomology, Department of Biological Sciences, Kent State University, 2017-2020
Undergraduate research assistant, Kershner Lab of community ecology, Department of Biological Sciences, Kent State University, 2016
Biological Foundations Lab Instructor- Remote
Fall 2020 (BSCI 10120) ~50 students
Spring 2021 (BSCI 10120) ~60 students
General Ecology Lab Instructor,
Fall 2021 (BSCI 30360) ~20students
Biological Foundations Lecture Aide
Spring 2022
General Ecology Lab Instructor,
Fall 2022 (BSCI 30360) ~20 students
Invertebrate Zoology Lab Instructor,
Spring 2023 (BSCI 30560) 20 students
Wetland Ecology and Management Lab instructor
Fall 2023 (BSCI 40368) ~20 students
Vertebrate Zoology Lab instructor
Spring 2024 (BSCI 40556) 10 students
“Bugs and booze: an analysis of urbanization and vegetation effects on flying invertebrate communities” (Poster). Kent State University Graduate Student Research Symposium. April 2023.
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“Bugs and booze: an analysis of urbanization and vegetation effects on flying invertebrate communities” (Poster). Entomological Society of America Annual meeting. November 2023.
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“Bugs and booze: an analysis of urbanization and vegetation effects on flying invertebrate communities” (Poster). Ecological Society of America Annual meeting. August 2023.
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“Bugs and booze: an analysis of urbanization and vegetation effects on flying invertebrate communities” (Poster). Kent State University Graduate Student Research Symposium. April 2022.
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“The pitfalls of pitfall trapping: a comparison of classical insect collection and novel camera trapping techniques in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park” (Virtual Poster). Kent State University Graduate Student Research Symposium. April 2021.
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“Golf Green to Green stream: does a stream restoration in an ex-golf course impact terrestrial invertebrate communities?” (Virtual Poster). Kent State University Undergraduate Symposium on Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity. May 2020.
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“A Survey of Rolled-Leaf Beetle communities (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in the new leaves of Heliconiaceae and Marantaceae plants of Costa Rica (Virtual Poster). Kent State University Undergraduate Symposium on Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity. May 2020.
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“Career Conversations in Scientific Research” (Talk). Kent State University Honors College. October 2020.
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“Golf Green to Green stream: does a stream restoration in an ex-golf course impact terrestrial invertebrate communities?” (Talk). Kent State University Summer Undergraduate Research Experience 3-minute Thesis Competition. November 2019.
Awards and Grants
2020
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Book Award, Kent State University - Graduate Student Senate.
2021
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Graduate Student Support Award, Kent State University - Graduate Student Senate
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Graduate Student Research Award, Kent State University– Graduate Student Senate
2022
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Small Research Grant - Geauga Park District
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Graduate Student Research Award, Kent State University – Graduate Student Senate
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International Travel Award, Kent State University – Graduate Student Senate
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Art and Margaret Herrick Endowment for the Aquatic Ecology Research Facility
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Domestic Travel Award, Kent State University - Graduate Student Senate
2023
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Special Contingency Award, Kent State University - Graduate Student Senate
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Travel Award, Kent State University – Department of Biological Sciences
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Outstanding Teaching Assistantship Award – Kent State University – Department of Biological Sciences