| Owner Terrasana Gardens A landscape design and installation business in upstate NY, focused on sustainable landscapes and nature-inspired design. Graduate Fellow in Public Garden Leadership A two year graduate fellowship offered by Cornell Plantations in pursuit of an MPS degree through the horticulture department and focusing on the leadership of public gardens. My thesis research focuses on public attitudes and aesthetic reactions to green, or living, roofs. Teaching Assistant Plantations Lecture Series: A discussion course taught in conjunction with Cornell Plantations fall lecture series: http://www.cornellplantations.org/learning/lectures Horticulture Intern Summer internship for the fullfillment of graduate program requirement Plant Propagation Intern Propagation of a wide variety of plant species Field Botanist Field work related to range management on Fort Drum military instillation Research Assistant Projects related to masters thesis including: Teaching Assistant Avian Field Ecology: A field based lab focusing on identification of southwestern bird species. Teaching Assistant Techniques in Natural Resource Management: A variety of field and lab techniques used in working with fish and wildlife populations. Botanical Field Assistant Volunteer research assistant for a project on plant community composition and diversity in relation to hydrogeochemical gradients in rich fens. Head Field Assistant Conducted herpetological research analyzing the importance of vernal and permanent breeding pools for amphibians in the central Adirondacks and the affects of road salt on breeding success. Supervisor: Nancy Karraker – see her publications here. Field Technician Setting up CFI plots with GPS information as a baseline reference for remote sensing in order to test its applications in forest management. See the Forest Project website for a series of publications associated with this research. Conservation and Behavior in the Tropics With Dr. Bill Sheilds, worked in small groups formulating and conducting scientific experiments in the tropics of Australia, including studies of epiphytic ferns, seabirds, and reptiles. Cranberry Lake Biological Station Biological studies in the Adirondack State Park focusing on research sampling methods, habitat diversity, and an independent project studying the genetic diversity of recently formed islands. Teaching Assistant Taught Dendrology lab for Dr. Don Leopold covering 15% of the tree species that constitute approximately 85% of the trees in North America. |