Education:

Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies 2002 – 2003 New Haven, CT

§ Master of Environmental Management

§ Focus in Forestry, Forest Science, and Forest Management; GPA 3.6

Yale College 1998 – 2002 New Haven, CT

§ Bachelor of Science

§ Major in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; GPA 3.5

Organization for Tropical Studies Fall 2000 San Jose, Costa Rica

§ Undergraduate Semester Abroad Program; GPA 3.9

Half Hollow Hills H. S. East 1994 – 1998 Dix Hills, NY

---

Employment:

East-West Forestry Associates: Vegetation Mapping Technician Jun 2003 – present Sacramento, CA

§ Working as Government Contractor in US Forest Service R5 Remote Sensing Lab§ Edit Vegetation Classification Maps on ArcView GIS 3.2 and ERDAS Imagine 8.5§ Use Aerial Photography, Digital Orthophoto Quads, and Satellite Imagery as Inputs § Work includes regular Field Reconnaissance for ground-truthing of Vegetation Maps

Yale Biology DepartmentResearch Lab Technician Jan 2002 – May 2002Sep 2002 – May 2003 New Haven, CT

§ Prepared Media, Cultivated Bacteria, and Cleaned Glassware in Microbiology Lab

Institute for Bird PopulationsSummer Field Intern Jun 2002 – Aug 2002 Point Reyes Station, CA

§ Received Internship Funding through Lieberman Funds for Summer Research Award§ Classified Vegetation Types according to California Wildlife Habitat Relationships§ Conducted Roadside Transects on 7 National Forests in California’s Sierra Nevada

Yale Biology DepartmentUndergraduate Research Project Sep 2001 – May 2002Jul 2001 – Aug 2001 New Haven, CTJalisco, Mexico

§ Received Research Funding from Thoreau Environmental Internship§ Observed Ant Behavior, Collected Specimen, and Recorded Activity Rates in Field § Measured Morphological Characteristics and Analyzed Findings in the Lab§ Produced Paper: Strategic Hitchhiker Allocation in Leafcutter Ants (Atta mexicana)

Yale Biology DepartmentResearch Assistant Jun 1999 – May 2000 New Haven, CT

§ Received NFS Funding via Yale Freshman Perspectives in Science Program§ Sequenced DNA in Genetics Lab in Attempts to Generate Phylogenetic Trees

Skills § Proficient in MS Word/Excel/PowerPoint, ArcView GIS 3.2, ERDAS Imagine 8.5§ Familiar with Flora of California, Plant Identification Methods, Standard Forestry Measurement Procedures, Basic Land Surveying Techniques, and Orienteering Skills§ Ecological Modeling Experience with Vegetation Distribution, Forest Growth, Population Biology, Landscape Ecology, and Genetics§ Fluent in English, Proficient in Spanish