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| 2000 | Master of Science, Fisheries Science. University of Maryland. | ||
| 1997 | Bachelor of Science, Marine Science/Biology. Long Island University/Southampton College. | ||
| Professional Experience: | |||
Sales Representative (05/2006 to Present) |
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| YSI, Inc., Owings, MD | ||
Responsible for sales, technical support, and application support in the Mid-Atlantic (DC, DE, MD and VA). Work with customers to initially determine the best monitoring solution for their application, and then implement that solution. Responsible for budget performance, key customer development, and territory development. Responsible for expanding the Mid-Atlantic Territory through the acquisition of new customers and the application of our products and services into new markets. YSI is an international company with world headquarters based in Ohio. We are an employee-owned company who manufactures and markets sensor technologies dedicated to ecological sustainability. YSI has a worldwide reputation as a leader in the measurement and monitoring of water quality and water quantity parameters. YSI manufactures a full line of both handheld and bench-top instruments for measuring water quality. YSI also manufactures data acquisition and multi-parameter, real-time monitoring systems for environmental applications, as well as accoustic instrumentation for the measurement of water velocity and calculation of water quantity. Additionally, YSI offers a full range of services including installations, custom products, data collection and data provision. |
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| Project Leader, Integrated Ecological Analysis (09/2003 to 05/2006) | ||
| Maryland Department of Natural Resources, RAS-TEA, Annapolis, MD | ||
| Responsible for project management of the Maryland Department of Natural Resources’ (DNR) continuous monitoring project, coordinating with field office staff, testing and purchasing new monitoring equipment, implementing quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC) procedures, and assisting with troubleshooting equipment and data transmission problems. Responsible for designing and implementing vertical profiler, new sensor and new monitoring technology pilot studies to determine the feasibility of incorporating these technologies into our operational monitoring program. Responsible for coordinating with University of Maryland - Horn Point Laboratory staff to integrate, deploy and maintain real-time continuous water quality monitoring equipment, with Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) and meteorological equipment, on Chesapeake Bay Observing System (CBOS) buoys. Responsible for coordinating DNR’s Resource Assessment Service’s monitoring activities on the Corsica River, a watershed targeted by Governor Ehrlich’s administration as a candidate watershed to receive intensive restoration and assessment. Responsible for maintaining and improving DNR’s Eyes on the Bay website. Responsible for coordinating with DNR’s data management team, developing new QA/QC protocols for Maryland’s shallow water monitoring program, and working at the regional level with the EPA Chesapeake Bay Program, the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality and the Virginia Institute of Marine Sciences to develop a regional shallow water monitoring data management plan. Responsible for coordinating monitoring activities with various programs within National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (e.g., NOS and NERR), Oyster Recovery Partnership, St. Mary’s College of Maryland, University of Maryland’s Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, and other State and Federal agencies previously mentioned. Responsible for grant and report writing; grant, contract and budget management; presenting at local, regional and national meetings; and employee supervision. | ||
| Research Statistician (05/2002 to 09/2003) | ||
| Maryland Department of Natural Resources, RAS-TEA, Annapolis, MD | ||
| Responsible for statistical analyses of data from the State of Maryland’s water and habitat quality and living resources environmental monitoring programs. Responsible for the provision of real-time and near real-time Chesapeake and Coastal Bays shallow-water monitoring data to the lay and scientific public, analysts, and managers through the creation and maintenance of the Eyes on the Bay website. Responsible for developing tools that give biologists and managers advanced warning of critical changes in water quality (e.g., extreme drops in dissolved oxygen), the potential presence of Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs), and major equipment failures. Responsible for presenting at local, regional and national meetings. | ||
| Faculty Research Assistant (06/2000 to 05/2002) | ||
| Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, Solomons, MD | ||
| Responsible for planning and conducting broad-scale abundance, distribution and dietary assessments of Chesapeake Bay juvenile and adult fishes; analysis of nutritional condition in larval yellow perch; computer-based morphometric analysis of larval fishes using Optimas®; animal care and husbandry; computer hardware and software maintenance and support; budget management; data management and statistical analysis utilizing Excel and SAS; grant and report writing; presenting at local, regional and national meetings; manuscript publishing; employee supervision. | ||
| Research Specialist (06/2000 to 11/2000) | ||
| Great Lakes WATER Institute, Milwaukee, WI | ||
| Responsible for designing, planning and conducting experimental recruitment research on yellow perch focusing on the effects of intermittent starvation and temperature on larval perch nutritional condition and survival; animal care and husbandry utilizing Intensive Aquaculture Technology; data management and statistical analysis; report writing; presenting at local and regional meetings; employee supervision. | ||
| Graduate Research Assistant (09/1997 to 08/2000) | ||
| Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, Solomons, MD | ||
| Conducted research on recruitment and maternal effects in Lake Michigan yellow perch for my Master's thesis. My work involved assessment of spawning population; collection of gametes; planning and conducting experiments evaluating the performance and survival of perch eggs and larvae from half-sib crosses; development and implementation of laboratory techniques to quantify nutritional condition in larval perch using fluorometric techniques; computer-based morphometric analysis of larval perch using Optimas®; data management and statistical analysis; report writing; presenting at local, regional and national meetings; manuscript publishing; employee supervision. | ||
| Laboratory Technician (06/1997 to 09/1997; 05/1996 to 09/1996) | ||
| Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, Solomons, MD | ||
| Responsible for participating in broad-scale abundance; distribution and dietary assessments of Chesapeake Bay larval, juvenile and adult fishes; zooplankton identification and enumeration. | ||
| Marine Station Crew (09/1995 to 06/1997) | ||
| Marine Station, Long Island University/Southampton College, Southampton, NY | ||
| Mate aboard a 30 ft. bay research vessel; crew aboard 44 ft. ocean research vessel; responsible for operation of small boats; field sampling and collection of animals for various projects; assistance with daily operations of aquaculture laboratory and sea-water system; general maintenance of boats; aquaria and equipment. | ||
| Professional Memberships and Activities: | ||
American Fisheries Society - Early Life History Section Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation Session Co-Chair: Innovative Technological Applications for Science and Management in the Chesapeake Bay Basin. Estuarine Research Federation (ERF) Chesapeake Bay Colloquium. Norfolk, VA, USA.21 October 2005. Session Chair: Yellow perch recovery and management: Lessons learned in the Great Lakes and beyond. Percis III, the 3rd International Percid Fish Symposium. Madison, WI USA. 20-24 July 2003. Symposia Chair: Lake Michigan yellow perch: on the road to recovery? International Association for Great Lakes Research (IAGLR). Green Bay, WI USA. 10 June 2001. |
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| Publications: | ||
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Heyer, C.J., P.J. Auster and J.B. Lindholm. 1998. A bibiliography of marine protected area function and design. NOAA Technical Report NMSP-98-01. Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Online Version |
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| Outreach and Volunteer Service: | ||
Volunteer Rescue Diver - Calvert County Rescue Dive Team Webmaster - All Saints Lutheran Church |
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