Objective
To conduct research in marine environments for commercial and recreational fisheries.
Experience
Fisheries Biologist
Normandeau Associates, Inc. Stowe, Pennsylvania
September 2005 to Present
Employed a number of methods to collect fisheries life stage and survival data for entrainment and impingement (316b) studies at Oyster Creek Generating Station, Forked River, New Jersey in a team setting; impingement/entrainment data at Eddystone Generating Station, Eddystone, Pennsylvania, Cromby Generating Station, Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, and Fairless Hills Generating Station, Falls Township, Pennsylvania; impingement data at Schuylkill Generating Station, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and electroshocking along the Schuylkill River in Berks County, Pennsylvania.
Field and Laboratory Technician
Aqua Survey, Inc. Flemington, New Jersey
October 2004 to September 2005
Performed a number of duties including vibracoring, benthic sampling, water chemistry,and laboratory work, as well as conducting general vessel, vehicle, and sampling equipment
maintenance.
Fisheries Biologist and Environmental Consultant Environmental Research and Consulting, Inc. / Clemmys Environmental Services, LLC., Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania
April 2004 to October 2004
Performed a number of duties including maintaining of fish ladders throughout the Delaware River/Bay region; fish entrainment/impingement (316b) at Salem Power Plant, Salem, New Jersey; push trawl collection and observation in the Delaware Bay; and beach seining duties throughout the Delaware River/Bay region.
National Marine Fisheries Service North Pacific and Alaskan Groundfish Observer
N.W.O., Inc., Seattle, Washington
July 2003 to March 2004
Performed fisheries observer duties aboard commercial fishing vessels in the Bering Sea and North Pacific Ocean during the walleye pollock A and B seasons, utilizing various sampling methods and recording day to day operations the entire time out at sea.
Education Volunteer
New Jersey State Aquarium at Camden Aquarium
January 2003 to May 2003
Provided information to questions that guests may have about
marine life, environments, and aquaria.
Education
Rider University
Lawrenceville, New Jersey
Bachelor of Science, May 2003
Major: Marine Science
Certification
Hazwoper 40 Hour (OSHA 1910.120)
PADI Open Water Diver
Cold Water Survival
Skils
YSI meters
Water chemistry sampling
Microsoft Windows and Office