Résumé

EXPERIENCE

Ocean Analytics, LLC

Consulting services

Stonington, Maine

January 2017-present

-Microplastic laboratory analysis

-Data compilation

-Microscopy

-Lecturer

-Review & dissemination of scientific publications

-Single-use plastic legislation research

Adventure Scientists

Principal Investigator, Global Microplastics Initiative 

Stonington, Maine/Bozeman, Montana

May 2014 – March 2018                               

-Laboratory management and QA/QC

-Hire, train and supervise analyst

-Data management, analysis for use in regulatory processes  

Peer-reviewed publication

-National and international academic presentation

Long Cove Sea Farm, LLC

Aquaculture owner/operator                                            

Stonington, Maine

January 2015-present

-Responsible for all aspects of business & oyster husbandry

The Shaw Institute

Coastal Monitoring Coordinator

Blue Hill, Maine

January 2013 – November 2015

-Management and execution of water quality monitoring program & citizen science program 

-Results reporting, GIS mapping

-Peer-reviewed publication

-Grant writing and program budget administration

-Hire, train and supervisor to research interns

-Maine State House research testimonies on plastic research

Ocean Classroom Foundation

Marine Educator

New England, USA

May 2010 – August 2010

-Teach 15- 23 junior high/high school students/at-risk youth on 125 ft live-aboard schooner

-Curriculum design

-Medical Officer, education/food budget and crew duties

Motupore Island Research Center

Project Manager- Seahorse Distribution, Diversity and Trade

Papua New Guinea

March 2007 –December 2007

-Organize and conduct diving and net surveys in unexplored, remote waters

 -Data entry and statistical analysis, GIS mapping

 -Wet laboratory and field assistant manager  

- Public liaison and outreach with remote island tribes/fisherman

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science, Zoology 2004-2006

University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania Australia

Master of Philosophy in Human Ecology 2016-2018

College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, Maine

CURRENT LEADERSHIP

EPA Region 2 Trash Free Waters Steering Committee member

Island Heritage Trust Community Advisory Board member

Plastic Pollution Coalition Scientific Advisor Board member

5Gyres Scientific Advisory Board member