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Estabrook Elementary School PTO, Lexington MA <br /> Science Fair co-Chair 2017 <br /> Mountain View Masters Swim Club, Mountain View CA <br /> Governing Board Member 2009-2012, Secretary 2010-2012, Head Coach Search <br /> Committee member 2010 <br /> Vassar College Admissions, Poughl<eepsie NY <br /> Alumna Interviewer 2005-2013 <br /> University of California Santa Cruz, Environmental Studies Dept. <br /> Curriculum Committee student member, UCSC 2002-3 & 2006-7 <br /> University of California Santa Cruz, Graduate Student Association <br /> Department Representative 2004-2006,Travel Grant Committee member, <br /> 2004-2006 <br /> OTHER The HYM Course:Taxonomy of the Parasitic Hymenoptera, American <br /> EDUCATION Entomological Institute, 2008 <br /> Tropical Biology:An Ecological Approach (OTS O4-1), Organization for Tropical <br /> Studies, Costa Rica, 2004 <br /> Introduction to Spatial Patterns Analysis, Center for Spatially Integrated Social <br /> Sciences, University of California—Santa Barbara, 2002 <br /> RESEARCH University of California-Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA <br /> EXPERIENCE Graduate Student Researcher(Ph.D. research, 2004-2012): Landscape complexity, <br /> conservation of parasitic wasps, and biological control of agricultural pests in <br /> California's central coast region. Skills acquired: ESRI ArcGIS software and aerial <br /> photo interpretation, identification of subfamilies and some genera of <br /> Ichneumonidae, grant writing and project management. Students mentored: One <br /> senior thesis, four academic internships, and six student research assistants. <br /> Center for Conservation Biology,Stanford University,Stanford, CA lab of <br /> Gretchen Daily and Paul Ehrlich. 2008-2009. <br /> Technician, level 3. Ichneumonid wasp diversity and Hawaiian ecosystem <br /> restoration. Contributions: Revised a local fauna identification key to incorporate <br /> additional taxonomic descriptors, trained and monitored students in wasp <br /> identification of wasp, assisted with manuscript writing and revision. <br /> University of California-Santa Cruz, Letourneau lab <br /> Research assistant <br /> Transgene escape modeling project, 2005. Model system:wild radish and wild <br /> mustard in Santa Cruz county. <br /> Redwoods logging and understory community ecology project. 2002. Plant and <br /> insect community diversity surveys in response to variable logging practices. <br />