Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) Striped Legless Lizard recovery project ISV faculty staff; Victoria, Australia: Placement of abundance grids, GPS data, slope, aspect, and soil sampling at each site (private & public) for reconstruction of preferred habitat.
1998-present
Wapiti vocalization research, Rocky Mountain National Park & Elk ranches, Steamboat Springs, CO: Audio recordings of wapiti vocalizations in national parks and captive ranches. Ear tagging, weight and immunization of newborn captive elk (2000-2003)
2003 summer
USGS Prairie Dog & Plague study volunteer research assistant; Dinosaur, CO:
Measurements, anesthetizing, ear tagging, and radio-telemetry of prairie dogs; Blood and flea collection of prairie dogs for CDC analysis of plague
1998-present
Graduate Assistant; Animal Facilities; Dept. of Biological Sciences, UNC: greenhouse and museum organization, prep and care
1997-1998
Bottlenose dolphin study volunteer research assistant; Hilton Head Island, SC: Data collection of dolphin behaviour, boat operation, navigation, and fin identification photography
1995-1997
Howard Hughes Undergraduate Research Fellow; Department of Biology, UND: Physiology, ecology and behaviour of fishes
1996
Howard Hughes Undergraduate Research Apprenticeship, Department of Biology, UND
1996 summer
Dolphin Field School student: data collection of Bottlenose dolphin behaviour, boat operation, fin identification photography
1995
Independent study: Hermit crabs and snails in the tidal pools of Mal Pais, Costa Rica
1994
Student researcher: Group work on different habitats of Costa Rican natural history
