I am a graduate of Hamline University with a BA in biology. I am looking for a job that uses the skills I have developed in my biology classes and jobs. The lab courses I have taken are general chemistry, organic chemistry, cell biology, field biology, ecology and evolution, plant and animal physiology, genetics, invertebrate biology, and animal behavior. I have also taken one semester of calculus, a statistics course, one semester of physics, and biology seminar. I have learned lab techniques, word processing, verbal presentation, and basic techniques in culturing microorganisms on plates and in tubes.

During the spring of 2011 I worked at Trans-Mississippi Biological Supply Company. I helped take care of the organisms that can be ordered from the company, including fish, plants, crayfish, beetles, macro invertebrates, and microorganisms. I kept enclosures clean and provided food and water when necessary.  I also assisted in packaging orders of live organisms to be sent to various locations. This was a fast-paced environment that required attention to detail.

Since August 2009 I have volunteered in the Science Museum’s Mississippi River Gallery as part of the aquatic invertebrate program. I interact with visitors of all ages, and love showing off bugs that are creepy to some visitors and cute to others. I especially like explaining what types of bugs I have out, what they eat, and what they do.

I volunteer for the National Park Service at an information center and historical site called Arcola Mills. I interpret the site and provide visitors with information on the history of the site and the whole St. Croix River.

Since the beginning of 2013 I have been volunteering at the University of Minnesota for a professor in the entomology department. I am in the process of identifying a large number of caddisflies that will be used in a collection.

I have experience working with a variety of organisms. In the summer of 2012 I was an intern for the Minnesota DNR Department of Fisheries. Each day we would go out in a boat to either set or lift gill and trap nets in order to take a survey of the fish living in the lake. I learned how to measure fish, enter data into a tablet computer, and interact with lake residents as a representative of a government agency. I also designed a research project which compared lake properties to fish growth patterns.

I worked at Hamline University from February 2010 to December 2010 as the greenhouse caretaker, where I monitored the health of the plants, watered them, and prepared plants for biology classes. The past three summers I sold shoes from a booth at the Minnesota State Fair and especially liked finding a customer the perfect pair of shoes.