Undergraduate Research Experience
Pre-Graduate Research - Plankton Ecology Department of Zoology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON
April 1994 - present.
Supervisor: John Roff (now at Acadia U)
  • Collection and analysis of multiscale scale (km - cm) plankton distributions from the Gulf of St. Lawrence
  • Oceanographic Data collected: Conductivity Temperature Depth Probe (CTD), Fluorometer, and nets
  • Benthic collection of brown seaweeds and surface roughness measurement of ice-scoured rock faces
  • Experimental design for graduate research proposal
    • Biological Control Assistant, Forestry Canada, Forest Pest Management Institute (FPMI), Sault-Ste-Marie, ON - field sites at Black Sturgeon Lake, ON; and St. Leonards, NB
    June 1993 - Sept. 1993
    Supervisor:

    Undergrad and Grad Teaching Experience
    Teaching Assistant, University of Guelph, Department of Zoology, Guelph, ON
    Sept. 1994 - Dec. 1997
    Courses Instructed : 13
    Biology of Polluted Waters (field and experimental labs)
    Marine Biology (experimental research projects)
    Natural Resource Policy
    Introductory Zoology
    Introduction to Aquatic Environments
    Marine Environment / Marine Ecological Processes
    Teaching Assistant, University of Waterloo, Department of Biology, Waterloo, ON
    Sept. 1990 - April 1994
    Courses Instructed : 17
    Microbiology
    Cell Biology
    Human Physiology
    Vertebrate Zoology
    Entomology (labs and field collection trips)
    Comparative Animal Physiology - full time demonstrator (7 labs) Sept. 1993 - April 1994

    Specialized Skills
    Computing Skills
  • Extensive experience with computer / network hardware installation
    Operating Systems
  • Experienced with Dos, Windows (3.1-XP, NT), Mac, Linux and UNIX systems
    Languages
  • Fortran, C, Basic, dHTML, JavaScript, Perl, Macro Programming (Fortner Visualization Suite, SigmaPlot, Matlab)
    Software
  • Multimedia packages, Microsoft Office Software, Lotus Smartsuite, WordPerfect, Graphics packages (Corel, Photoshop, MS Publisher, Micrographics), most HTML editors, and specialized analysis packages: Matlab, Fortner Visualization Suite, Systat, SAS etc.
    • Lab Skills
  • Experience with 14C and stable nitrogen uptake incubation techniques
  • Limnological/oceanographic equipment: Secchi disk, Hach KitsŪ, Niskin bottles, PAR profiler, CTD, ADCP, boats-small research ships, outboard engines.
  • Plankton collection equipment: nets, Schindler traps, Optical Plankton Counter
  • Fluorometric, light and electron microscopy
  • Familiar with standard lab apparatus, aquatic and terrestrial invertebrates
  • Terrestrial field equipment: compasses, maps, generators, GPS, 4WD trucks, and aircraft
  • Extensive experience in computer-based data analysis/graphing/statistics
    • Training
  • Course-based instruction in leadership, public speaking, and group dynamics
  • University electives in English, French, and Russian (written and conversational)
  • St. John's Ambulance First Aid training
  • NAUI Openwater I SCUBA certification