OUTREACH & SERVICE
Outreach​
  • Hasler Lab Open House: Presented on zooplankton and macroinvertebrate biology and taxonomy using microscopes and aquaria at the Center for Limnology. Madison, WI, June 2022. ​
  • Lake Learning Day – McKee Farms Park: Collected zooplankton and macroinvertebrates and showcased the diverse organisms found in urban ponds of Madison. McKee Farms Park, Fitchburg, WI, June 2022.
  • Lake Learning Day – Elver Park: Collected zooplankton and macroinvertebrates and showcased the diverse organisms found in urban ponds of Madison. Elver Park, Madison, WI, May 2022. 
  • Lake Wingra Watershed Gathering: Participated in the Center for Limnology’s table demonstrating the connections between our land and our water using interactive tools to visualize watersheds. Vilas Park, Madison, WI, May 2022.    
  • Edgewood Middle School 7th Grade Class: Planned, organized, and executed a teaching event for Carly Ziegler’s middle school science class discussing water quality, food webs, and threats facing freshwater fishes in Madison lakes. Edgewood Middle School, Madison, September 2021. 
  • Neighborhood House Community Center: Planned, organized, and executed two afternoon teaching events for kids aged 7-12 discussing lake water quality and land stewardship as well as demonstrating classic limnological sampling techniques with the kids. University of Wisconsin, Madison. July & August 2021.
  • WikiProject Limnology & Oceanography (WP L&O): Reviewer. Review Wikipedia articles submitted by undergraduate aquatic science students under the WP L&O which was developed to support post-secondary instructors using Wikipedia as a teaching tool in aquatic science classes. University of Wisconsin, Madison. April 2021.
  • State Science & Technology Fair of Iowa: Volunteer judge. Judge student research projects submitted by junior high and high school students from across Iowa. Virtual, March 2021
  • Resume/CV workshop: Mentor. Met with individually students in the STEM Scholars, a program for historically excluded populations in STEM. Provided advice and editing to their resumes and CV. Iowa State University, Feb. 17, 2021
  • Public Presentation: Why is Green Valley Lake so Green? Green Valley State Park, Creston, IA, USA, Dec 03, 2019
  • Public Presentation: Poster, Iowa State Sustainability Symposium on behalf of the Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology Graduate Student Organization, (November) Ames, IA, USA, Feb 19, 2019
  • Public Presentation: Poster, Green Bay Conservation Partners Spring roundtable, Green Bay, WI, USA, Apr 19, 2018
  • Public Presentation: Poster, Green Bay Conservation Partners Spring roundtable, Green Bay, WI, USA, Apr 25, 2017

Service
  • Committee Member: Center for Limnology 101 Committee, assist in updating software and hardware in the 101 biology lab in the Center for Limnology, including the acquisition of 4K monitors and cameras for teaching and research use. Madison, WI. 2021
  • Committee Member: Center for Limnology Outreach Committee, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Plan and facilitate various outreach events at both Hasler Lab and Trout Lake Station. Madison, WI. 2021
  • President: Graduate Research in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Iowa State University. Ames, IA. 2019 - 2020
    • Led the graduate student body and planned, organized, and executed the 27th Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Spring Symposium
  • Committee member: Great Plains Limnology Conference Organizing Committee, Ames, IA. 2019
  • Session moderator: Moderated the "Food webs & Connectivity" session of the Great Plain Limnology Conference. Ames, IA. 2019
  • Trip leader:  Turning Responsibility into Powerful Service, led a group of 4 students from various departments on a 5-day trip into the Keweenaw Peninsula of Michigan to camp, do service with the U.S. Forest Service and Nature Conservancy, and lead reflections on sustainability and conservation of natural areas. De Pere, WI. April 2016. 
  • Committee member:  St. Norbert Green Initiative Fund, allocated funds to sustainability and conservation projects on campus. De Pere, WI. 2014 - 2016. Projects I was involved with:
    • Secured funding for three solar-powered picnic tables to provide outdoor study spaces with charging ports
    • Worked with campus safety to create and fund a bid to double the fleet of campus bikes available to students
    • Secured funding for three new water bottle filling stations in first-year dormitories​