Education
Oregon State University, Ph.D. Fire Ecology - Forest Ecosystems and Society, 2022
NSF Graduate Research Fellow, September 2017 to 2022
Colorado State University, B.S. Forest Biology & Botany minor, 2015
Awards & Scholarships
• National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, 2019
• OSU: Hayes Fellowship Fund for Silviculture Options, 2021
• OSU:
College of Forestry Graduate Fellowship, 2021
• Association of Fire
Ecology: Wayne Harrison Memorial Scholarship, 2020
• OSU: Oregon
Lottery Scholarship, 2020
• OSU: College of Forestry Graduate
Fellowship 2020
• OSU: Forest Ecosystems and Society Catherin G.
Bacon Graduate Fellowship, 2020
• OSU: College of Forestry,
Experiential Learning Funding, 2020
• OSU: College of Forestry
Graduate Fellowship, 2017
• CSU: Honors Scholarship, 2011 to
2015
• CSU: Presidential Scholarship, 2011 to 2015
• CSU:
Non-Resident Merit Work-Study, 2013 to 2015
• CSU: Student
Development Fund, 2013 & 2014
• CSU: Crews Family Pingree Park
Scholarship, 2013
• CSU: William (Mike) Fenner ’54 Scholarship,
2013
• Champaign Centennial High School: Cliff Rocks! Scholarship,
2011
Research & Science Oureach Grants
• Sigma Xi: Grants in Aid of Research, 2020
• Maki Foundation:
Grant for environmental conservation, 2020
• OSU: Forestry
Graduate-Undergraduate Mentorship Program, 2020
• Native Plant
Society of Oregon: Field Research Grant, 2020
• OSU: Student
Organization Resources for Community Engagement Grant, 2020
•
Association for Fire Ecology: Student Chapter Grant, 2020
•
Association for Fire Ecology: Student Travel, Research, and Educational
Experience Grant, 2019
• OSU: Graduate School International Travel
Grant, 2019
• OSU: College of Forestry Discovery Days Grant,
2019
• Association for Fire Ecology: Student Travel, Research, and
Educational Experience Grant, 2018
• OSU: Mentored Employment
Program, 2018
• Patagonia Environmental Grant, 2017
Presentations
Academic conferences
Posters
• Ventenata dubia: Invasion potential and impact on native
communities in North America’s Inland Pacific Northwest. Ecology and
Management of Alien Plant Invasions (EMAPi) conference, Prague, Czech
Republic, 2019
• Is a new invasive species, Ventenata
dubia, altering fire regimes and native plant communities? Western
Forestry Graduate Research Symposium, Corvallis, OR, 2018
• Is a
new invasive species, Ventenata dubia, altering fire regimes
and native plant communities? International Fire Ecology and Management
conference, Missoula, MT, 2018
Selected Presentations
• Feeding the fire: Drivers and impacts of the Ventenata dubia
invasion in the Blue Mountain Ecoregion. Oregon Interagency Noxious Weed
Symposium, Corvallis, OR, 2022
• Annual grass invasion and fire in
Inland Northwest forests, USA. Association of Fire Ecology, virtual,
2022
• Feeding the fire: Modeling annual grass invasion in a
forest-mosaic landscape, Association of Fire Ecology, virtual, 2021
• Interactions between plant community trait composition and
environmental stress influence community resistance to a recent annual
grass invader, Ventenata dubia. ESA, virtual, 2021
• Plant
community traits and environmental stress influence invasion resistance.
Western Forestry Graduate Research Symposium, Corvallis, OR/virtual,
2021
• A novel niche: The invasive annual grass Ventenata
dubia and relationships to wildfire, environment, and community
factors in the Inland Northwest. International Fire Ecology and
Management conference, Tucson, AZ, 2019
• Trends in alpine
vegetation in Rocky Mountain National Park: Monitoring using the GLORIA
Methodology Rocky Mountain Research Symposium. Estes Park, CO, 2017
Science Outreach Presentations
• Invasion, Fire, and the Future of NW Wildlands Ventenata dubia in
the Blue Mountains Ecoregion. NNW Fire Science Consortium webinar, virtual
(2022)
• Fire and Weeds: A Growing Threat to Oregon’s Native Plant
Communities. Native
Plant Society of Oregon monthly chapter meeting, Eugene, OR (2021)
• A new invasive threat to Oregon’s native plant communities,
Ventenata dubia. Native Plant Society of Oregon monthly chapter
meeting, Corvallis, OR (2021)
• One-Two Punch to Oregon’s Natural
Areas: Invasive Plants & Fire. DaVinci
Days, Corvallis, OR (2020)
• Ventenata dubia research
overview and workshop: Invasion and impacts. USFS Leadership Team
Meeting, Bend, OR (2018)
• Is Anyone Listening? Studying why some
frogs have ears and others don’t. Mosquito Range Heritage Initiative
Adventure Series, Alma, CO. (2016)
• Monitoring Alpine Vegetation
in the Mosquito Range. Mosquito Range Heritage Initiative Annual
Community Meeting. Alma, CO. (2016)
Teaching Experience
Pedagogical Training
• OSU GRAD 561: Course Design and Methods (3 credits). 2021
•
Course Co-designer for Forest Ecology (FES 341). 2020
Developed
course structure, topics, syllabus, learning materials, and
activities
• OSU GRAD 560: Theories and Practice in College and
University Teaching (3 credits). 2019
• OSU Center for Teaching and
Learning: Collecting Feedback & Responsive Teaching Workshop.
2020
Graduate Teaching Assistant
• Forest Ecology (FES 341), OSU, Corvallis, OR. 2018
Guest Lectures
• Fire Ecology (FES 440/540), OSU, Corvallis, OR. 2022
• Fire
Ecology (FES 440/540), OSU, Corvallis, OR. 2021
• Fire Ecology (FES
440/540), OSU, Corvallis, OR. 2020
• Forest Ecology (FES 341), OSU,
Corvallis, OR. 2018
• Wildland Restoration (RNG 521), OSU,
Corvallis, OR. 2018
Workshops & Field Trips
• Science communication: making figures with Inkscape, Corvallis, OR.
2021
• USFS post-fire invasive species management workshop, Region
6/virtual. 2021
• USFS Ventenata dubia and fire field trip,
Prineville, OR. 2019
• USFS Invasive species Listening Sessions:
John Day, OR. 2019
Naches, WA. 2019
Prineville, OR. 2019
Bend, OR. 2018
Prineville, OR. 2017
Lakeview, OR. 2017
Mentoring Experience
• Undergraduate Honors Thesis Mentor, University of California, Davis
(2022 to present)
Kara Sanghera. Project: Invasion
in California forests following severe fire
• Undergraduate Research Project Mentor, Oregon State University
(2021 to 2022)
Ellen Leudloff. Project: Microbial
associations with the invasive annual grass, ventenata
• Undergraduate Thesis Committee Member, Oregon State University
(2019 to 2022)
Simone Gibson. Project: How does
Ventenata dubia influence fuel load and fire behavior?
• Forestry Graduate-Undergraduate Mentorship Program, Oregon State
University (2020)
Haley Weir. Project: Exploring
Oregon’s Fire Ecology Through the Lens of Sustainability
• Undergraduate Mentored Employment Program Mentor, Oregon State
University (2018 to 2019)
Michael Dominguez.
Project: Determining how soils drive the Ventenata dubia
invasion.
Outdoor Educating & Instructing
• Mosquito Range Heritage Initiative, Alma, CO. 2016, Program
Facilitator
• CSU University Recreation Center, Fort Collins,
CO. 2011 to 2015,
Outdoor adventure trip leader/instructor
• Exposure Alaska/
MICA Guides, Glacier View, Alaska. Summer 2012 & 2013, Glacier
trekking and climbing leader/instructor
• Camp Ondessonk,
Ozark, IL. Summer 2009, 2010, & 2011
Summer camp adventure trip leader/nature instructor
Field Research Experience
• Eastern Oregon. OSU University, Summer 2018 to 2020, Lead field
Researcher
• Eastern Oregon. Western Colorado University/ OSU,
Jun. to Sep. 2017 Lead Field Botanist
• Eastern
Washington. University of Washington, Apr. to Jun. 2017 Botany Field
Technician
• San Vito, Cost Rica. Las Cruces Organization of
Tropical Studies, Mar. 2017 Volunteer Research Assistant
• Alma, Colorado. Mosquito Range Heritage Initiative, Jun. to Sep. 2015;
Feb. to Dec. 2016, Botanist/ Outreach coordinator
•
Yellowstone, WY, Great Sand Dunes National Parks, CO, & Pecos
Wilderness, NM. Colorado Natural Heritage Program, Fort Collins,
Colorado, 2013 to 2017,
Botanist/ Data Analyst. 2017
Botany Crew Lead. Summer 2015 & 2016
Botany/
Ecology Intern. 2013 to 2015
• Oxapampa, Perú. Centro de
Capacitación en Conservación y Desarrollo Sostenible, 2016,
Volunteer Research Assistant
• Denali & Yukon-Charley
National Parks, AK. NPS/Central Alaska Network. 2014, Botanist:
AmeriCorps
• Fort Collins, CO. Pilon-Smits Laboratory, Fort
Collins, Colorado, 2013 to 2014, Undergraduate Lab and Field
Research Assistant
DEI & Science Outreach Volunteering
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
• College of Forestry: DEI in Course Design, 2020 to 2022,
Taskforce Member
• Promoting DEI in Seasonal Fieldwork
Workshop, 2021, Participant
• Decolonize Fire Ecology
Workshop, 2021, Participant
• Adaptive Recreational
Opportunities, Fort Collins, Colorado, 2012, Volunteer
instructor
Science Outreach (Volunteer)
• Franklin Elementary School Science Night, Corvallis, OR. 2020
•
OSU Discovery Days, Corvallis, OR. 2017, 2019 & 2020
•
Corvallis Bioblitz, Corvallis, OR. 2019
• Linn-Benton Salmon Watch,
Corvallis, OR. 2016
• Sylvan-dale Ranch Bioblitz, Loveland, CO.
2015
Professional Service
• OSU Forest Ecosystems & Society Coffee: Organizing Committee,
2021
• OSU College of Forestry: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Task Force, 2020 to 2021
• Western Forestry Graduate Research
Symposium: Organizing Committee, 2019, 2020, 2021
• Student
Association of Fire Ecology: Treasurer, 2017 to 2020
• OSU Forest
Ecosystems & Society: Graduate Student Faculty Awards Committee,
2020
• OSU Forest Ecosystems & Society: Faculty Promotion Review
Student Committee Chair, 2019
• Journal Reviews: Ecological Monographs (1), Rangeland Ecology & Management (2), USGS Annotated Bibliography (1), Forest Ecology and Management (3), Ecological Processes (1)
Certifications & Additional Skills
• Wilderness First Responder & CPR (SOLO) through April 2024
• Programming & Analysis: Proficient in R: spatial and non-spatial
data manipulation and analysis, machine learning, and parametric and
non-parametric analysis techniques. Experience in Python, JavaScript,
JMP. Collaborating in GitHub
• Geospatial Analysis: Proficient in
R, ArcMap, ArcPro. Experience in Python (ArcPy) and Google Earth Engine.
• Fire/ Forest Modeling: Experience in FSim, BehavePlus, FlamMap,
IFTDSS, FCCS, and FVS.
• Language: Native English. Written and
spoken Spanish (intermediate)
• Additional Software: Proficient with
MS Office Suite including MS Word, MS Outlook, MS Access, MS Excel, and
MS PowerPoint and Mendeley citation manager.
• Art & Design:
Experience using Inkscape for graphic design.