Background

Results-focused, meticulous scientist with experience directing environmental investigations in a multidisciplinary firm and providing subsequent recommendations for commercial endeavors (e.g., construction sites). Demonstrates a broad understanding of and passion for hard sciences and social sciences. Maintains project timelines, often concluding prior to established deadlines. Gifted technical writer, developing clear messages for a range of audiences. Respected project manager with budgets of $1M+, overseeing subcontracted employees and collaborating cross-functionally

Education

• Rutgers University
  MS
  

  2014 - 2017

  Masters in Geology
  Thesis: Multi-proxy Reconstruction of a ~1.3 Ma Freshwater Wetland, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania
  o Received $4K+ in grants from the Geological Society of America, Society for Sedimentary Geology, National Association of Black Geologists & Geophysicists, and Rutgers New Brunswick Graduate School.
  o Mapped, trenched, sampled, and subsequently analyzed grain size, diatoms, phytoliths, and clay mineralogy; and conducted stable isotope analysis of carbon and oxygen to reconstruct the effect of climate change on a 1.3 million-year-old wetland.