Curriculum Vitae
Education
University of the Pacific M.S. Student, Biology 2025 — present
Cornell University, College of Arts & Sciences B.A., Environmental Biology and Applied Ecology 2018 — 2022
Research & Professional Experience
University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA M.S. student, Odom Lab 2025 — 2027
Passive acoustic monitoring of urban bird communities. I am using automated acoustic recorders (AudioMoths) and machine learning-based species identification (BirdNET) to assess patterns in bird species richness and occupancy in relation to vegetation structure and urban land use to inform citywide greening initiatives.
California State University, Los Angeles Research Assistant, Wood Lab of Avian and Urban Ecology May — December 2024
Urban food web dynamics. Conducted point-count bird surveys evaluating how the planting of 200 oak trees on campus contributed to urban biodiversity. Examined the capacity of native and non-native oaks to support urban food webs, including insects and birds.
U.S. Geological Survey, Southwest Biological Science Center, Moab, UT Biological Science Technician February — December 2023
Terrestrial dryland ecology. Conducted extensive fieldwork across a suite of projects spanning adaptive management, dust and aeolian processes, rangeland management, sediment transport, dryland inventory and monitoring, biological soil crusts, wildfire, and nonnative species.
Cornell Lab of Ornithology & Western Sydney University Lyrebird Lab — NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) June — August 2022
Superb Lyrebird behavioral ecology. Studied vocal behavior and song dialects across the species’ population range in eastern Australia. Deployed SWIFT autonomous audio recorders and motion-triggered cameras near display mounds and managed the resulting data.
Cornell University Plant Pathology Herbarium, Ithaca, NY Museum Curatorial Assistant November 2018 — November 2019
Fungal biology. Packaged and labelled fungal specimens for museum research.
Teaching
University of the Pacific, Department of Biological Sciences Teaching Assistant — General Biology 51 and 61 2025 — present
Publications
Book review
Thomas, C. (2023). Review of The Compact Australian Bird Guide, by J. Davies, P. Menkhorst, D. Rogers, R. Clarke, P. Marsack, and K. Franklin. CSIRO Publishing, 2022, 264 pp. Emu — Austral Ornithology, 123(2), 182–183. https://doi.org/10.1080/01584197.2023.2171437
Conference Presentations
What can bird vocal activity tell us about urban green space? A passive acoustic study in California’s Central Valley American Ornithological Society Conference, Amherst, MA — poster August 2026
Using automated acoustic monitoring to evaluate avian biodiversity in a structurally diverse urban landscape Animal Behavior Society Conference, Baltimore, MD — poster July 2025
Central Valley Birding Symposium, Stockton, CA — talk November 2025
Fellowships & Grants
Central Valley Bird Club Research Grant Award Two months support May 2026
Hunter-Nahhas Fellowship Award University of the Pacific, Department of Biological Sciences — three months support 2025
Sempra Energy Scholarship Program Cornell University 2018 — 2022
Service & Community Engagement
Morro Bay Bird Festival — San Luis Obispo, CA Trip leader — Shorebirds of the Morro Bay Marina and Birding Hot Spots for Beginners January 2025
Occidental College, Moore Lab of Zoology — Los Angeles, CA Bird specimen preparation volunteer — prepared bird skins for long-term museum storage March — December 2024
La Verne Bird Banding Station Bird banding research volunteer — captured birds with mist nets; identified, aged, measured, sexed, and banded birds July — December 2024
Los Angeles Audubon California Least Tern monitoring volunteer — community science monitoring during nesting season June — August 2024
Bird walk guide — led birding outings for LA Audubon and community members September — October 2024
Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates - Ithaca, NY Bird specimen preparation volunteer — prepared specimens for long-term museum storage January — November 2022
Skills
Software
R, Python, ArcGIS, Git, Microsoft Office Suite.
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