Project Manager College

Rachel F. Beebe

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Woodlawn, MD 21207

Cell Phone: 443-***-**** Email: ******.*****.**@*****.***

Education

B.A., Biology, St. Mary’s College of Maryland, May 2013, Environmental Studies Minor.

Fall 2011 semester abroad at James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia

Work experience

Sustainability Fellow at St. Mary's College of Maryland (2012-2013)

• Perform data analysis and make presentations to the general public of several key

sustainability issues.

• Establish sustainable campus and community programs (electronics recycling, re-usable

to go box program, composting, etc.)

• Coordinate campus environmental stakeholders and propose student legislation through

the St. Mary’s College of Maryland Student Government Association)

• Host and organize community environmental awareness events

Biology Department Tutor at St. Mary’s College of Maryland (Fall 2012)

Project Manager/Environmental Analyst Intern at the True Chesapeake Oyster Company

(June 2012-August 2012)

• Second in authority to owner of the company

• Recommended in final reports for acquisition aquaculture sites and equipment based on

scientific data collection and research

• Designed and collected oyster growth measurement criteria

• Kept computer records of vital operation information

Environmental Analyst Intern specializing in oyster restoration at the True Chesapeake Oyster

Company (January 2012-May 2012)

• Researched aquatic environmental factors that optimize oyster growth

• Collected data for these factors to inform a final report recommending aquaculture sites

for the company’s acquisition

Teaching Assistant, Principles of Biology I Lab (Fall 2010)

Relevant Skills

Biology/Chemistry Lab:

Familiar with MPN water testing, Gas Chromatography, JEOL NMR, and Basic Lab Equipment.

RTFM P. marinus testing and H. nelsoni identification in C. virginica. Spectrometers, Gel

Electrophoresis, Kirby-Bauer Method

Software:

ArcGIS, MS Office, Spectrasuite, SPSS, Maximum Entropy (modeling software), and Image J.

Computer Languages:

Python (intermediate) and R (beginner)

Recent Activities

Member of St. Mary's College of Maryland Student Goverment Association Environmental

Protection Committee (2013)

Vice President of the St. Mary's River Project (2013)

Initiator of St. Mary’s College electronics recycling program (2013)

Instructor in the St. Mary’s River Project (Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012)

Member of CAWL, the College Animal Welfare League (Fall 2009-Spring 2010)

Victim Advocate in the St. Mary’s First Responder’s Network (Fall 2010-present)

Member of the St. Mary’s Outdoors Club (Fall 2009-present)

Co-coordinator of Take Back The Night at St. Mary’s College of Maryland (2012)

Host and organizer of Earth Hour at St. Mary’s College of Maryland (2013)

Host and organizer of the St. Mary’s Sustainability Series (2013)

Honors Received

Invitation to St. Mary’s Mathematics Emerging Scholars Program (SMESP)

Member of Rho Gamma chapter of Beta Beta Beta biological honors society

St. Mary’s College Dean’s List

Recipient of a St. Mary’s Academic Scholarship (Fall 2009-present)

Recipient of a Senatorial Scholarship (Fall 2009-present)

Recipient of the Kendall Burrows Scholarship (Fall 2009-Spring 2010)

Recipient of Owen’s Scholarship (Fall 2009-Spring 2010)

Recipient of Anne Harrison Armistead l’Anson Scholarship (Spring 2012)

Recipient of Lander’s Scholarship (2011)

Presentations

“A Habitat Suitability Model for the Zebra Mussel” (Poster) at the Mid Atlantic Ecological

Society of America Conference (April 2013)

“St. Mary’s College of Maryland’s Biennial Carbon Footprint: How Green Are We?” at

“Sustainability Awareness Series” (April 2013)

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