Assistant Data
Resume:
Cortney Wieber
Salem, MA ****0
*******.******@**.***.***.**
Profile
Having completed my B.S. in the United States in 2011, I am currently focusing on my master’s degree in Townsville,
Queensland. Coursework and interests are focused on the conservation and rehabilitation of threatened and endangered species
and their habitats. Interests include both vertebrate and invertebrate animals.
Education
Salem State University, Salem, MA B.S. in Biology, Environmental Biology Concentration; minor in Chemistry and Natural
Resource Conservation. May 2011
James Cook University, Townsville, QLD – M.S. in Tropical Ecology and Conservation Biology. Anticipated graduation in July
2013
Relevant Experience
Wildlife Care Volunteer, Billabong Sanctuary, Townsville, QLD – February 2013 – Present
• Cleaned animal enclosures
• Food preparation/animal feeding
• Aided rangers with educational talks by handling animals and answering questions
Rehabilitation of juvenile spectacled flying fox, Townsville, QLD – Fall 2012
• Cared for flying fox until big enough to eat fruit and fly
Wildlife Care Volunteer, Mass Audubon Society, Lincoln, MA Winter 2011
• Cleaned animal enclosures
• Fed animals
• Capture Saw-whet owls using mist nets and male owl lures to:
1 Study their migratory patterns
2 Determine age, gender and general health of the owls by measuring weight, fat stores and wingspan
3 Band owls
• Writing scientific paper as an independent study by analyzing owl banding data to begin to make sense of Saw-whet
owls’ migration patterns
Volunteer in Animal Rehab, I-to-I, Guayaquil, Ecuador Summer 2009
• Spent three weeks in Ecuador working directly with exotic animals, such as woolly monkeys, parrots and ocelots;
cleaning their enclosures, feeding them and creating various enrichment activities to prevent them from becoming distressed
and bored in captivity.
Science Volunteer, Operation Wallacea; Buton Indonesia Summer 2008
• Spent six weeks working with wildlife and engaging in cultural exchange projects, including:
1 Radio track movement patterns of civets
2 Capturing and weighing Kerivoula hardwickei & Hipposideros cervinus bats, taking wing punch samples for DNA analysis,
as well as fecal samples
3 Completing a course in Coral Reef Ecology
• Worked with professor as a research assistant to compile data about other students’ experiences in the program
Skills
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Animal handling Presentations & instruction Scientific study design
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Field research/study Laboratory experience
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