Assistant Data

CARRIE L. HATCHER

Cell: 260-***-**** **** Minnich Road New Haven Indiana

46774

*******.*******@*****.***

Citizenship: United States

Education

**** *.*. ***** ********, Indiana University, Indianapolis, GPA: 3.92/4.0

2002 B.S. General Science, Indiana University, Indiana University Fort Wayne

WORK AND FIELD EXPERIENCE

2009 2010 Graduate Researcher, Department of Geography, Biogeochemistry Lab

University of Toronto

• Maintenance and data collection using atmospheric monitoring station equipment (model

Tekran 2537, 1130/35)

• Collected particulate mercury (Hg), reactive gaseous mercury, and gaseous mercury.

• Utilized data loggers (CR 10X) to collect solar intensity, wind speed, precipitation rates,

and soil moisture data.

• Identify scientific concerns and questions and use analytical and creative techniques to

scientific methods.

• Collection of leaf and soil for mercury analysis.

• Plan and carry out research using theoretical, observational and experimental study.

• Complete highly complex and critical functions.

• Across the board experience and advanced knowledge in one or more related fields of

knowledge to provide leadership, oversight, and monitoring.

• Implement discretion and independent judgment in evaluating potential approaches and

solutions to new and unusual problems.

• Involvement and participation with Environmental Canada.

• Toronto Serve as a scientific point of contact between University of Toronto and

Environmental Canada.

• Wide ranging research experience and advanced knowledge in Biogeochemistry

• Strong interest in participating in continuing and future missions.

• Summarized research results by generating tabular formats, fact sheets, graphs and reports.

• Prepare, manage and manipulate databases.

• Present the results of the research experiments to groups of people.

Certifications

• Safety Office of Canada Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS)

Lab Safety training through Environmental Health department.

• CPR and First Aid Certification through the Canadian Red Cross.

2009 2010 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Geography, University of Toronto

• Book keeping duties as a teaching assistant such as evaluating exams, assignments, papers,

and recording grades.

• Offered open mindedness and flexibility to find learning strategies to teach undergraduate

students.

• Development of a situation where active learning and the implications of new information

for both current and future problem solving and decision making.

• Active listening by taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as

appropriate.

• Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate

options and implement solutions.

• Logic and reasoning is needed to identify the strengths and weaknesses of student to

quickly develop approaches to problems.

• Guide and verbally convey information to others effectively to aid in the understanding of

ideas and concepts.

• Selecting and using instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation

when learning or teaching new things.

• Identifying errors or problems with assignments and obtaining materials needed for classes

and introducing modifications when necessary.

• Monitoring and assessing the performance of myself, students, or methodology to make

improvements or take corrective action.

Courses Teaching Assisted

• ENV201H5S Environmental and Resource Management, University of Toronto, Spring

2010

• GGR365H5S Trade and Globalization, University of Toronto, Spring 2010

Courses Taught

• Where on Earth? (Lab) Geography Department, University of Toronto, Fall 2009

2007 2009 Graduate Project Leader, Multidisciplinary Undergraduate Research

Institute (MURI), Indiana Purdue University Indianapolis

Assist faculty members or staff with student conferences.

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Provide assistance to faculty members or staff with laboratory or field research.

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Demonstrate use of laboratory equipment, and enforce laboratory rules.

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Lead a team of undergraduate and address problems and training.

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Write reports

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Evaluate and interpret gathered data.

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Serve as a scientific point of contact to a science team

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Trained students how to read maps and collect soil and sediment samples and prepare

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samples for laboratory analysis for analysis.

2006 2009 Graduate Researcher, Biogeochemistry Lab, Department of Earth Science,

Indiana Purdue Indianapolis

• Operation of Leco AMA 254 Mercury Analyzer

• Training graduate and undergraduate students lab rules, regulations and instruments, strong

acid digestions

• Execute Phosphorous extractions

• Operation inductively coupled plasma (ICP)

• Operation Malvern grain size analyses

• Utilized various software Arc GIS, sigma plot, and other typical software.

• Identify scientific concerns and questions and use analytical and creative techniques to

scientific methods.

• Devise and development of scientific investigation of experimental, theoretical and data

analysis.

• Plan and carry out research using theoretical, observational and experimental study.

• Presented research at several conferences.

• Contribute publications to scientific journals.

• Mentor others internal and external to organization and inside and outside scope of

responsibility.

• Applied across the board experience and advanced knowledge in one or more related fields

of knowledge to provide leadership and monitoring.

• Implement responsible and independent judgment in evaluating potential approaches and

solutions to new and unusual problems.

• Wide ranging research experience and advanced knowledge in Biogeochemistry

• Analyze research documents and edit them.

• Formulate tabular formats, fact sheets, graphs and reports on each of the research results in

order to summarize them.

• Prepare, manage and manipulate databases.

• Designing of questionnaires and other survey methodologies.

• Handle the clerical work like data entry.

• Present the results of the research experiments to groups of people.

• Preparation of presentations, manuscripts and project related topics.

• Use computers to perform varied forms of analysis of statistical data.

• Formulate research quality and control procedures.

• Demonstrate use of laboratory equipment, and enforce laboratory rules.

• Familiarity with handling of large model and observational datasets.

2000 2001 Materials Undergraduate Researcher and Teaching Assistant, Department of

Earth Science, Purdue University

Purdue Research:

Analyzed ceramics using a microprobe

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Maintenance of microprobe and x ray diffractometer,

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Slide preparation and other lab tasks.

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Performs routine maintenance on two or more mass spectrometers and share responsibility

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for keeping them operational.

• Data entry for field and laboratory data.

• Mapped Appalachian Mountains in 4 states

PURDUE TEACHING ASSISTANT:

Attend lectures given by the instructor whom they are assisting.

COURSE TEACHING ASSISTED

GEO243 Mineralogy, Purdue University, Fall 2001

OUTREACH ACTIVITIES

2008 Science Olympiad

GRADUATE CLASS WORK

Atmospheric Chemistry, Advanced Biogeochemistry, Advanced Hydrology, Data Analysis

Technology in Geosciences, Advanced Geochemistry, Soil Biogeochemistry, Geographic

Information Systems, Planetary Geology, Mercury Cycling, Marine Micropaleontology, Advanced

Geochemistry

VOLUNTEER WORK

2007 Habitat for Humanity

2006/2007 CEES, Outreach

2005 2006 Horizon House, Homeless Shelter

2003 2004 Caregiver

2002 Parkview Hospital

COMPUTER SKILLS

Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Adobe Acrobat(creating PDF files) Sigma Plot, Arc Map,

ArcGIS, ArcHydro, and data logger software of various types.

INDEPENDENT STUDY WORK

Hg modeling analysis using geostatistical software in Arc map and Arc Hydro

AWARDS

2010 Fellowship, University of Toronto

2010 Teaching Assistantship, University of Toronto

2009 Fellowship, University of Toronto

2009 Teaching Assistantship, University of Toronto

2008 Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) Graduate Researcher

IUPUI

2008 Indiana Geographic Information Council (IGIC), 1st Place Poster Presentation

2006 2009 Research Assistantship, Indiana Purdue University

2000 Research Assistantship, NSF, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences Purdue University

CONFERENCES ATTENDED

2009 Geological Society of America Annual Meeting (GSA), Rockford, IL

2009 Health Symposium, Indianapolis IN

2008 Indiana Geographic Information Council Conference (IGIC), Indianapolis, IN

2008 Geological Society of America Annual Meeting (GSA), Evansville, IN

2007 Geological Society of America Annual Meeting (GSA), Denver, CO

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

Geological Society of America (GSA)

American Geophysical Union (AGU)

ABSTRACTS AND PUBLICATIONS

Hatcher, Carrie and Gabriel Filippelli (2009) Mercury in Stream Sediments in Marion County.

Indiana Environmental Health Summit, Indianapolis, IN. (Abstract and Poster).

Hatcher, Carrie and Gabriel Filippelli (2009) Hg(T) Concentrations in Soils and Stream Sediments

in Central Indiana. North Central GSA, Rockford IL. (Abstract and Poster).

Hatcher, Carrie and Gabriel Filippelli (2008) Distribution and Transport Patterns of Hg in Central

Indiana Counties. North Central Section 42nd Annual Meeting GSA, Evansville, IN. (Abstract and

Poster).

Hatcher, Carrie and Julie Crewe (2008) Distribution and Transport Patterns of Hg in Central

Indiana Counties. Indiana Geographic Information Council Conference (IGIC), Indianapolis IN.

(Abstract and Poster).

Giere R., C, Hatcher, E. Reusser, and E.C., Buck (2002) "Element Partitioning in a Pyrochlore

Based Ceramic Nuclear Waste Form." In Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XXV, vol.

713, pp. 303 310. Materials Research Society, Warrendale, PA.

Publication Submitted:

Hatcher, C. and Filippelli, G. (2010) Mercury cycling on an urban landscape: The influence of coal

burning power plants on local deposition. Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

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