Project Technician

Brendan D Carson

Curriculum Vitae

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Lansing, MI 49812

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EDUCATION

M.S. in progress; Department of Entomology

The Biological Control of Spotted Knapweed in Michigan; Dr. Doug A Landis

Michigan State University

B.S. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; B.A. in Cultural Anthropology

The University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI 2004-2008

Overall GPA 3.25/4.0

The University of Michigan Biological Station Summer 2010

Intensive non-degree undergraduate courses in Entomology and Field Botany

Northern Michigan University Marquette, MI 2003-2004

Honors Program

REASEARCH EXPERIENCE

Field and Lab technician, SLUCE (Spatial Land-Use Change and Ecological Effects) Project,

Ann Arbor,

MI, Summer 2009

The SLUCE Project investigated patterns in land management and carbon sequestration in

suburbia.

Conducted ecological fieldwork, establishing transects to document plant cover and

collecting foliage,

branch, and soil samples

Processed samples in soil lab for p H, soil texture, moisture content, and C and N

content

Managed and worked up data using Excel

Field Assistant, UMDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Pellston, MI,

Spring 2009

Prepared soil m esocosms to study the effects of invasive earth worms on C and N cycling

and

sequestration . Conducted field s urveys of earthworms in the forests of Northern

Michigan

Field and Lab Technician, DIRT (Detritus Input Removal and Transfer) Project, Pellston,

MI, Spring/Summer 2007

Collected soil respira tion data, monitored root growth through weekly digital

photography, managed data

Field Technician, Piping Plover and Colonial Waterbird Project, The University of

Michigan Biological

Station in Pellston, MI, Summer 2008

Monitored birds, surveyed beache s, assisted with bird banding, counted gull and heron

nests on Great

Lakes islands, helped load and navigate a small boat

TEACHING and VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE

Teacher Naturalist, Westminster Woods, Occidental, CA, Aug 2010June 2011

Designed and tau ght field courses in Forest, Stream, and Marine Ecology to middle school

students.

Environmental Educator, Houston Independent School District, Trinity, TX, August 2009 -

April 2010

Taught field courses to in Forest Ecology and Aquatic Ecology to 5th gra de students.

Environmental Educator, Nature's Classroom, Colebrook, CT, Fall 2008

Designed and taught field lessons in forest ecology, agroecology, mycology, and art.

Supervised and

taught children from grades 5 -9

Tutor, America Reads, Detroit, MI, Sept 2007 - April 2008

Wrote lesson plans, tutored three kindergartners in reading, attended training sessions.

Volunteer, Herrera Botanical Garden, Puerto Jimanez, Costa Rica, Feb 2009

Planted native trees, cleared invasive weeds, maintained trails. I also did extensive

backpacking in both

lowland and upland forests, and snorkeled in the Caribbean, Pacific, and several rivers.

Volunteer, Tantre Farm, Chelsea, MI, March 2009

Helped with milking, helped inoculate logs with shitake mushroom myceliu m, prepared the

fields and

planted, cooked, and learned farming philosophy from the owners.

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS

Collected, processed and analyzed ecological samples and data in field and laboratory

settings

Gained proficiency in MS Word, Excel, and P owerPoint

Experience conducting scientific, social, and background research

Clear, concise writer and excellent verbal communicator

Knowledge of and passion for ecology, natural processes and natural history, and cultural

studies

RELEVANT COURSEWORK

Field Botany, Woody Plants, Ethnobotany, Entomology, Ecology, Evolution, Genetics,

Agroecology,

Statistics, Biological Diversity, Biology, Organic Chemistry, Physics, Calculus,

Environmental Anthropology,

Human Evolution, Cultural Anthropology, Anthropolo gy of China, Mandarin Chinese. Labwork

in all relevant

classes.

AWARDS

Member of National Collegiate Scholars Society (2004-2008)

Second place winner of the 2007 AOSS social science paper on an environmental issue

(Perspectives on

Corporate Expansion in Petoskey)

University Honors 2004 and 2005SCIENTIFIC PRESENTATIONS

The Biological Control of Spotted Knapweed in Michigan. Brendan D Carson. Michigan

Association of

Conservation DistrictsConvention. Dec 8, 2011

The Biological Control of Knapweeds in Michigan (Poster) Brendan D Carson, Doug A Landis,

Ernest Delfosse.

Stewardship Network Conference. Jan 20, 2012

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