Supervisor Assistant
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Jonathan Joseph (Joe) Giersch
PO Box 198
West Glacier, MT 59936
***@***************.***
Education Work
Experience Summary
of Skills and Abilities
Education
Montana
State University, Bozeman, Montana
Department
of Entomology
119
Linfield Hall
P.O. Box 172220
Bozeman, MT 59717-2220
Phone: 406-***-****
Web:
Master
of Science in Entomology, November 2002
Graduate
thesis work in systematics, evolution, and ecology of two representative
species groups of a large genus of caddisflies occurring throughout western
North America and the Asian Far East.
Completed
a master’s thesis on: “The Alpine Rhyacophila of Montana with a Revision
of the Rhyacophila verrula and Rhyacophila alberta Species
Groups.”
Used
PowerPoint to create and present: “Analyses of the Rhyacophila verrula and alberta species groups, with new larval/adult associations
(Trichoptera: Rhyacophilidae)” at the 2001 meeting of the Entomological Society
of America, San Diego, CA.
Prepared
progress reports, papers, oral presentations, and poster presentations.
Collected
insects in alpine streams throughout Montana, focusing on Glacier National
Park. Field sites were often in remote areas, requiring foot travel up to
fifteen miles/day.
Completed
Pesticide Use in Agriculture seminar, covering chemical pesticide and herbicide
use and issues.
Calibrated,
serviced and downloaded Onset HOBO digital thermographs.
Calibrated,
serviced and measured water chemistry using Hanna Instruments Digital
Conductivity/pH/temperature Meter.
Identified
aquatic insects and other macroinvertebrates to genus and species level.
Wrote
detailed descriptions of aquatic insect species, including one new species.
Maintained
detailed field and laboratory notes on collection localities, species natural
history, and abiotic factors (weather, air and water temperature).
Collected
insect specimens using Hess, Surber, and modified kick net benthic samplers,
black light traps, flight-intercept traps, vegetation beating, and insect
rearing methods.
Safely
traveled in all conditions including in snow, rain and wind, and through all
terrain, including but not limited to established trails
roads, thick brush, and alpine talus slopes.
Carried
personal and field gear for day and overnight trips, including insect
collection equipment and camping gear.
Worked
and traveled safely in bear and lion country.
Used
GPS unit to record collecting localities of specimens.
Traveled
to museums to compare specimens, study type specimens, and borrow material,
including the California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco; Canadian National
Collection, Ottawa; Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto; University of Alberta,
Edmonton, Alberta and Oregon State University, Corvallis.
Constructed
relational database using Microsoft Access to archive specimen records, sort
records by search criteria, plot collection localities on maps, and print data
labels.
Attended seminars presented by students
and faculty working on exotic plant issues in the Department of Entomology, the
Department of Land Resources and Environmental Sciences, MSU Extension Service,
Plant Sciences and the USDA Agricultural Research Service.
Entomology
class work included: insect identification, morphology, evolution, systematics,
physiology, ecology, and pest management.
Other
class work included: advanced stream ecology, statistics, and genetics.
Cumulative
GPA 3.60
51
Semester credit hours earned.
The
Evergreen State College
2700 Evergreen Parkway NW
Olympia, WA 98505
Phone: 360-***-****
Web:
September
1990 June 1994
Bachelor
of Science, June 1994
Focus
of Study: Natural History, Insect Anatomy, Physiology and Taxonomy, Marine
Biology, natural history of birds and plants and general ecology.
Maintained
a detailed field notebook with species accounts and notes on behavior and
natural history following methods outlined in The Naturalist's Field
Journal: A manual of instruction based on a system established by Joseph
Grinnell (Herman, Steven G. 1986. Buteo Books.
Vermillion SD).
Emphasis
on independent study and research.
Identified
plants and studied plant biology and natural history as part of field natural
history, rainforest ecology, and insect-plant relationship projects.
Participated
in Tropical Rainforest Ecology Program, Monteverde, Costa Rica, an interdisciplinary field research course based at a field
station in a Costa Rican cloud forest. Studied
natural history, geology, biogeography, and ecology of tropical ecosystems,
experienced Latin American culture in two week home stay, and conducted an independent research project on insect communities
in different decay stages of wood.
Assisted
with mist-netting tropical rainforest birds and bats.
Completed
an internship with Washington State Department of Ecology. Winter spring
1994. Identified macroinvertebrates from benthic samples for Environmental
Investigations and Laboratory Services division as part of the Washington State
River and Stream Water Quality Monitoring program.
Learned
and practiced marine ecology field and laboratory methods including plankton
tows, measuring and plotting vertical profiles of ocean water for salinity,
temperature, and relative light intensity, methods for determining suspended
solids, measuring soluble phosphates, nitrite and nitrate, and chlorophyll
using fluorescence spectroscopy, and measuring dissolved oxygen using the
Winkler titration method.
GPA
not applicable.
192
Quarter credit hours earned.
Colorado
Academy (secondary school)
3800
S. Pierce St., Denver, CO 80235
Phone:
Web:
Graduated
1990
Work
Experience
September
2007-Present
Benthic
Macroinvertebrate Taxonomy Contractor
Supervisor:
Dr. Colden Baxter
Assistant
Professor, Stream Ecology Center
Department
of Biological Sciences
Idaho
State University
Pocatello,
Idaho 83209
Email:
********@***.***
Phone:
Web: http://www.isu.edu/departments/strmecol/fac_cbaxter.shtml
Identified
invertebrates from brook trout gut contents as part of Terrestrial Effects of
Invasive Brook Trout Project.
Sorted
invertebrates for biomass weighing.
Identified
and sorted fish stomach contents from Colorado River in the Grand Canyon.
Identified
invertebrates (largely adult Diptera and Coleoptera) from pan trap samples to
determine the aquatic or terrestrial source of specimens from Yankee Fork of
the Salmon River.
Entered
data into relational Access database, exported data into Excel database with
taxonomic hierarchy.
October
2003-present
Benthic
Macroinvertebrate Taxonomy Sub-contractor
Primary Contractor: Kate Parkin
Aquatic Macroinvertebrate Biologist
415 Orchard Ridge Rd.
Kalispell, Montana 59901
Email: *******@**-***.***
Phone: 406-***-****
Subsampled
and picked macroinvertebrate specimens from raw samples from Oregon Department
of Environmental Quality stream biomonitoring projects.
Verified
specimen identifications for quality control.
September-November 2008
Digital
Illustration Contractor
Supervisor:
Dr. G. Wayne Minshall
Professor
Emeritus, Stream Ecology Center
Department
of Biological Sciences
Idaho
State University
Pocatello,
Idaho 83209
Email:
********@***.***
Phone:
Web: www.isu.edu/departments/strmecol/fac_wminshall.shtml
Prepared
digital images modified from existing images using Adobe Illustrator and Adobe
PhotoShop.
Prepared
maps using ArcView GIS layers, aerial and satellite imagery, exported to and
modified in Adobe Illustrator.
Exported
images to Microsoft PowerPoint for presentation at fire ecology conference.
June
2008
River
Ecology Field Technician
Supervisor:
Dr. Colden Baxter
Assistant
Professor, Stream Ecology Center
Department
of Biological Sciences
Idaho
State University
Pocatello,
Idaho 83209
Email:
********@***.***
Phone:
Web: www.isu.edu/departments/strmecol/fac_cbaxter.shtml
Participated
in field work on Colorado River in Grand Canyon as part of Colorado River
Carbon Budget study.
Processed
fish stomach samples in the field for diet analysis.
Processed
fish tissue samples in the field for isotope analysis.
Collected
benthic macroinvertebrate samples using vacuum sampler.
Picked
benthic macroinvertebrates for isotope and metals analyses.
Collected
benthic macroinvertebrate samples using Ponar dredge sampler.
Collected
sediment drift samples using drift nets.
Assisted
with fish collecting in back waters using seining nets.
Set
and collected hoop nets to capture endangered humpback chub.
Assisted
with collection of gut contents by gastric lavage, measuring of morphomertric
data, and insertion of PIT tag into endangered humpback chub.
May-June
2008
Benthic
Macroinvertebrate Taxonomy Sub-contractor
Supervisor:
Gary Lester
EcoAnalysts,
Inc.
1420
S. Blaine St., Suite 14
Moscow,
ID 83843
Phone:
Web:
Identified
and counted benthic macroinvertebrate specimens from fourteen samples from the
Snake River drainage, Idaho.
Entered
data into relational Access database, exported data into Excel database with
taxonomic hierarchy.
September
2007-September 2008
Spider Taxonomy Contractor
Supervisor: Dawn LaFleur
Glacier National Park
West Glacier, MT 59936
Email: ************@***.***
Phone: 406-***-****
Identified
spiders for hobo spider (Tegenaria agrestis) survey in Glacier National Park
from sticky traps and manually collected samples.
October-December
2007
Benthic
Macroinvertebrate Taxonomy Contractor
Supervisor:
Kara Cromwell
Dept.
of Fish & Wildlife Resources
University
of Idaho
Box
441136
Moscow,
ID 83844-1136
Email:
****.********@*******.******.***
Phone:
Identified
and counted benthic macroinvertebrate specimens from Big Creek drainage, Idaho
as part of salmon ecology project.
Entered
data into relational Access database, exported data into Excel database with
taxonomic hierarchy.
June-July
2007
Stream Ecology Field Technician
Supervisor: Dr. Colden Baxter
Assistant Professor, Stream Ecology Center
Department of Biological Sciences
Idaho State University
Pocatello, Idaho 83209
Email: ********@***.***
Phone: 208-***-****
Web: www.isu.edu/departments/strmecol/fac_cbaxter.shtml
Collected
and field sorted benthic macroinvertebrate samples as part of fire effects on
wilderness stream ecosystems study in the Frank Church Wilderness, Idaho.
Participated
in graduate student project on terrestrial effects of invasive brook trout on
native cutthroat trout populations in Mahogany Creek, Idaho.
Collected
of fish stomach contents by gastric lavage.
Collected
fish from experimental stream reaches using electrofishing apparatus.
Collected
aquatic macroinvertebrates using electrofishing apparatus.
Identified
and counted spiders during night-time spider terrestrial spider surveys.
Assisted
graduate student with design of invertebrate collecting methods from stream
side channel habitats in the Yankee Fork of the Salmon River drainage.
April
2007
Benthic
Macroinvertebrate Taxonomy Training Contractor
Supervisor:
Dr. Colden Baxter
Assistant Professor, Stream Ecology Center
Department of Biological Sciences
Idaho State University
Pocatello, Idaho 83209
Email: ********@***.***
Phone: 208-***-****
Web: www.isu.edu/departments/strmecol/fac_cbaxter.shtml
Provided
one-on-one training of graduate students in the identification of benthic
macroinvertebrates, emergent adult stream insects, laboratory methods, and
problem taxa.
Presented
introductory lecture on benthic macroinvertebrate taxonomy to undergraduate and
graduate students.
Presented
lecture on scientific careers to undergraduate students.
January-March
2007
Benthic
Macroinvertebrate Taxonomy Contractor
Supervisor:
Thomas Bansak
The
University of Montana
Flathead
Lake Biological Station
311
Biostation Lane
Polson,
MT 59860-9659
Phone:
Web: www.umt.edu/flbs
Identified
aquatic macroinvertebrates from benthos samples from Skeena River, British
Columbia.
Subsampled
benthos samples raw using Caton subsampling tray.
Identified
macroinvertebrate specimens to the lowest reasonable taxonomic level.
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