Assistant Research

GABRIELA CHIO

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EDUCATION

Zoology, Bachelor of Science August 2015 - December 2018

University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH

Research Mentors: Dr. Daniel R. Howard PhD, Brooke Woelber PhD. Student

Relevant Courses: Vertebrate Morphology, Animal Behavior, Research Methods and Behavior, Conservation Behavior, Ecology, Evolution

SKILLS & ABILITIES

Laboratory

Maintained laboratory and equipment clean and organized

Created ethograms for burying beetle burial behavior

Deployed automated acoustic recorders

Some familiarity using a laser Doppler vibrometer

Remote biomonitoring and soundscape analysis of noise effects in forested area

Worked with sensor-based measurements of behavior on house crickets in the lab

Set up acoustic playback recording in a sound proof booth to observe burying beetle behavior

Set up aquatic playback recording in water tank to observe aquatic beetle behavior

Familiarity with vertebrate dissections

Tilapia fish care and fish tank maintenance

Fish tank water quality assessments

Used BORIS (a computer-based animal behavior coding system)

Familiarity with ImageJ (Java based image program)

Experience with EthoVision (an automated animal tracking software)

Experience with data input and analysis

Some basic training in biostatistics programs R and JUMP

Leadership

Led 2 independent research projects and helped in the training of new undergraduate assistants in lab

Communication

Presented scientific research at symposiums and conferences

Assisted in a science paper manuscript I am co-authoring in. Expected publication in Spring 2019.

LANGUAGES

English, fluent

Spanish, fluent

German, conversational level, 8 semesters of formal learning August 2012 – May 2015

EXPERIENCE

Undergraduate Research Lab Assistant Feb 2016 – Dec 2018

University of New Hampshire – Dr. Howard’s Bioacoustics Ecology Lab

Undergraduate Research Lab Assistant Feb 2016 – Dec 2018

University of New Hampshire – Dr. Hall’s Burying Beetle Lab

Student Library Worker Sep 2016 – Dec 2018

University of New Hampshire – Dimond Library

Aquaculture Research Lab Volunteer Feb 2017 – Apr 2017

University of New Hampshire – Dr. Michael Chambers’s Lab

Aquaponics Lab Volunteer Oct 2016 – Dec 2016

University of New Hampshire – Dr. Todd Guerdat’s Aquaculture Farming Project

AWARDS

Charles H. Turner Award through the Animal Behavior Society Summer 2018

UNH Tuition Grant $12,000 2015 - 2018

PROFESSINOAL AFFILIATIONS

Animal Behavior Society

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