Environmental Scientist

Rachel R. Fern

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College Station, TX 77845

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P: 817-***-****

Education

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Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi, TX

2011 B.S. Wildlife Biology

Texas State University, San Marcos, TX

Professional experience

2015 – Present Veterinary Technician – Chasing Tails Veterinary Clinic

Duties: Assist veterinarian in routine to complicated procedures

including surgeries, exams, IV catheterization, lab analyses, and

vaccinations on all companion species.

2014 – 2014 Pharmaceutical Customer Service Representative – Chewy.com

Duties: Assist in customer orders of veterinarian controlled

prescription pet foods.

2014 – 2014 Research technician – Avian Biology Lab at Charles E. Schmidt College

of Science, Florida Atlantic University

Duties: Conduct research for various projects across the wetlands

of Lake Okeechobee and the Everglades of south Florida.

2013 – 2014 Graduate research assistant – Center for Coastal Studies, Texas A&M

University – Corpus Christi

Duties: Conduct research and assist major professor in various

projects.

2013 – 2013 Certified Personal Trainer – Corpus Christi Athletic Club

Duties: Design and implement personalized fitness programs for

clients seeking health and wellness as a long term goal.

2011 – 2013 Graduate teaching assistant – Department of Life Sciences, Texas A&M

University – Corpus Christi

Duties: Design and conduct undergraduate biology labs -

Introductory Biology, Vertebrate Biology.

2009 –2011 Vertebrate museum curator – Texas State University

Duties: Assisting wildlife biology professors in field/lab work,

creating a database system and cataloging for the Texas State

vertebrate museum collection, and preparing/preserving specimens

for the vertebrate museum collection.

Research experience

Lead investigator

Acute toxicity of three dispersants alone and in combination with crude oil using Blue Crab

megalopae as a model organism

Gulf of Mexico Science - Currently in second round of peer review

Microbial surfactants as a bioremediation method for dispersed oil

Gulf of Mexico Science - Currently in review

Reproductive

success

in

nesting

terns

in

mixed

colonies

on

the

Texas

coast

Southeastern Naturalist - Currently in second round of peer review

Impacts

of

con-

specific

interactions

within

nesting

seabird

colonies

on

reproductive

success

of

Black

skimmers

Southeastern

Naturalist

–

Currently

in

review

Contributing investigator

Scope for growth of three ecologically important bivalve species native to the upper Laguna

Madre, Texas

Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi

In progress

Relative habitat value of alternative substrates used in oyster reef restoration

Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi

Currently in review

Additional research experience

Capture, banding, and release of Red Knots along the south Texas coast – collaboration with the

Coastal Bend Bays and Estuaries Program

Capture, mark, and release of the endangered Fountain Darter Etheostoma fonticola funded by

Texas Parks and Wildlife as part of dissertation at Texas State University.

Eastern Bluebird banding project on Freeman Ranch, Central Texas – collaboration with Texas

State University

Presentations and awards

Texas Bays and Estuaries Meeting – April 2013

Coastal Bend Surfrider Organization - January 2013

Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Conference, New Orleans, LA – January 2013

Award: Best presentation – James D. Watkins Award for Excellence in Research

Coastal Bend Audubon Society Research Award – September 2012

Hans and Patricia Suter Scholarship Endowment – June 2012

Texas Bays and Estuaries Annual Meeting – April 2012

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