Resources Management, Environmental consulting, Biologist

Amanda Wagner

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Las Vegas, NV 89178

(702) 606 – 3489

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Resume

Education

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M.S. Candidate, College of Life Sciences: Water Resources Management

Thesis: Water source partitioning for shrubland transpiration in a mixed phreatophytic plant community

2004-2008 University of Nevada, Las Vegas Las Vegas, NV

B.S. in Biological Sciences: Concentration in Biotechnology

2001-2004 College of the Canyons Valencia, CA

A.S. in Biological and Physical Science

Professional Accomplishments

Environmental Inspector/Environmental Biologist – Natural Resource Group 2012 - Present

• Maintain detailed field notes, written records and reports regarding environmental compliance

• Conduct regular plant and bird surveys in variable extreme outdoor desert conditions

• Observe and enforce BLM compliance regulations at construction sites operating under BLM regulation

• Work closely with operating construction equipment and working construction sites

Graduate Research Assistant - University of Nevada, Las Vegas 2009 - Present

• Conduct in-depth field research in the Great Basin in Northwestern Nevada

• Collect, enter, analyze and maintain multiple datasets

• Organize and perform complex field work in diverse weather conditions

• Maintain academic excellence and efficient time management techniques

Conservation Awareness Assistant - City of Henderson 2007 - 2010

• Assisted in the development and enforcement of drought regulations and environmental compliance

• Interacted with the public through outreach events to encourage water conservation

• Created and maintained detailed written records regarding drought compliance regulations

• Educated residents about the drought and how to conserve water through classes and workshops

Internship - Las Vegas Valley Water District 2005 - 2007

• Maintained detailed records and written reports regarding drought compliance regulations

• Cited customers who failed to comply with citywide environmental compliance and drought restrictions

• Assisted in teaching compliance of drought regulations

Lab and Field Technician - University of Nevada Las Vegas 2004 - 2006

• Carefully entered and checked data in MS Excel, Word, and SigmaPlot

• Assisted in ion analysis by running salinity tests, creating salt dilutions for instrument calibrations, and completing titrations on samples collected in the field

• Completed organizational tasks and assisted in maintenance of the laboratory equipment

Honors

• Golden Key Scholar, University of Nevada, Las Vegas 2010

• Graduate Research Assistantship funded by NSF EPSCoR 2009

• Completion of a summer internship at the Nevada Cancer Institute

• Completion of a two-year internship with the Las Vegas Valley Water District

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