Honor Society® member
Sasaya Hamer-Pennisi
wildlife technician at I was a wildlife technician for Cornell University's Resource Ecology and Management Lab for the Spring and Summer of 2023. I assisted in doing field work, gathering data, and entering data for many ongoing projects, with a primary focus on herpetology and the effects of deer browsing.
- wildlife biology
- Class of 2024
- Pittsburgh, PA
Member since July 2023
About
My academic career hass mainly focused on biology with an emphasis on environmental and ecological sciences. This transcript is outdated as it does not reflect my successes this past Spring semester.
Education
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Point park university
biology
2020 – 2024
Honors and awards
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phi theta kappa honor society
Admitted in my second year of college, this is an international society for two year colleges
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deans list
two consecutive semesters
Goals and interests
- Career goal
I have been lucky enough to secure jobs related or semi related to my field, the first being an interpreter for the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, the second being a temporary summer position for Cornell University as a wildlife technician. During and after grad school, I would like to continue working in academic research, with a healthy balance of field work and lab work. If not then I would enjoy a wildlife management position.
- Graduate school interests
For graduate school, I am open minded but I would like the program to be a mixture of course work and independent research. I would like to earn my degree through a fellowship and assisting a postdoc. My interests concern the effects of climate change on sensitive groups, especially as it relates to speciation and behavior.
- Outside the classroom
scientific illustration (traditional media), folk dances, hiking, activism, crafting, writing, biking, historical reenactment.
Experience
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wildlife technician
I was a wildlife technician for Cornell University's Resource Ecology and Management Lab for the Spring and Summer of 2023. I assisted in doing field work, gathering data, and entering data for many ongoing projects, with a primary focus on herpetology and the effects of deer browsing.
May 2023 – Aug 2023
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lab assistant
Lab assistant to one of the head professors of my department, helping prepare solutions, general housekeeping, and preparation for oncoming classes labs. Additionally, I updated our 512 lab sds.
Aug 2022 – Dec 2022
Volunteering
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I was an animal husbandry intern for the Carnegie Science Center with herpetology being the primary focus as well as education.
Carnegie Science Center
May 2022 – Aug 2022
Languages
- English (US) Advanced
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