Marine Mammal Field Researcher Resumes in US-California: Jodi

Marine Mammal Field Researcher Resume

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Name:

Jodi

Location:

US-California

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Most Recent Job Title:

Marine Mammal Field Researcher

Objective:

To obtain full-time employment in one of the following categories: wildlife biology, conservation, ecology, and or marine mammal research.

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CURRICULUM VITAE

OF

Jodi C. Smith

Mailing: P.O. Box 78, Crescent Mills, California 95934 USA

Tel: 530.284.7568 Email: mexicanhotchocolate@hotmail.com

ACADEMIC PREPARATION:

2009 M.Sc. (Conservation Biology) Massey University, Albany, Auckland, New Zealand

1996 B.Sc. (Cetology) The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA, USA 98501

1994 A.Sc. (Biology) Feather River Junior College, Quincy, CA, USA 95971

1994 A.A. (English) Feather River Junior College, Quincy, CA, USA 95971

RESEARCH SKILLS:

- Operation of theodolite survey equipment (knowledge of Sokkia and Pentax models).

- Photo-id skills (marine mammals) with Cannon and Nikon digital camera equipment

- Hydrophone and acoustical recording skill usage (DAT)

- Radio telemetry tracking experience

- Operation of small craft (17-22') vessels and 4WD (ATV) land vehicles

- Mist netting and clap-trap operation for small birds (including banding and weighing)

- Experience with cetacean necropsy: histology, virology, toxicology, and genetics.

- Computer program skills in the following: ArcGIS, Access, Excel, Quattro-Pro, Mini-Tab,

SPSS stats packages, Cyclopes and TheoProg theodolite tracking software, Garmin

GPS, and PowerPoint. Web design software includes both Wix and Weebly.

- Foreign language skills: English (Native), Spanish (Intermediate), French (Beginning),

Chinese (Beginning)

- Certified in CPR and First Aid (exp. 3/12).

CORE COMPETENCIES:

- Prioritizes tasks

- Ability to think strategically and take advantage of available technology

- Thinks before acting

- Strong organizational skills

- Ability to work effectively under pressure and meet deadlines

- Supervisory and team leading experience (7 field seasons)

- Project management, including planning, budgeting, progress tracking and reporting

- Effectively communicates with diverse audiences

- Experience and understanding of NEPA, MMPA, ESA, Sections 4, 7, and 10

- Willingness to work in an isolated setting, frequently independently

- Participates effectively as a member of a team

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

1/22/09-6/30/09 Fiscal and Technical Services Assistant II (Contract)

Plumas-Sierra County Fairgrounds

Quincy, CA.

Duties: Set-up of accounting systems in Excel, and Access to track and report fair revenue and

expenses for both State and County Auditors. Tracking databases were also created for petty

cash, fuel consumption, and fixed assets. Answering phones and customer service. Website

creation and maintenance (www.plumas-sierracountyfair.net ).

Salary: $11.71USD/Hour

2/09-4/16/09 Domestic Violence Counselors (Part-time)

Plumas Rural Services

Quincy, CA.

Duties: On-call counseling for victims of domestic violence. Transportation of clients to and

from appointments. Weekly over-night stays at safe-house. Participation in on-going training

which included: 8 hours in trauma related stress management and 8 hours in DV shelter

counseling.

Salary: $10.00USD/Hour, mileage reimbursement

10/06-2/07 Child Support Enforcement Assistant

San Juan County Prosecuting Attorney's Office

Friday Harbor, WA.

Duties: Assist Deputy Prosecuting Attorney in Paternity, Contempt and Modification child

support cases. Paralegal services including preparation of court proceedings, conducting

parental interviews and data entry.

Salary: $16.00USD/Hour

3/06-8/25/06 Telephone Reservationist (Seasonal)

San Juan County Parks Office

Friday Harbor, WA.

Duties: Work reservation phone line for three county parks, maintain weekly reports and credit

card daily transmittals. Excel data entry projects as needed.

Salary: $12.00USD/Hour

06/01/05-09/26/05 Field Researcher (Thesis work)

Humpback Whale Vessel Interaction Study—Massey University

Moreton Island, Queensland, Australia.

Duties: Principle investigator, study design, data collection, data analysis and write-up.

Salary: Housing, transportation, food, equipment (in-kind donations).

03/31/03-06/30/03 Teachers Research Assistant

“Field Methodology in Marine Mammalogy” --University of Washington

Friday Harbor, WA.

Duties: Teachers aid and research assistant for field course. Preparation of reading list

and class work, oversee and run theodolite killer whale tracking component of course,

tutor/mentor students in statistics and final project. Final grading based on poster and oral

presentations.

Salary: $18USD/Hour

01/21/03-03/28/03 Field Researcher (Contract)

Bottlenose Dolphin Biopsy and Photo-id study--NOAA

Beaufort, NC.

Duties: Preparing gear for surveys and participating in sighting surveys, data recording for

sightings and biopsy attempts, assisting with recovery of biopsy arrows and processing of

biopsy samples (labeling, removing samples), photo-identification of dolphins and organization

of film, daily downloading of GPS data to laptop. Access database entry, stranded animal

recovery, necropsy work (collection for histology and virology, stomach content analysis),

cleaning of dolphin teeth for age analysis.

Salary: $16USD/Hour

06/30/02-07/10/02 Assistant (Volunteer)

Killer Whale Foraging Study—Time-Depth Recorder, Crittercam suction cup tagging

Haro Strait, WA.

Duties: Navigation of 17’ Boston Whaler, scale sample collection, data collection with

video and data recording, identification of individual killer whales, photo-id.

05/05/99-09/01/01 Principle Investigator

Theodolite Killer Whale Tracking Study

San Juan Island, WA.

Duties: Proposal design, theodolite tracking, video data collection, data entry and

processing, oversee grants, equipment rental, field site set-up, volunteer staffing, and

housing of staff, final report write-up. Poster and oral presentations.

1998, 2002-2006 Assistant (Volunteer)

The Whale Museums Soundwatch Boater Education Program

Haro Strait, WA.

Duties: Data collection on boater harassment of marine mammals: video recording, data

entry, acoustic recording. On the water public outreach and education.

10/01/97-11/19/97 Behavioral Biologist (Volunteer)

Center for Whale Research

Dyes Inlet, WA.

Duties: Collection of all behavioral and acoustical data on 19 entrapped killer whales (L25

subpod). Data processing, final report write up. On the water public outreach, media

presentations and boater education.

1996-1998 Field Researcher (Volunteer)

Center for Whale Research

Friday Harbor, WA.

Duties: Killer whale behavioral data collection, database entry, dark room tech, prints,

video recording and editing.

Summer 1995 Researcher (Volunteer)

Cascadia Research Collective

Olympia, WA.

Duties: Study of the effects vessels have on Harbor Seals (10 day behavioral observation study,

data collection, report write-up). Dark room tech, prints, matching of blue, humpback and killer

whale ids.

TECHNICAL REPORTS & CONFERENCE POSTERS, SUBMITTED OR IN PREPARATION:

Smith, J.C. 2009. Study of the relationships between the behaviour of cetaceans and vessel

traffic using two case studies: killer whale (Orcinus orca) and humpback whale (Megaptera

novaeangliae). Masters thesis, Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand.

Lusseau D , Bain DE , Williams R, Smith JC. 2008. Vessel traffic disrupts the foraging behavior of southern resident killer whales Orcinus orca ESR 6:211-221. 

Williams R, Bain DE, Smith JC, Lusseau D. 2008. Effects of vessels on behaviour patterns of individual southern resident killer whales Orcinus orca ESR 6:199-209.

Bain, D.E., R. Williams, J.C. Smith, and D. Lusseau. Effects of Vessels on Behavior of Southern

Resident Killer Whales (Orcinus Spp.) 2003-2005. NMFS Contract Report No.

AB133F05SE3965. November 5, 2006.

Bain, D.E., J.C. Smith, R. Williams, and D. Lusseau. Effects of Vessels on Behavior of Southern

Resident Killer Whales (Orcinus Spp.). NMFS Contract Report No. AB133F03SE0959 and

AB133F04CN0040. March 4, 2006

Bain, D.E., R. Williams, J.C. Smith, E. Ashe, and D. Lusseau. Land-based studies of the effects

of vessel traffic on the behavior of land-based studies of the effects of vessel traffic on the

behavior of northern and southern resident killer whales (Orcinus Spp.) NOAA Western

Regional Center Auditorium, 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Building 9, Seattle, WA 98115. 2006

Symposium on Southern Resident Killer Whales. April 3-5, 2006.

Bain, D.E., J.C. Smith, R. Williams, and D. Lusseau. Effect of Vessels on Behavior of Southern

Resident Killer Whales (Orcinus Spp.). Poster presentation. 16th Biennial Society for Marine

Mammalogy Conference, San Diego, California, December 12-16, 2005.

Smith, J.C. Quantitative assessment of compliance to voluntary whale watch guidelines. Poster

presentation. Defenders of Wildlife Carnivore Conference, Santa Fe, New Mexico, November

14-17,2004.

Smith, J.C. and D. E. Bain. 2002. Theodolite study of the effects of vessel traffic on killer whales

(Orcinus orca) in the near-shore waters of Washington State: 2001 field season summary.

Unpublished report.

Smith, J.C. and D.E. Bain. 2002. Theodolite Study of Effects of Vessel Traffic on Killer Whales

(Orcinus orca) in near-shore waters of Washington State, USA. Poster presentation. 4th

International Orca Symposium and Workshop, CEBC-CNRS, France, September 23-28,2002.

Smith, J. C., K. Balcomb-Bartok and R. W. Osborne. Entrapment of Killer Whales (Orcinus orca)

In Dyes Inlet, Washington for Thirty Days. Poster presentation. 14th Biennial Society for Marine

Mammalogy Conference, Vancouver, Canada, November 28- December 3,2001.

MEDIA, WORKSHOPS and CONTRIBUTED MATERIAL:

Kitsap Sun. ”Dyes Inlet Orcas-Ten Years Later.” By Chris Dunagan. November 18, 2007.

Web:http://www.kitsapsun.com/dyesinlet_orcas/

The Island Guardian. “Whale Harassment Case Settles for $540.00.” 06/04/2007. Web:

http://www.islandguardian.com/archives/00001347.html

San Juan Islander. “Killer Whale Harassment Case Ends with Bail Forfeiture.” 06/02/2007.

Web:http://www.sanjuanislander.com/county/prosecutor/whale-bail.shtml

San Juan Islander. “Lime Kiln overlook dedicated to Munro” 09/18/01. Web:

http://www.sanjuanislander.com/groups/whales/limekiln_ada.html

PBS Online News Hour-“Dying Breed” August 30, 2000. Transcript and audio link:

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/environment/july-dec00/orca.html

Southern Resident Killer Whale Behavior Workshop. NOAA NMFS Northwest Fisheries Science

Center,Seattle, WA. April 20, 2004.

Web:http://www.nwfsc.noaa.gov/research/divisions/cbd/marine_mammal/kwworkshops/docume

nts/srkw_behavior_coding_workshop_final_reportv4b.doc

Southern Resident Killer Whale Research Plan Workshop, Northwest Fisheries Science Center,

Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada.

Summary Report. January 19-23, 2004. Watertown Hotel, Seattle, Washington.

Web:http://www.nwfsc.noaa.gov/research/divisions/cbd/marine_mammal/kwworkshops/researc

hplan/srkwresearchplanworkshopreport.doc

Viewing Marine Mammals in the Wild: A Workshop to Discuss Responsible Guidelines and

Regulations for Minimizing Disturbance. A Pre-Conference Workshop held before the 14th

Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. Vancouver, BC, Canada. November

28, 2001. Web: http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/pdfs/education/viewing_workshop.pdf

Southern Resident Killer Whale Workshop. National Marine Mammal Laboratory, Seattle, WA.

1-2 April 2000. Web: http://www.earthisland.org/immp/orca/doca4.pdf

National Marine Fisheries Service. 2008. Recovery Plan for Southern Resident Killer Whales

(Orcinus orca). National Marine Fisheries Service, Northwest Region, Seattle, Washington.

Web:http://www.nwr.noaa.gov/Marine-Mammals/Whales-Dolphins-Porpoise/Killer-

Whales/ESAStatus/upload/SRKW-Recov-Plan.pdf

Wiles, G. J. 2004. Washington State status report for the killer whale. Washington Department

Fish and Wildlife, Olympia. 106 pp.

Web:http://wdfw.wa.gov/wlm/diversty/soc/status/orca/final_orca_status.pdf

Krahn, M.M., et al. 2002. Status review of Southern Resident killer whales (Orcinus orca) under

the Endangered Species Act. U.S. Dept. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-NWFSC-54, 133

p. Web:http://www.nwr.noaa.gov/Marine-Mammals/Whales-Dolphins-Porpoise/Killer-

Whales/ESAStatus/upload/srkwtm12-02.pdf

REFERENCES:

Professional:

Ms. Kari Koski, Director Soundwatch Boater Education Program

The Whale Museum

P.O. Box 945, 62 First Street North

Friday Harbor, WA 98250 USA

PHONE: 360.278.4710

FAX: 360.378.5790

E-mail: soundwatch@whalemuseum.org

Mr. Jeff Hogan, Director Killer Whale Tales

5623 46th Ave SW

Seattle, WA 98136

PHONE: 206-660-0835

FAX: 206-260-3262

E-mail: jeff@killerwhaletales.org

Dr. David Bain, Associate Professor

University of Washington

18309 126th Ave, NE, #911

Bothell, WA 98011 USA

PHONE: 425.402.4378

FAX: 425.402.4378

E-mail: dbain@u.washington.edu

Personal:

Ms. Karen Libby, LNP

San Juan Healthcare

Friday Harbor, WA 98250

PHONE: 360.378.8936

E-mail: celadondahlia@hotmail.com

Ms. Anna Anderson, Bank Teller

Whidbey Island Bank

Friday Harbor, WA 98250

PHONE: 360.472.0144

E-mail: anna-anderson@live.com

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