This year I am teaching 8th grade Life Science, 8th grade Living Environment/Biology and AP Environmental Science courses. I am also actively involved in the LP Environmental Club, Lake Placid Farm to School Program, the Wild Center's Adirondack Youth Climate Program, Lake Placid Envirothon, and Adirondack High School Rugby program.
Prior to teaching I was a research assistant at the Trudeau Institute studying CD8T cells. Since then I participated in NASA’s Astrobiology Summer Science Experience for Teachers and was a member of the Spaceward Bound Expedition team at the McGill University Arctic Research Station on Axel Heiberg Island in the Canadian Arctic. I participated in Clarkson University's NASA sponsored Climate Change Curriculum Development project, was a member of the Wild Center / Heureka Climate Change Educational Exchange program in Finland and was also a participating teacher/presenter for the Northeast Bioenergy and Bioproducts Educational Program through Cornell University.
I look forward to sharing all of these experiences with my classes this year as we explore bioenergy and climate related topics within the NYS Living Environment and APES curricula.