KENDRA M.

AVINGER
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​ GIS Certified Ecologist

SKILLS STATEMENT
Spanish ​Ecology in our everyday world takes many forms; from the way
Portuguese ​life has blossomed surrounded by iron in Central Park, to the way
Wet Lab ​we preserve and​ u​ se our waterways, even how we make space for
RT-PCR ​and i​ nteract with one another in such a busy place. My training in
ArcGIS ​ ecology has left me with impeccable public communication
Microsoft Word, Excel, PP ​skills, the addition of two languages, and a deep understanding
​ ​of research, logical thought, and the scientific method. I look
INVOLVEMENT ​forward to furthering my knowledge to help solve current issues.
Slow Food Rutgers ​President
The Naturalist Club ​Member ​EXPERIENCE
Intramural Volleyball ​Participant​ ​Liberty Science Center | Jersey City, NJ
Liberty State Park ​Internship ​ ​INTERPRETATION ASSOCIATE ​ February 2017 - August 2017
​Handling clients that wish to work with the non-profit, pitching
EDUCATION ​ideas for impactful exhibit alterations and leading group
McNair Academic High School​ ​discussions
on client approval, client retention, and
Rutgers University, New Brunswick​ d​ iversity promotion.
Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources
Environmental Geomatics Certificate ​Zerbini Plant Pathology Laboratory ​| ​Minas Gerais, Brazil
​RESEARCH ASSISTANT ​ June 2015 - July 2015
AWARDS ​ onducted independent research supervised by a professor ​on
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NSF International Research Grant ​ ​begomoviruses. Assisted PhD candidates with their field
Summer 2015, Brazil r​ esearch on local crop failure, while engaging in collaborative
Smoyak Hoffman Student Prize ​ ​discussions that challenged common thought.
2013 - 2014
E.A. Reich Scholarship ​Duffy Bacteriophage Laboratory | New Brunswick, NJ
2012 - 2014 ​VIRAL RESEARCHER ​Fall 2013 - Summer 2015
​ bserving, inferring, proposing, and analyzing natural phenomena
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HONORS i​ n vitro. ​Creatively designed experiments that attempted to expose
DEBrief Blog Feature, NSF​ ​how bacteriophage pathogenicity contributes to plant disease.
Newsletter Feature
Research Writing Conference ​Plangere Writing Center | New Brunswick, NJ
Presenter ​ENGLISH TUTOR ​Spring 2014 - Summer 2015
Michael Moss Book Event ​Training, mentoring, and problem solving with students who aim to
Introducer ​ improve their English and professional writing skills.

Rutgers Chrysler Herbarium | New Brunswick, NJ

​CURATOR ​Fall 2013 - Summer 2014
​Filed, photographed, and repaired plant specimens. Also
​handled academic requests and all data entry.