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DANIEL MERINO
4 Summit Ave, Felton, Ca 95018
Cell: (415) 5963411 | Email: [email protected]
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
• Field experience in fisheries, water quality, drought and plant conservation biology.
• Educational background in marine biology, ecology, climate change, philosophy, and sociology.
• Critical thinking and information synthesis developed through a deep personal interest in the state of human progress.
• Experience in navigating and summarizing peerreviewed literature and primary sources.
• Significant experience with international and wilderness travel (spent 2015 abroad traveling).
• Well read and informed on scientific, technological, political, and societal issues, advancements and policies.
CORE COMPETENCIES
• Extensive data organization, statistical analysis, and communication experience utilizing JMP, Microsoft Office, Salesforce
and Cloud services.
• Strong skills in complex creative problem solving, project management, project budgeting, multiteam organization, and
group decision making developed through: starting a business, cofounding a large (50+ person) Burning Man theme camp,
individual scientific research papers, and school.
• Former government employee, comfortable and skillful at communicating and cooperating with Govt agencies.
• Very effective at summarizing and presenting data, findings and large scale theories in clear, concise, and accurate ways.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. I have worked for and alongside individuals of many nationalities,
generations and socioeconomic backgrounds.
• Basic GIS skills.
EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE
Nursery Assistant, Central Coast Wilds, Santa Cruz, CA 7/2016 10/2016
• Perform planting, propagation, and upkeep of California native plants to be used in restoration projects.
Fisheries Technician , U.S. Forest Service, Weaverville, CA 6/201412/2014
• Monitored salmonid populations to inform management decisions in the Trinity River Watershed.
• Collected data utilizing a variety of remote, technical and manual methods.
• Analyzed data using JMP and Excel, and presented reports and summaries to management.
Lab Technician , Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, Moss Landing, CA 1/20145/2014
• Processed fish specimens collecting weights, measurements, tissue samples and otoliths for use in research papers.
• Performed statistical analysis on data gathered looking for biological/environmental correlations.
• Compiled report on results to be incorporated into graduate student’s thesis.
Assistant Field Biologist , Monterey Peninsula Water Mgmt District, Monterey, CA 4/201310/2013
• Collected and processed data about stream flows, water quality, and plant drought stress to monitor effect of drought on
Carmel River fish and vegetation health.
• Maintained restoration projects to mitigate drought effects in riparian corridor.
• Performed Steelhead rescues using block nets and EFishers then relocated fish to hatchery and ocean.
• Assisted in hatchery feeding and maintenance.
Student Volunteer, Croll and Costa Labs, UCSC, Santa Cruz, CA 9/20106/2014
• Performed fish dissection for graduate research.
• Data entry, analysis and result presentation to graduate students.
• Assisted in elephant seal morphometric and tissue sampling, and digital image analysis of intertidal zones.
EDUCATION
University of California at Santa Cruz , Department of Ecology
B.S. Marine Biology, Cum Laude June 2014
REFERENCES Eric Wiseman, Fisheries Biologist US Forest Service P.O. Box 1190, 360 Main St, Weaverville, Ca, 96093 [email protected] 5106231754 Andrew Wall, Nursery Manager Central Coast Wilds 336 Golf Club Drive, Santa Cruz, Ca 95060 8313342087 Thomas Christiansen, Riparian Projects Manager Monterey Peninsula Water Management District 5 Harris Court, Building G, Monterey, CA 93940 [email protected] Don Croll, PhD , Director of Croll Lab UC Santa Cruz, Long Marine Lab, 100 Shaffer Road, Santa Cruz, Ca 95060 [email protected] 8314593610