Austin Flood
San Francisco
Overview
1
1
year of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Undergraduate Researcher
Sacramento State University
Sacramento
05.2024 - 01.2025
- Developed and proposed research project for funding approval from The College of Natural Science and Mathematics.
- Collected sediment samples from alpine lakes in Trinity Alps to quantify microplastic concentrations.
- Isolated microplastics from sediment using advanced density sorting techniques with Zinc Chloride.
- Conducted statistical and spatial analyses to understand transport mechanisms of microplastics.
- Correlated findings with anthropogenic sources, including tire wear, recreation and agricultural mulch degradation.
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Sacramento State University
Sacramento
01.2024 - 05.2024
- Assisted faculty in executing the research project "Reconstructing Precolonial Forest Dynamics and Wildfire Significance in the Western Klamath Mountains."
- Facilitated sediment core collection through deployment of piston and gravity corers.
- Dated sediment cores with a magnetic susceptibility meter
- Analyzed macroscopic charcoal fragments throughout sediment layers to assess fire history.
Education
Master of Arts - Natural Resource Management
San Francisco State University
San Francisco, CA05-2027
Bachelor of Arts - Physical Geography
Sacramento State
Sacramento, CA12-2024
Skills
- Data analysis and statistical techniques
- Field sampling methods
- Geographic Information Systems
- Grant writing proficiency
- Data collection strategies
- Laboratory techniques
- Water quality analysis
Certification
- Human Subjects Research: Undergraduate and Master's Students
- RCR: Natural Sciences & Math
Affiliations
- Keep Tahoe Blue
Volunteer Member, 2019-2020
- Truckee Trail Foundation
Volunteer Member, 2019
- Association of Pacific Coast Geographers
September 2024-Present
Accomplishments
- CSUS, College of Science and Mathematics
Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) Award, 2024
- Association of Pacific Coast Geographers
Award for Best Poster, 2024
- Association of Pacific Coast Geographers
Travel Grant for Students, 2024
- California State University Sacramento
Student Academic Development Grant, 2024
- California State University Sacramento
Academic Related Activities Grant, 2024
- California Student Aid Commission
Middle Class Scholarship, 2024
Timeline
Undergraduate Researcher
Sacramento State University
05.2024 - 01.2025
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Sacramento State University
01.2024 - 05.2024
Master of Arts - Natural Resource Management
San Francisco State University
Bachelor of Arts - Physical Geography
Sacramento State