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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, CA
05-2027

Bachelor of Arts - Physical Geography

Sacramento State
Sacramento, CA
12-2024

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

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