Mackenzie Dunn

• Hillsboro Parks & Recreation: Participated in community and park related projects.
• Wetland Conservancy: Identified and recorded egg masses of several amphibian species.
• Metro: Identified and recorded egg masses of several amphibian species, and attended a terrestrial amphibian survey.
• Friends of Trees: Planted bare root native species in wetlands around the Portland area.

I worked at Central Coast Pathology Laboratory from December 2016-January 2018. I was in charge of coordinating send outs to the different hospitals we provided service to. I am able to perform both special staining and immunohistochemistry stainings. I have experience embedding different tissue types and providing maintenance to the variety of machines we utilized in the lab.

• Answered customer questions on products
• Catalogued shipments and moved onto store floor
• Performed routine store maintenance

November 2016-December 2016

• Cleaned cages/tanks
• Prepared diets/enrichment
• Provided customers with advice on purchases
• Took inventory on items and animals

August 2016-November 2016

• Worked the register
• Helped customers find items
• Tidied up the apparel and hard line sections of the store

March 2016-May 2016

• Worked the register.
• Blended orders.
• Served out orders.
• General cleaning and dishes.
• Took inventory.

February 2016-April 2016

• Worked the register.
• Restocked front and back of house.
• Served out orders.
• General cleaning and dishes.

July 2015-October 2015

I worked at Tree Frog Treks from February 2013-August 2014. During the school year I acted as a teacher assistant in our after school programs. At nights and special events I would often take a lead role in discussing our animal ambassadors and talking about what our programs offered. During the summer I was a co-lead in our summer camps. I have experience working with kids from ages 3-10. I mainly worked with a younger age group over the summer and the older kids in the after school programs and night events we had.

I volunteered at the Aquarium of the Bay from September 2012-June 2014. I took care of both terrestrial and aquatic animals. I cleaned cages/tanks, regulated pHs, prepared diets, and provided enrichments. I have experience handling and feeding large predatory sea life (giant pacific octopi, moray eels, wolf eels, and younger sharks). I’ve assisted with checking bat rays for parasite loads using slide scrapings of their slime and routine check ups of our smaller sharks (leopard and spiny dogfish shark).

I volunteered at the San Francisco Zoo’s Family Farm from June 2012-June 2013. I took care of a variety of farm animals. I prepared enrichment activities and diets, and assisted in the maintenance of their health.

I worked in Dr. Vance Vredenburg’s lab at SFSU from October 2011-May 2014. I assisted in multiple graduate projects by running samples and helping care for live amphibians. In 2012 I swabbed preserved specimens at the California Academy of Science for a collaborative project between them and our lab. I acquired hands on experience interpreting data and running qPCR tests.