Establishing and maintaining chain of custody.
Collected soil and water samples presented at the February 16, 2024 public update and ongoing criminal investigation in Johnson County, TX about PFAS and heavy metal contamination from biosolids (a human waste product) processed into a fertilizer applied on nearby land.
My dissertation was focused on wild and captive turkeys, so I have extensive experience collecting blood and feather samples from turkeys and other large birds. I also assisted on several wild songbird projects with mist netting, banding, and collecting samples. Prior to graduate school, I worked at several horse farms/boarding facilities and wildlife rehabilitation centers where I learned various sampling techniques and became comfortable with large mammals and various exotic and native animals