Graduate Research Assistant - IISD Experimental Lakes Area - Kenora, ON
(2022-05 - 2024-05)
- Executed 3+ freshwater mesocosm risk assessment projects generating ecological risk findings used directly in remediation product evaluation decisions.
- Built a biofilm monitoring and analysis program, increasing sampling consistency by ~40% and reducing data gaps that previously delayed reporting.
- Analyzed 2+ years of environmental time-series data in R, producing fully reproducible outputs that reduced analyst review time by an estimated 30% vs. prior manual workflows.
- Maintained and calibrated YSI water quality sondes with full QA/QC logging, achieving >95% instrument uptime over 2 field seasons and eliminating data loss from sensor drift.
Graduate Intern - National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) - Abuja, Nigeria
(2018-08 - 2021-10)
- Conducted site-specific oil spill impact assessments across land and aquatic environments, documenting findings for spills affecting an estimated 500+ hectares of impacted land and waterways.
- Reviewed 30+ contingency and response plans against NOSDRA national standards, cutting average regulatory approval turnaround by ~3 weeks through early identification of non-compliant sections.
- Participated in 40+ compliance inspections across 5 states, identifying 3–5 regulatory violations per site and issuing corrective action notices tracked to resolution.
- Supported post-spill remediation monitoring across 8 sites over 2 years, producing quarterly reports that triggered adaptive adjustments at 3 underperforming sites.
Research Assistant - Department of Marine Sciences, University of Lagos - Nigeria
(2017-03 - 2018-01)
- Conducted heavy metal ecological risk assessments on 3 fish species across 4 Lagos Lagoon sites, detecting Pb, Cd, and Hg exceedances of FEPA limits — findings cited in regulatory mitigation recommendations.
- Designed a 6-station water quality monitoring program, improving spatial coverage by 50% and enabling detection of a previously uncharacterized pollution gradient.
- Cleaned and standardized 5 years of archival datasets (~15,000 data points), accelerating subsequent analytical work by an estimated 2 months.
