Courtney Melrose-Salcedo

Detail-oriented professional with advanced education in geoscience and proven administrative experience across museum and academic environments. Skilled in clerical operations, data management, and office coordination. Seeking a Part-Time Typist Clerk role to apply organizational expertise and technical proficiency in a structured clerical setting.

Outreach & STEM Night Coordinator - Long Island Children's Museum (2022-07 - 2026-05) - Provide and instruct Museum programing to classrooms and scout groups throughout Queens Nassau, and Suffolk, as well as to the children of the general public in libraries.

• Create new, and engaging programs for summer outreach offerings, and occasional events provided at and by the Long Island Children's Museum.
• Coordinate and execute STEM Night experiences for family, school, and community nights throughout Queens, Nassau, and Suffolk, as well as directly managing staff during STEM Night experiences.
• Educate students as part of the Museum's Westbury STEM Partnership.
• Experience managing the direct care and maintenance of the Living Animal Collection at the Long Island Children's Museum.
• Previously directly supervised a small staff during operation of the historic Nunley's Carousel.
• Previously and on occasion, handle ticket sales, and general day-to-day maintenance, of the historic Nunley's Carousel.

Museum

Educator/Staff Geologist - Garvies Point Museum and Preserve (2018-08 - 2022-07) - Exhibit and day-to-day museum maintenance.

• Assist in maintenance of the Preserve grounds (62 acres).
• Identify and catalogue rock, mineral, and fossil specimens brought into the museum either to answer inquiries from the public or for museum collection purposes.
• Provide museum tours as well as instruct and present school groups, scout groups, and the general public in various programs provided by the museum.
• Assist in scheduling museum programs for both school groups, private groups, and individuals.
• Create new, and exciting programs for the general public.
• Handle ticket sales, museum memberships, gift shop sales, and stock inventory as needed.
• Assist in curatorial duties when needed.

Museum

Educator - Cradle of Aviation Museum (2017-04 - 2020-03) - Instruct school groups and scout groups utilizing various lesson topics, both in the museum, as well as outreach programs at schools and other public venues - Educate and digitally control an IMAX screen for interactive shows for both student groups as well as general audience groups - Lead guided tours of the museum Assistant to Dr. M. Sperazza.

• Stony Brook University (2014-06 - 2014-09) - Work as directed. Included, but not limited to, lab work, grain size analysis for outside contract research, computer entry, training high school students and other researchers on proper use of Malvern Mastersizer 2000. Assistant to Distinguished Service Professor, G.N. Hanson.
• Stony Brook University (2012-09 - 2014-06) - Work as directed. Included, but not limited to, lab work, computer entry, training high school students and other researchers on proper use of Malvern Mastersizer 2000. Presenter - NASA/Hofstra University Outreach Program (2012-06 - 2012-08) Program: "Music and Astronomy Under the Stars", NASA Outreach Program - Introduce the public to Astronomy using various telescopes focused on various celestial objects (Planets, Nebulas, Stars, etc.).
• Assist in the setup and dismantling of telescopes and displays Undergraduate Researcher - Hofstra University Center for Climate Study (HUCCS) (2009-12 - 2012-08) Project: Paleoclimatology / Paleotempestology of Long Island: The Study of Past Hurricane Impacts on Long Island's South Shore (funded by a grant from the U. S. Department of Energy) - Assist in the collection of sediment cores from marsh sediments using vibracoring - Extract sediment samples from cores for trace metal and pollen analysis - Photo documentation, sediment logging, and spectrophotometry of cores - Wet/dry sieving of sediment samples - Mapping of core localities - Graphical presentation of data collected - Selection of field localities based on retrieval of historical images and maps Thin Section Preparation - Hofstra University, Department of Geology (2012-03 - 2012-05) - Cut, polish, mount, grind, and cover rock thin sections for use in research and classroom activities.

Research

Assistant - Hofstra University, Department of Geology (2010-03 - 2010-05) Project: NW to SE - Directed Glacial Flow Provenance of a ~ 50K Till Determined from the World Trade Center Site (WTC, NYC) - Identification, classification, and cataloging of glacial clasts - Graphical presentation of data collected Tutor - Hofstra University, Department of Geology (2009-03 - 2012-06) - Assist undergraduate geology students with mineral and rock identification and map skills.

• Assist undergraduate students with questions, and clear up misunderstandings from students taking various classes in the department.

Student

Aide / Laboratory Assistant - Hofstra University, Department of Engineering (2008-09 - 2009-05) - Update attendance sheets, schedules, and brochures and contact engineering companies to generate interest in on-campus activities - Maintain list of employment fairs as well as future employment opportunities for students - Research information for laboratory experiments and supplies, and assist in setting up experiments and assist during labs - Coordinate P.E.R.P. (Professional Engineering Review Program) issues for the spring semester Student Aide - Hofstra University, Department of Geography (2009-06 - 2009-08) - General office duties Administrative Assistant / Tour Guide - Cradle of Aviation Museum - East Garden City, N.Y. (2007-01 - 2008-12) - Conduct guided tours of exhibits - Bookkeeping, and time keeping - Assistant to the Director of Volunteers

Advanced Certificate - Earth Science Education - Hofstra University (2014-09 - 2016-05)

M.S. - Geoscience - Stony Brook University (2012-08 - 2014-12)

B.S. - Geology - Hofstra University (2008-09 - 2012-05)