Delaney Talovic

Departments: Waters and Microbiology

Analytical Chemist - SGS - Anchorage

(2024-03)

Departments: Waters and Microbiology

• Independently prepared and analyzed environmental soil/water/oil/glycol/tissue/etc. samples in accordance to SGS' analytical SOPs using instrumentation specific to department and analytical methodologies
• Performed routine operation, maintenance, calibration of laboratory instruments/equipment
• Followed EPA laboratory analytical methods, ISO/IEC requirements, and routine federal and state environmental compliance procedures, including a state-level Drinking Water Lab Certification audit (2025)
• Trained seasonal employees as back-up analysts in 2025 and 2026
• Participated in data review, correction, and compliance for other departments, including ICP-MS, gas chromatography, and mass spectrometry analyses
• Worked independently and as part of a team to meet daily production targets and ensure hold times and turnaround times are met

Environmental Science Intern - Clean Water Services - Hillsboro, OR

(2022-05 - 2022-09)

• Extracted air, water, and sediment data from creek basins in Washington County, OR
• Surveyed areas of riparian restoration and mapped field data using ArcGIS
• Calibrated and installed environmental data loggers
• Retrieved and analyzed past parameter data through Aquarius software and presented it to the Integrated Water Resources team
• Monitored, sampled from, and established communication with private landowners
• Assisted colleague with an independent project using eDNA filtration and extraction

Senior Thesis Internship - Kooskooskie Commons - Walla Walla, WA

(2022-09 - 2023-06)

• Determined the success of riparian restoration plantings in the Walla Walla basin on 18 different sites
• Installed and monitored water quality testing equipment
• Submitted parameter data to the Washington Department of Ecology's EIM database
• Submitted independent research project and presented findings to students and faculty of Whitman College
• Edited Kooskooskie Commons 2023 QAPP
• Communicated with private and public landowners

REU Intern - Portland State University Center for Climate and Aerosol Research - Portland, OR

(2021-05 - 2021-09)

• Planned and implemented an independent research project under the guidance of a research faculty mentor for PSU's REU (Research Experience for Undergraduates) program
• Measured denitrification fluxes in prepared soil samples
• Worked regular hours in PSU's Geotechnical Lab
• Compared statistical models, wrote an independent literature review, presented research findings as an oral presentation at REU Symposium, and participated in other graduate research activities in PSU's Water and Soil Quality laboratory

Bachelor of Science - Biology and Environmental Science - Whitman College (2018-09 - 2023-06)

Study Abroad - Copenhagen - DIS (2020-09 - 2020-12)