AVERY MOTTET

Professional scientist with experience in environmental research and impact assessment. Adept at data analysis, fieldwork, and regulatory compliance. Strong focus on team collaboration and adaptable to changing project needs. Known for reliability and achieving measurable results in multidisciplinary environments.

• Masters Work, Proposal writing, Designed and implemented entire project: Large scale effort to sample across the ranges where species co-exist., Surveyed 28 properties thru Ecolab., Months of driving around locating specimens on roadside., DNA extraction of 325 individuals., Genotype-by-Sequencing data analysis., Computer modeling., Morphological measurements using ImageJ., GIS analysis to identify habitat variables., Grant report writing., Data management., Overcoming field hardships., Presenting data and leading discussion on scientific papers and personal work.
• Wildlife Management, Developed and presented a hypothetical migratory hummingbird management plan for university ranch., Use of line transects, densitometers, vegetation sampling, and GPS., Implemented vegetation management on university ranch., Brush removal., Surveyed for birds using line transect and point transect methods., Presentation on Chronic Wasting Disease in Texas.
• Academic Summer Abroad, Costa Rica, Special interest classes: Tropical Ecology, Conservation Biology., Traveling for three weeks to Tortuguero, Tirimbina, Poco Sol, Monteverde, Santa Elena Reserve, Manuel Antonio, and Corcovado., Presented two presentations on local Heliconius butterflies and Melastomataceae.
• General Ecology, Developed and presented a hypothetical ecological experiment examining the effects of Imported Red Fire Ants on Atwater’s Prairie Chickens.
• Wildlife Techniques, Field research; Camera trap set up and maintenance, experience in GPS, field identification of local wildlife, scat identification, collecting and interpreting data., Techniques assembling and dissembling mist nets, proper bird removal techniques and strategies.
• Field Plant Biology, Identification of over 100 local plant species.
• Ornithology, Identification of over 60 local avian species by sight and or sound., Techniques in avian surveys; design, sampling strategies, field methods., Completed a 10-hour personal behavioral bird study project on the Yellow-crowned Night-Heron.

• OSTEM / Out in Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics, Vice President, 2021-2022
• Field Plant Biology Society, 2019
• B.A.T.S / Bats at Texas State, 2018-2019
• T.O.S.T.S / The Ornithological Society at Texas State, 2018-2019