Dayna Levine

• Tracked Burmese pythons through multiple swamp habitats.
• Assisted with in-field Burmese python handling and transport.

• Supervised children ages 2–10.
• Participated in games, reading, and other enrichment activities.
• Collaborated with fellow teaching assistants to create a consistent and supportive learning environment for students.

• Monitored and collected data on nest contents of long-tailed shrikes using endoscopes.

• Performed road and walking surveys throughout urban, agriculture, and scrubland habitat in central Thailand to locate long-tailed shrike breeding pairs and nests.

• Mentored multiple field assistants in field procedures that included point counts, long-tailed shrike surveys, and nest-monitoring techniques. Managed their duties and schedules and monitored their performance throughout data collection.

• Conducted long-tailed shrike activity monitors to evaluate movement around nest-sites and its impact on nest survival.

• Conducted long-tailed shrike foraging observations to determine prey size and availability, habitat preference, and hunting behavior.

• Executed point count surveys on multiple bird species in Thailand to determine density.

• Collected environmental information via habitat plots.

• Categorized king cobra nest-building and guarding behavior using camera trap photos.

• Conducted mist-netting, banding, and morphometric data collection of Southeast Asian passerine species.

• Conducted mist-netting of Japanese and Chinese sparrowhawks and collection of genetic material.

• Assisted with GSM cellular device tagging of Japanese sparrowhawks to recordmigration.

• Tracked Burmese pythons and king cobras using VHF radio telemetry and triangulation through dry evergreen forests, dry dipterocarp forests, and agricultural habitat in Thailand.

• Underwent safety training for handling king cobras.

• Handled king cobras and pythons, including capture, transport, andsedation.

• Cleaned data using R and wrote progress reports about study animal for sponsors.

• Navigated through harsh terrain, including during inclement weather, using a handheld GPS.

• Assisted with snake processing of king cobras, Burmese pythons, and reticulated pythons —performing sedation and intubation, and collecting measurements, weight, and parasite presence.

• Provided community outreach and education to village residents and students.

• Drove manual motorbikes throughout study area.

• Analyzed morbidity and mortality data of the amphibian collection from 1960-2019.

• Summarized veterinary notes on illness within the dolphin population at the National Aquarium for use in disease analysis.

• Assisted with enclosure cleaning and observed veterinary visits of a wide variety ofanimals,

such as Komodo dragons, giant pandas, and clouded leopards.

• Identified animals from camera traps to determine animal-plant relationship and effects of an encroaching urban environment.

• Surveyed wood frogs in Saratoga National Historical Park to determine defrosting and

reproduction time.

• Identified and archived 200+ specimens of the herpetology and ornithology collections for the

Biology Department.

• Created digital records of the specimens in Biota, a biodiversity database manager.

• Handled Mojave rattlesnakes for measurements and pit-tagging.

• Assisted with high-speed camera recording and kept written logs of rattlesnake strike behavior.

• Tracked Mojave rattlesnakes using VHF radio telemetry through desert habitat.

• Trapped kangaroo rats using Sherman traps for processing and temporary marking with dye to create distinguishing marks.

• Measured kangaroo rat defensive jump performance using simulated snake strike techniques.

• Supervised children ages 1–5.

• Participated in games, reading, and other enrichment activities.

• Supervised children ages 13–16.

• Chaperoned and provided support for a hall of 13–16-year-old girls.

• Devised themes for and set-up camp-wide events.

• Created after-class activities.

• Participated in spotted dolphin research including in-situ behavior surveillance and individual identification using marking recognition

• Executed visual surveys for spotted dolphin pods to conduct behavioral observations.

• Lived and worked on a research boat in the Bahamas for multiple weeks.

• Sampled for reptiles and amphibians at Letterkenny Army Depot through road-cruising surveys.

• Caught and processed snakes using coverboards, including pit-tagging.

• Tracked box turtles using VHF radio telemetry in North-eastern US forests.

• Collected tadpoles through dip-netting and completed frog surveys in man-made ponds.