Kaitlyn Houk

• Continuing and expanding undergraduate thesis study on cognition in octopuses (Octopus rubescens)
• Aquarist duties as specified below
• Training and mentoring of new and incoming undergraduate aquarists

• Monitored water quality and temperature
• Animal husbandry of organisms such as fish, molluscs (including octopuses), crustaceans, and other invertebrates
• Repaired and maintained equipment
• Observed and recorded animal behavior
• Performed daily organism health checks with medical attention or habitat adjustment as necessary

• Coordinated commissary duties for all Alaska Wildland Adventure Trips
• Managed and reported inventory to help predict food demands for:
  -all Alaska Wildland Adventure Trips
  -65 staff members
  -resupply needs of remote locations.
• Packed meals for an average of eight trips per day with 3-20+ guests each
• Received and processed daily shipments and deliveries
• Coordinated a team of 3 to maintain proper food safety procedures
• Refined and implemented work procedures for future use in growing company