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Lehan Du

Davis,CA

Summary

Undergraduate student in Wildlife, Fish, and Conservation Biology with experience in birdwatching, fieldwork, and ecological data collection. Interested in animal behavior and conservation, and looking to learn more through hands-on research.

Overview

3
3
years of professional experience

Work History

Putah Creek Nestbox Program

UC Davis
Davis, CA
02.2025 - 06.2025
  • Responsible for regularly monitoring breeding activities in bird nest boxes, including egg count and nestling growth.
  • Proficient in using bird watching equipment (such as binoculars) to observe behavior in the wild, complete data collection and enter it into the database
  • Participate in organizing team surveys during the bird breeding season, and collaborate with other researchers and volunteers to maintain and optimize nest boxes

Field Research Assistant

Beijing Forestry Univers
Beijing
05.2024 - 08.2024
  • Led by the Ecology Project Team, conducted field surveys for bird behavior research in Dongzhai National Nature Reserve
  • Located long-tailed tit nests and inspected great tit nest boxes; monitored great tit and long-tailed tit breeding behaviors, including nesting, spawning, and brooding behaviors.
  • Banded adult and juvenile long-tailed tits and great tits to track population dynamics.

Synthetic Biology Research Project

Using E. coli to Produce GABA and 5-HTP to Explore
Beijing
02.2022 - 10.2022
  • Participated in the experimental design, execution, data collection and analysis; wrote the "Engineering Results" and "Proof of Concept" parts of the research; Master DNA extraction, PCR amplification, strain culture and other biotechnologies
  • Joined the media communication team, operating the public platform of WeChat and producing scientific animation

Education

Bachelor of Science - Wildlife, Fish, And Conservation

University of California, Davis
Davis, CA
07-2028

High School Diploma -

University of California, Davis
Beijing
07-2024

Skills

  • Field Research Skills
  • Data analysis (using Excel)
  • Species identification
  • Bird photography
  • Public science communication
  • Basic experimental design
  • DNA extraction, PCR, and genetic analysis

Accomplishments

Global Gold, British Biology Olympiad

Global Silver, International Genetically Engineered Machine

Global Silver, United States of America Biology Olympiad

Affiliations

Graphic Designer, Fusso Periodical, the Affiliated High School of Peking University

Member of Graphic Design Club “Verge”, the Affiliated High School of Peking University

Timeline

Putah Creek Nestbox Program

UC Davis
02.2025 - 06.2025

Field Research Assistant

Beijing Forestry Univers
05.2024 - 08.2024

Synthetic Biology Research Project

Using E. coli to Produce GABA and 5-HTP to Explore
02.2022 - 10.2022

Bachelor of Science - Wildlife, Fish, And Conservation

University of California, Davis

High School Diploma -

University of California, Davis

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