Overview
Work History
Education
Research
Volunteer Experience
Skills
Awards
Timeline
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Madison N. Wilson

Redmond,WA

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience

Work History

Data Imaging Specialist

LA County Museum of Natural History
07.2022 - 08.2024
  • Working as a CT scan specialist to process fish CT scans and upload to Morphosource, as well as learning and working in the fish collection sending and receiving loans

Specimen Preparator

LA County Museum of Natural History
06.2021 - 11.2023
  • Working as a specimen preparator in the mammalogy collection collecting research data and materials

Teaching Assistant

CSUF Teaching Assistant
09.2020 - 05.2023
  • Responsible for teaching lab sections, grading assignments and tests, and holding office hours to answer student questions, as well as making time to attend to student’s needs outside of class time/office hours

Expo Prep

Ristorante Machiavelli
09.2020 - 05.2021
  • Worked as a member of the kitchen preparing food for chefs, acting as a runner, plating food, and handling incoming tickets

Graduate Assistant

California State Fullerton
09.2018 - 05.2019
  • Responsible for grading tests, quizzes, and homeworks, as well as assisting with proctoring tests and quizzes

Ski Instructor

Fiorini Ski School
01.2016 - 01.2019
  • Taught 5-6 year olds intermediate level skiing basics as dictated by the PSIA teaching guidelines

Cashier and Vault Clerk

Costco Wholesale
01.2014 - 01.2018
  • Handled customer service and cash/checks in the Costco vault, problem solved and offered technical support

Receptionist

Pure Barre
06.2017 - 09.2017
  • Performed receptionist duties, cleaned studios, while providing excellent customer service, while full time student at the UW

Restoration Intern

Stream Restoration Foundation
06.2017 - 09.2017
  • Built a trout and mussel exhibit, and restored wetland habitat for park grounds

Co-store Manager

General Store Co-op UCSD
09.2014 - 06.2016
  • Operated a student run business as a co-store manager overseeing several accounts in store and working 20 hours a week as a fulltime student

Education

Master’s Candidate - Biology

California State University Fullerton
Fullerton, CA
05-2025

Bachelor’s Degree - Oceanography

University of Washington
Seattle, WA
08-2019

Marine Biology Quarter, Fish Biomechanics Summer B Term

Friday Harbor Labs
Friday Harbor, Washington

Research

  • 01/01/19, Present, Conducting marine mammal research on cetaceans focused on
    hearing using finite element analysis.
  • 09/01/18, 06/01/19, Created a robotic fish (LEFi) that models climate change
    effects in pelagic fish communities.
  • 06/01/18, 08/31/18, Friday Harbor, WA, Designed and created a 3D printed model
    to test the fluid filtering dynamics of the gill rakers of bony teleost fish.
    01/01/19, 05/01/19, Seattle, WA, Worked with large sets of oceanographic data in
    Python.
  • 01/01/18, 05/01/18, Seattle, WA, Collected data on the R.V. Carson and researched
    nitrogen fluxes from the Ballard locks to the Port of Everett.
  • 01/01/17, 05/01/17, Seattle, WA, Designed and built an underwater node used to
    power and gather data from over 20 handbuilt ocean sensors.
  • 06/01/17, 08/31/17, Mill Creek, WA, Helped build and design a trout stream
    exhibit and monitored water temperature/salinity/oxygenation daily fluctuations.

Volunteer Experience

  • Science Fair Volunteer, Girls Scouts, Long Beach, CA, Fall 2022, Fall 2022, Ran a booth with activities designed around the research of the FABB Lab.
  • Science Volunteer, Kindergarten/First Grade, Friday Harbor, WA, 2018, 2019, Worked with elementary school age children on scientific skills.
  • Aquarium Volunteer, Seattle Aquarium, Seattle, WA, 2016, 2016, Participated in the volunteer program’s learning sector.
  • Aquarium Volunteer, Birch Aquarium, San Diego, CA, 2014, 2014, Worked as a volunteer teaching and learning about marine life.
  • Equine Care Volunteer, Little Therapeutic Riding Center, Woodinville, WA, 2014, 2014, Learned to handle horses and basic equine care.

Skills

  • Languages, French (can speak and read fairly well), Spanish (can read and speak some).
  • CT Scanning Techniques, Familiarity with CT scanning techniques on a Bruker Skyscanner.
  • Computer Skills, Microsoft Office, iMovie, Amira, R Studio, MeshLab, PreForm, Meshmixer, Slicer, Arduino, Adobe Illustrator, Visual Studio Code, some proficiency in Julia, Python, and R.
  • First Aid Training, CPR Certified.
  • Ski Instructor Certification, PSIA (Professional Ski Instructors of America) Level 1 Instructor.

Awards

  • Presented an hour long talk, Friday Harbor Whale Museum Symposium, 2022
  • Best Poster Presentation, SCAS Conference, 2022
  • Violet Horn Scholarship Award Winner, 2019
  • Phi Sigma Theta National Honors Society, 2018
  • Best Teammate, Holy Names High School Soccer, 2014
  • Washington State Honor Award, 2014
  • National Merit Scholarship Corporation Commended Student, 2014
  • President’s Award for Educational Achievement-Silver Award, 2014

Timeline

Data Imaging Specialist

LA County Museum of Natural History
07.2022 - 08.2024

Specimen Preparator

LA County Museum of Natural History
06.2021 - 11.2023

Teaching Assistant

CSUF Teaching Assistant
09.2020 - 05.2023

Expo Prep

Ristorante Machiavelli
09.2020 - 05.2021

Graduate Assistant

California State Fullerton
09.2018 - 05.2019

Receptionist

Pure Barre
06.2017 - 09.2017

Restoration Intern

Stream Restoration Foundation
06.2017 - 09.2017

Ski Instructor

Fiorini Ski School
01.2016 - 01.2019

Co-store Manager

General Store Co-op UCSD
09.2014 - 06.2016

Cashier and Vault Clerk

Costco Wholesale
01.2014 - 01.2018

Master’s Candidate - Biology

California State University Fullerton

Bachelor’s Degree - Oceanography

University of Washington

Marine Biology Quarter, Fish Biomechanics Summer B Term

Friday Harbor Labs

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