Riley M. Ralph
Toledo,OH
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
Work History
Invasive Grass Carp Strike Team Technician
University Of Toledo Lake Erie Center
Oregon, Ohio
05.2022 - Current
- Contact: Bob Mapes - email: Robert.Mapes@utoledo.edu; phone: (541)-760-4304
- Electrofished, set and picked through trammel nets, and identified Great Lakes fish species in the field on Midwest Lakes Electrofishing Systems boats
- Deployed and processed fyke and gill nets
- Drew blood and took measurements such as fork length, total length, girth, and weight from grass carp in the field
- Used YSI meters to obtain environmental data
- Tracked tagged grass carp with VR100 acoustic receivers
- Operated Humminbird Sidescan Units to map the Sandusky River
- Trailered boats and operated motorboats on Lake Erie tributaries
- Dissected grass carp to obtain fin clips, reproductive organs, vertebral sections, and otoliths
- Cleaned grass carp vertebral sections and fin clips for microscopic analysis
- Mended and cleaned trammel, fyke, and gill nets
- Changed oil on outboard motors
- Flushed outboard motors
- Obtained river sediment samples using ponar grab samplers
- Processed river water samples in search of juvenile fish and eggs
BGSU Tree Committee Student Representative
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green, Ohio
01.2021 - 05.2022
- Contact: Dr. Nicholas Hennessy - email: nickjh@bgsu.edu; phone: (419)-372-9949
- Voiced student views on matters related to trees on Bowling Green State University's campus
- Participated in meetings involving professors, city workers, and campus operations employees with a common interest in conserving campus trees
Invasive Grass Carp REU Student Project
National Science Foundation
Oregon, Ohio
05.2021 - 08.2021
- Contact: Dr. Christine Mayer - email: Christine.Mayer@UToledo.Edu; phone: (419)-530-4570
- Worked with ArcGIS to assess how large-scale river morphology affects grass carp removal distribution
- Gathered, arranged, and corrected data to create representative graphs and charts highlighting results for research presentations using RStudio
- Created and presented a poster, as well as a research paper highlighting scientific findings
Ohio Frog and Toad Field Research Assistant
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green, Ohio
03.2021 - 07.2021
- Contact: Brian Kron - email: bkron@bgsu.edu; phone: (610)-908-2370
- Identified frogs and toads in Northwest Ohio metroparks to species level based on mating call and morphology at nighttime
- Collected wetland and stream habitat data and material in the nighttime
- Reported findings on Google Sheets
- Recorded audio samples of frog and toad mating calls
Education
Bachelor of Science - Ecology And Conservation Biology
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green, OH04.2022
Skills
- Proficient in R
- Proficient in ArcGIS
- Electrofishing
- Trammel/fyke/gill nets
- Fish, turtle, frog, and toad species identification
- YSI meters
- Ponar grab samplers
- VR100 acoustic receivers
- Humminbird Sidescan Units
- Conductivity Readers
References
Dr. Christine Mayer - University of Toledo
- Email: Christine.Mayer@UToledo.Edu
- Phone: (419)-530-4570
Robert Hunter - PhD Candidate at The University of Toledo
- Email: Robert.Hunter3@UToledo.Edu
- Phone: (517)-420-3154
Brian Kron - PhD Candidate at Bowling Green State University
- Email: bkron@bgsu.edu
- Phone: (610)-908-2370
Timeline
Invasive Grass Carp Strike Team Technician
University Of Toledo Lake Erie Center
05.2022 - Current
Invasive Grass Carp REU Student Project
National Science Foundation
05.2021 - 08.2021
Ohio Frog and Toad Field Research Assistant
Bowling Green State University
03.2021 - 07.2021
BGSU Tree Committee Student Representative
Bowling Green State University
01.2021 - 05.2022
Bachelor of Science - Ecology And Conservation Biology
Bowling Green State University