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Patrick Horley

Email Address: patrickhorley@gmail.com
Address: Not Entered
City: Sharpsburg
State/Providence: Maryland
Zip Code: 21782
Country: USA
Phone Number: 443-528-0284
Date Posted: 10/6/2009

Objective

To find a job that allows me to gain more experience in aquaculture, fisheries and/or education.

Education

BA in Environmental Studies with a minor in Biology

Relevant courses taken include: Ichthyology, Marine and Estuarine Biology, Microbiology, Evolutionary Biology, Ecology, Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy, Geographic Informations Systems

Experience

Zambia Department of Fisheries/United States Peace Corps- Serenje, Zambia

June 2007 to August 2009

Rural Aquaculture Promotion Extension Agent in rural Zambia

Duties included teaching rural farmers how to construct and maintain small scale fish ponds as well as teaching business skills

United States Department of Agriculture – Agriculture Research Service- Aquatic Animal Health Research Laboratory- Chestertown, MD

September 2004 to May 2007

Biological Laboratory Technician

Duties include daily water quality testing. Feeding and medicating fish as well as assisting in laboratory practices while practicing aseptic techniques. Cleaning laboratory and fish tanks.

Echo Hill Outdoor School—Worton, MD

August 2006 to May 2007

Teacher/Staff Naturalist

Duties included teaching students (primarily 5th-9th grade) about the local environment with a focus on the Chesapeake Bay and the impact of their personal decisions

Washington College—Summer Internship: Acoustic Seabed Classification; Study on Salmonella in Oysters and Mussels—Chestertown, MD

May 2005 to August 2005

Temporary Position. Summer Intern.

Duties included calibration and testing of an acoustic seabed classification system. Used bottom sampler to obtain samples of seabed from aboard workboat. Collected oysters and mussels using a dredge from a workboat and tested them for Salmonella in Microbiology Laboratory. Used Arc-GIS Software to produce maps showing locations of oysters in the Chester River


Publications

Evans, J.J., Pasnik, D.J., Horley, P.J., Kraeer, K., Klesius, P.H. 2008. Aggression and mortality among Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) maintained in the laboratory at different densities. Research Journal of Animal Sciences. 2(2):57-64.

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