Paige Lewis

paigeclewis@outlook.com
twitter: @biologistpaige
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EDUCATION

Bachelor of Life Sciences (Academic Exchange) 2018

National University of Singapore
Classes: Biomolecules, Freshwater Biology, Animal Physiology, Terrestrial Ecology, and
Advanced Aquatic Ecology.

Bachelor of Sciences, Biology: 2013-2017

University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada
Expected Graduation: Summer 2018
Classes Include (But are not limited to): Study Design and Data Analysis, Marine
Ecology, Coastal and Marine Resources, Conservation Biology, Understanding the
Oceans, Parks and Protected Areas, Survey of Invertebrates, Introduction to Ecology,
Oceans and Atmosphere, Natural Hazards, The Dynamic Earth, Organic Chemistry,
Chemistry in Modern Society, and Conservation and Ecology of Whales.
Currently Enrolled: Animal Behavior, Evolution, Organic Chemistry with Biological
Applications, Calculus, Community & Population Health, Academic Writing.

AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS

University of Victoria ESA Poetry Award 2017

University of Victoria International Student Activities Scholarship 2017

Most Innovative Research University of Victoria Student Geography Conference- 2017

Best Poster Award University of Victoria Anthropology March 2017

Student Research Conference

Alexander Rutherford Scholarship - $2500.00 April 2016

- Academic Achievement

CERTIFICATIONS AND SKILLS

Microsoft Office Suite: Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

Statistical Programs: Minitab, R, and SPSS
R: The R Project for Statistical Computing Program Workshop
Standard First Aid, CPR C & AED, and Health Care Provider CPR
Bear Awareness Training
WHIMIS Training
Incident Command System 100 Certification
Transportation of Hazards Good Level One Certification

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Fire & Vegetation Student May 2017-August 2017

Parks Canada/ Government of Canada, Banff, Canada
- Plant ID
-Bird Surveys
- Monitor non-native and native vegetation growth after a prescribed burn
- Control non-native vegetation
- Completed CCM plots measuring species, density, and locations of plants across Banff
National Park
- Completed annual report
- Completed many plant identification reports for Parks Canada data base

Zooarchaeology Laboratory Assistant October 2016- Current Day

University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia
- prepared fish skeletons and sea urchin samples for the zooarchaeology comparative
collection
- conducted morphometric measurements of specific skeletal elements to enable size
estimations to be obtained from archaeological specimens
- measured skeletal elements with digital calipers, cataloging, and labeling skeletal
elements.

Field Research Assistant/ Undergraduate Research Associate

University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta April 2016- Current Day
- Trapped and handled adult and pup Columbian ground squirrels
- Collected data such as mass, sexual status, lactation status, feces, and counted ecto
parasites.
- Organized collected field data

Field Assistant October 2015- November 2015

Capital Regional District, Victoria, British Columbia
- Searched for deer in the urban Victoria area
- aged and sexed deer
- navigated directions

Research Intern May 2015-June 2015

University of Tasmania, Tasmania, Australia
Fresh Water Ecology (Hydro Tasmania)
- investigated the influence of sediment resuspension on nutrient cycling (N,P,C and FE)
and the ecological states of the lake
- Hydro Tasmania allowed me to aid to the investigation of the ecosystem stability
following the lowering of the water levels.
- Extracted soil sampled from lakes around Tasmania
- Prepared samples for isotopic analysis
- Performed Isotopic Analysis
Platypus Research Field Work
- set up/ took down nets
- supervised and handled platypus
- collected data such as measurements, blood and feces
- released platypus
Tasmanian Devil Research Field Work
- Set up traps
- Handled Tasmanian Devils
- Collected Blood, feces, and measurements
- Performed Biopsies from facial tumors
- Counted ecto parasites

Research Assistant January 2014- April 2015

University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia
- sorted through fresh water samples for invertebrates in the El-Sabaawi Lab

POSTERS

Lewis, P., McKechnie, I., and Wiggin, R. 2017. Skeletonizing fish using
inexpensive dishwasher detergent: Experimenting with commercial enzymes for
defleshing fish for UVic zooarchaeology collection.
Presented at: The University of Victoria Anthropology Undergraduate Research
Conference.

Lewis, P., Hammer, T., Neuhaus, P. 2017. The Effect of Weight, Sex and Birth
Year on First Winter Survival in Urocitellus columbianus.
Presented at: University of Victoria Student Geography Conference.

COMMUNITY INVOLVMENT & VOLUNTEERING

University of Victoria School of Environmental Studies: Field Technician February 2017

April 2017

Applied Conservation Science Lab University of Victoria January 2017-Current

Day

The University of Victoria Martlet February 2015- Current Day

University of Victoria Outdoors Club September 2013- Current Day

Medical Mercy Canada September 2012- June 2013

Canadian Aids Association September 2012-June 2013

Calgary Mustard Seed December 2011-June 2013

Calgary Food Bank November 2011-March 2012

Telus World of Science: Body Worlds Exhibit June 2010-September 2010

HOBBIES AND INTERESTS

Sports: Avid swimmer, runner, and cyclist; participant in the Strathmore Womens
Triathlon, and annual participant in the CIBC Run for the Cure. Currently training for
IRONMAN Canada.
Nature: Hiker with an interest in nature photography.