Extracurricular
ECOP South Korea (K-ECOP) Coordination Unit
2023 - present | UN Ocean Decade Early Career Ocean Professionals (ECOP)
Currently, the K-ECOP National Bilingual survey is open !! If you are an early career ocean professional and Korean, please participate !!
STEM Mentor
2022 | PROmoting Geoscience Research, Education, and Success (PROGRESS)
Geology major undergraduate, University of Houston
STEM Pen Pal - Scientist
2022 | Letters to a Pre-Scientist (LPS) Program
LPS program pairs students with a STEM professional to increase their exposure to STEM while humanizing STEM professionals and demystifying STEM career pathway.
Super excited that I have been matched with a 6th-grade pre-scientist in California!!
Mentoring
2020 - 2022 | Geochemistry and Paleoceanography Lab (PI: Dr. Yige Zhang)
T. Garza (Texas A&M undergraduate; Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation Scholar)
H. Zhou (Rice graduate)
Both supervised lipid extraction and biomarker anaylsis on black shale samples.
Science Communicator
2018 - 2020 | Deparment of Oceanography and College of Geosciences, Texas A&M University
During my PhD, I worked 2 years as a Graduate Assistant - Non-teaching (GANT). My primary roles were to manage the departmental website and social media accounts, as well as to write news articles (total of 25 articles) for public audience, highlighting department's research and outreach activities. In addition, I designed and created the first Texas A&M Oceanography's spotlight on undergraduate, graduate students, and alumni.
Oceanography Departmental Representative
2017 - 2018 | Graduate and Professional Student Council (GPSC), Texas A&M University
For 5 academic semesters, I volunteered as the GPSC departmental representative (Oceanography). I attended the GPSC meeting biweekly, and delivered the GPSC meeting's agenda to the Oceanography Graduate Council (OGC).
Director of Training Assistant
2011 - 2013 | Summer Ocean Camp, Research Institute of Oceanography, Seoul National University
The Summer Ocean Camp was designed to introduce young students (K5 to K8 grades) to the ocean and spark their interest in ocean science. During a week-long program, students learned skin diving on the beach, visited local communities and museums, and attended ocean-related lectures from invited professors in Oceanography.
My responsibilities included planning and organizing the entire camp schedule, providing day-to-day training, and ensuring the safety of all participants.
Scuba Diving Assistant
2009, 2011-2013 | M.B. Ocean Blue Dive Resort, Moalboal (Cebu), Philippines
PADI certified Rescue Diver
Philippines name: Uma (meaning 'large field')