Sydney Binette
Front Royal
Summary
Passionate athlete and dedicated environmentalist with background in scientific research and leadership. Experience working in both outreach and athletics with students of varying age levels from elementary to post-graduate. Organized and detail-oriented with skills in working independently or as part of a team. Passionate about promoting personal health education and environmental awareness in my community.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Head Cross Country Coach
Christendom College
08.2023 - Current
- Independently planned and instructed daily practice sessions for both Men's and Women's teams
- Assisted with use of weights and gym equipment
- Coordinated and conducted off-season training and conditioning
- Showed physical vitality and enthusiasm for the sport with use of good judgment in decision-making and injury-prevention
Laboratory Manager
Colorado School of Mines
12.2018 - 10.2024
- Develop departmental archive of research publications
- Supervise 10 graduate-level environmental engineering students and 5 postdoctoral fellows
- Develop, hire and supervise a Laboratory Technician position within lab group
- Directly oversee the position of Lab Tech for efficiency of work in the Mines LC-MS Service Center
- Assist with editing research grants and proposals
- Manage budgets and prepare forecasts for multi-year SERDP, ESTCP and DoD projects
- Independently prepared QA Plan for $2M EPA grant
- Develop informational website for promotion of research
- Interact with multiple governmental agencies
- Maintain general lab upkeep and inventory
- Prepare stock standards
- Operate and troubleshoot lab instruments
- Update and develop training protocols
- Visited a client field site to provide scientific feedback
- Make travel arrangements and approve expenses charged by lab members
Research Assistant
Center for Marine Debris Research
10.2022 - 04.2023
- Perform field collections of microplastics and laboratory analyses using FTIR and Raman spectroscopy
- Worked in partnership with a research grant funded by the Hawai’i Department of Transportation to analyze microplastics in modified asphalt samples
- Independently operate analytical instrumentation including Hamburg Wheel and Moisture Induced Sensitivity Test
- Maintain sensitive quality assurance protocols are met according to procedures developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology
Runoff Assessment Intern
Mālama Maunalua
02.2023 - 04.2023
- Design a research project based on in-situ stormwater assessments to design and implement green infrastructure to decrease the impacts of residential runoff into the Maunalua Bay
- Analyze water quality data and rank sites for green infrastructure construction
- Communicate with local contractors to implement infrastructure development plan
- Develop training materials for contractor collaborations
- Use GPS to perform assessments of invasive algae populations
- Perform coral surveys in open ocean
- Assist with community events to educate local organizations on identifying native and invasive algae species, and understanding the impacts to the local reef ecosystem
Direction of Communications
Aquinas Forum
08.2020 - 01.2021
- Created a donor database to manage monthly donor relations
- Developed inaugural community engagement portal
- Assisted with website development and designed promotional items
Environmental Advocacy Intern
Creatio
08.2019 - 05.2020
- Researched environmental issues and their impacts to local community
- Communicated with state legislators discussing policy matters
- Wrote newsletters for local journal publications
Lab Services Coordinator
Children’s Hospital Colorado
08.2017 - 02.2019
- Helped in inaugural process of transferring all new and historical paper medical records into electronic system
- Answered and directed phone calls from providers and nurses in regards to patient lab testing
- Entered billing and reports for patient lab testing
- Operated in EPIC and Meditech
- Independently worked on closing shift for call center
- Recruited to participate in departmental team-building committee
REU Intern
Maryland Sea Grant - Chesapeake Biological Laboratory
05.2014 - 08.2014
- Independently performed toxicology research quantitatively analyzing DNA damage as a result of crude oil exposure to the Callinectes sapidus (Maryland blue crab) via the Comet assay
- Participated in ethics conference
- Prepared research thesis and presented work in a culminating oral presentation
Research Intern
Marine Biomedicine and Environmental Science Center
05.2013 - 08.2013
- Isolated novel marine biotoxins within an algal bloom
- Performed extractions on algae samples and analyzed by HPLC, NMR and IR
- Attended a daily seminar series
- Completed a final research project and presented findings in two final departmental presentations - one given at the Hollings Marine Laboratory campus and a second to physicians at the Medical University of South Carolina
Outreach Coordinator
Irvine Nature Center
05.2012 - 08.2012
- Independently developed lessons plans and presented informative live-animal sessions and nature walks for local summer camps
- Independently developed and instituted inaugural geocache program on the property’s hiking trails
- Handled and performed husbandry work for 20+ animal species including birds-of-prey, snakes, amphibians and rodents
- Drove off-site to daily programs
- Organized camp applicant files
- Assisted with on-site daycare program
Education
Marine Science Master’s Coursework -
Hawai’i Pacific University
Kaneohe, Hawaii01.2023
Bachelor of Science - Chemistry, Minor Biology
Franciscan University
Steubenville, Ohio01.2015
Skills
- Race preparation
- Strength and fitness training
- Travel coordination
- Performance analysis
- Environmental compliance
- Project management
- Staff training
- Technical writing
- Equipment safety
- Problem solving
- Leadership
- Team management
Personal Volunteer Activities
- Field Day Volunteer, The Ocean Cleanup STORAGE Microplastics Project, Kahuku, HI
- Open Water PADI Scuba Diver, Kaneohe, HI
- Co-Founder and Leader, Young Adult Cathedral Catholics, Denver, CO
Timeline
Head Cross Country Coach
Christendom College
08.2023 - Current
Runoff Assessment Intern
Mālama Maunalua
02.2023 - 04.2023
Research Assistant
Center for Marine Debris Research
10.2022 - 04.2023
Direction of Communications
Aquinas Forum
08.2020 - 01.2021
Environmental Advocacy Intern
Creatio
08.2019 - 05.2020
Laboratory Manager
Colorado School of Mines
12.2018 - 10.2024
Lab Services Coordinator
Children’s Hospital Colorado
08.2017 - 02.2019
REU Intern
Maryland Sea Grant - Chesapeake Biological Laboratory
05.2014 - 08.2014
Research Intern
Marine Biomedicine and Environmental Science Center
05.2013 - 08.2013
Outreach Coordinator
Irvine Nature Center
05.2012 - 08.2012
Bachelor of Science - Chemistry, Minor Biology
Franciscan University
Marine Science Master’s Coursework -
Hawai’i Pacific University
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