KatyAnn Liley 

Mobile: 918-605-6042  
Email: kdudley.research@gmail.com
(email address is correct despite recent name change)

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Work Experience:

 

Smithsonian National Zoological Park
3001 Connecticut Ave NW
Washington DC, DC  20008 United States

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05/2021 - Present

Salary: 0.00 USD Without Compensation

Hours per week: 40

Intern of Zoological Science, Smithsonian National Zoo; Ornithology Department

Duties, Accomplishments, and Related Skills:

- Animal husbandry including health checks, cleanliness, meal prep, behavior analysis, habitat enrichment, nutritional data compilation, medical report compilation.

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Smithsonian National Zoological Park
3001 Connecticut Ave NW
Washington DC, DC  20008 United States

09/2020 - 05/2021
Salary: 0.00  USD Without Compensation
Hours per week: 16

Bird House Keeper Aide

Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills:

- Animal husbandry including health checks, cleanliness, medication records, meal prep, behavior analysis, and documentation.

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Smithsonian National Zoological Park
3001 Connecticut Ave NW
Washington DC, DC  20008 United States

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09/2019 - 11/2019
Salary: 0.00  USD Without Compensation
Hours per week: 3

Bird Strike Study Team Member

Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills:

- Notated evidence of bird strike on or around glass on zoo grounds according to regulation.
- Proper handling of any dead specimens.
- Maintained detailed records of any/all bird strike evidence, including field conditions before, during, and after specimen retrieval.

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Oklahoma State University
Whitehurst Hall 301
Stillwater, OK  74078 United States

08/2018 - 12/2018
Salary: 14.64  USD Per Hour
Hours per week: 20

Laboratory Instructor / Teaching Assistant

Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills:

- Trained and simplified complex laboratory instructions for first year university students.
- Coached first year university students in proper laboratory techniques and applicable experimental design.
- Educated, aided, and edited first year university students' scientific writing for journal publication (Journal of Introductory Biology Investigations).

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Oklahoma State University
Whitehurst Hall 301
Stillwater, OK  74078 United States

05/2015 - 07/2018
Salary: 0.00  USD Without Compensation
Hours per week: 12

Laboratory / Field Project Lead

Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills:

- Animal husbandry, honey bee hives (2).
- Designed and executed research project on heavy metal toxicity and acute mortality to pollinators to aid in determining impact of road run-off in bee colony collapse.
- Presented expositions regarding data findings on toad orientation behaviors for contribution to agricultural toxicant studies, and statistics on bee mortality research.

Supervisor: Scott McMurry (405-744-5650)
Okay to contact this Supervisor: Yes

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Oklahoma State University
Whitehurst Hall 301
Stillwater, OK  74078 United States

08/2015 - 12/2016
Salary: 9.45  USD Per Hour
Hours per week: 10

Laboratory Project Lead

Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills:

- Implemented preliminary behavioral assay on toads for neurological toxicology research in amphibians for agricultural science enhancement.

Supervisor: Scott McMurry (405-744-5650)
Okay to contact this Supervisor: Yes

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Tulsa Dog Training Club
6307 S 107th E Ave
Tulsa, OK  74133 United States

05/2006 - 05/2016
Salary: 0.00  USD Without Compensation
Hours per week: 6

Dog Trainer

Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills:

- Professional & recreational dog training, care, and AKC/UKC competition.
- Training several dog breeds large and small, required regular transport to training facility.

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Oklahoma State University
Whitehurst Hall 301
Stillwater, OK  74078 United States

07/2013 - 07/2015
Salary: 0.00  USD Without Compensation
Hours per week: 10

Laboratory Assistant (herpetology)

Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills:

- Toxicology research with toads for Ph.D. student while in high school by working with baseline amphibian behavior in response to prey stimuli.
- Specimen capture aid (herpetology).

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Oklahoma State University
Whitehurst Hall 301
Stillwater, OK  74078 United States

05/2013 - 07/2013
Salary: 0.00  USD Without Compensation
Hours per week: 9

Laboratory Assitant (vole)

Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills:

- Apprenticed in lab studying hippocampus of brain in young voles: observed neurological development while maturing for young, with vs without father present.

 

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Education:

Oklahoma State University Stillwater, OK United States
Bachelor's Degree 05 /2019
GPA: 2.98 rounded as appropriate: 3.00
Major: Zoology
Relevant Coursework, Licenses and Certifications:
Animal Behavior (BIOL 3153)
Animal Biology (ZOOL 1604)
Environmental Biology (BIOL 3163)
Evolution (BIOL 4133)
General Ecology (BIOL 3034)
General Genetics (BIOL 3023)
General Chemistry (CHEM 1314 & CHEM 1515)
Introductory Biology (BIOL 1114)
Introductory Microbiology (MICR 2123)
Invertebrate Morphology (BIOL 3104)
Mammalogy (BIOL 4174)
Organic Chemistry (CHEM 3015)
Ornithology (BIOL 4464)
Physiology (BIOL 3204)
Vertebrate Morphology (BIOL 3114)



Life Sciences Freshman Research Scholarship Program (A&S 2000)
Niblack Research Scholars Program (UNIV 2910)
Undergraduate Research (BIOL 4700 (cont. 4 yrs))

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Professional Publications:

KatyAnn Dudley, Scott McMurry ST. “Honey Bee Defenses”, Undergraduate Science Journals (2015)

Cusaac JPW, Scarlett K, Anderson T, Dudley K, McMurry ST. “Development of a Behavioral Assay to Test Pesticide Toxicity in Amphibians”, in preparation for Ecotoxicology (2016)