Jacob Herschberger
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Eco-Coding
Experience
Graduate Teaching & Research Assistant
University of Florida
August 2022 – Present
Responsibilities included:
Taught the students general entomological concepts, and assisted them in performing different experiments in a laboratory setting
Modified and conducted chemical analysis protocols investigating plant chemical defenses
Managed undergraduate students on multiple research projects
Graduate Teaching Assistant
The University of Alabama
January 2019 – August 2022
Responsibilities included:
Taught the students general biological concepts, and assisted them in performing different experiments in a laboratory setting
Interpretive Ranger and Land Steward
Lancaster County Conservancy
January 2019 – August 2022
Responsibilities included:
Monitored preserves and provided information for preserve visitors
Performed general ground maintenance, erosion control, trail maintenance, tree grove care, invasive species removal, inventory and data collection
Education
PhD Plant-Insect Interactions
University of Florida
August 2022 – August 2027
GPA: 4.0/4.0
Courses included:
Insect systematics
Insect Ecology
Advanced statistics in R
Spatial analysis
Crop diversity
MSc Plant-Insect Chemical Ecology
The University of Alabama
January 2019 – July 2020
GPA: 3.8/4.0
Courses included:
Chemical ecology
Bioinformatics
Evolutionary genomics
Animal behavior
Evolution
Pedagogy
BSc Biology, Environmental Science Concentration
Millersville University of Pennsylvania
January 2016 – December 2020
GPA: 3.4/4.0
Courses included:
Ecosystems
Community Ecology
Ecology and Evolution
Organic chemistry
Environmental chemistry
Languages
100%
English
100%
Pennsylvania German
75%
German
5%
Thai