Dana DePiero

  • drdepiero@gmail.com
  • United States
  • 19/02/2024
Laboratory, Field work, Office work Marine research

Personal Summary

Third-year undergraduate at the University of California, Santa Cruz studying Marine Biology. Animal Care Facilitator at the UCSC's Office of Research, Beltran Lab Field Assistant. Interested in researching cetaceans and delving into their behavioral patterns. I would like to expand my knowledge about marine conservation and climate change with hopes of that as my career path. I am currently seeking internship opportunities to expand my expertise in the field of marine biology.

Work Experience

Field Assistant
Nov 2023 - Feb 2024 The University of California, Santa Cruz Beltran Lab

Assist with northern elephant seal sedation procedures, assist with weaner weighing and collect resight data for the long-term mark recapture data set. Assist in lab with blood measurements from northern elephant seals.

Receptionist
Jun 2018 - Aug 2023 Northeast Veterinary Hospital

Greet customers and pets, schedule appointments, answer phones and emergency calls, clean exam rooms and kennels, process checkouts and payments, file charts. 

Animal Care Facilitator
Nov 2022 - Feb 2024 The University of California, Santa Cruz Beltran Lab

General research animal care, following SOP, operating autoclaves to sanitize cages, operating tunnel washers and rack washers, removal of mice after euthanasia, inspect mice and transfer them, recording mice data, assist in blood draw and fecal collection. 

Education

B.S. Marine Biology
Sep 2021 - Jun 2025 The University of California, Santa Cruz
General Education Development (G.E.D)
Sep 2017 - Jun 2021 Pingree High School

Name and surname

Dana DePiero

Nationality

American

Years of experience

Student

Are you looking for a job in:

In my country of residence, I am willing to move abroad, Only remotely

Additional training

Assist in stable isotope project, UCSC, Beltran Lab. Cut and weight elephant seal whisker samples using a microbalance to assist in a project to create an ocean isoscape.

Former UCSC Women’s NCAA Soccer Player 2021-2023. 

Dean’s Honor List - Winter 2022.

PADI Open Water Diver.

AFAA Indoor Cycling Instructor.

Language (indicate level)

English: Native/proficient 

Spanish: intermediate 

Digital competences (indicate level)

Proficient

Personal website / LinkedIN

www.linkedin.com/in/danadepiero