Philip M. Crim PhD Candidate Graduate Teaching Assistant, West Virginia University Root Systems Biology Lab, Dr. Jonathan Cumming

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1 Philip M. Crim PhD Candidate Graduate Teaching Assistant, West Virginia Root Systems Biology Lab, Dr. Jonathan Cumming Address Department of Biology West Virginia Life Sciences Building, PO Box 6057 Morgantown, WV (304) Born April 2, 1985 Syracuse, NY Education B.S. Environmental Science May 2008 SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry B.S. Plant Biology May 2011 Arizona State Graduate Certificate, Teaching (in progress) May 2017 West Virginia, 4.0/4.0 PhD, Biology (in progress) May 2017 West Virginia, 3.73/4.0

2 Professional Experience Watershed Conservation Assistant Cayuga County Soil and Water Conservation District May 2008-February 2010 Project planning, cost estimation, and interaction with public and private stakeholders to determine selection and feasibility of conservation projects Watershed delineation; design of erosion control measures including riprap sizing and utilization of fluvial geomorphology principles for in-stream structures and stream bank stabilization Permitting and implementation; maintaining compliance with SEQRA, National Historic Preservation Bureau, Clean Water Act, and Endangered Species Act AmeriCorps Site Administrator- Cayuga Conservation Corps Cayuga County Soil and Water Conservation District April 2009-February 2010 Amidst national recession and fiscal crisis, tasked with rejuvenating budgetslashed AmeriCorps program through grant opportunities, increasing program visibility, and streamlining fiscal approach to maintain program efficiency and viability Maintain site compliance and good standing with the Corporation for National and Community Service Direct supervision of four AmeriCorps members with oversight of six others Resident Assistant Residential Life, Arizona State August 2010-May 2011 Build and lead a community of peers by being available and accessible to residents Connect peers to educational, social and cultural activities; address policy violations, crisis intervention, and staff training sessions Serve as academic and social role model, friend, confidant, and resource for a diverse group of students Wastewater Technician I Onondaga County Department of Water Environment Protection July 2011-June 2012

3 Collect lake, river, and stream samples and obtain the necessary in-situ measurements by operating field equipment to gather dissolved oxygen, temperature, conductivity, ph, flow data, and other environmental parameters Collect samples from waste treatment facilities and industrial/sanitary sewers and record readings of flow rates for use in flow compositing samples Operate and calibrate sampling equipment, flow measuring devices and other field equipment at industrial waste discharges on a regular basis Conduct industrial plant interviews and inspections Environmental Scientist/Field Botanist Pennsylvania Soil and Rock, Inc. May 2016-June 2016 Conduct plant species surveys within a proposed construction corridor Identify and record herbaceous and woody plants within corridor, using GPS to record sensitive, threatened, and endangered taxa Research Experience Undergraduate Field Technician SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry Summer 2006 Solvay Waste Bed Remediation Project; installation and maintenance of woody and herbaceous plant species for site reclamation and biological remediation Gathering and maintenance of field data in test plots including temperature, insolation, relative humidity, biomass, and water conductivity Completion of research-based capstone SUNY ESF Undergraduate Capstone Dr. Donald Leopold, Mentor: NaCl Tolerance of Four Puccinellia distans (Jacq.) Parl. Accessions from the Solvay Wastebeds, Solvay, NY Completed May 2008 Undergraduate Volunteer Stromberg Lab, Schools of Life Sciences, Arizona State Summer 2010 Utilize dichotomous keys and literature to identify and preserve desert plant specimens for the Arizona State Vascular Plant Herbarium Assist graduate students in their research through plant identification and data collection and entry

4 Honors and Awards 2013 Earl Core Memorial Scholarship Eberly College of Arts and Sciences, West Virginia 2016 Earl Core Memorial Scholarship Eberly College of Arts and Sciences, West Virginia Service Secretary West Virginia Biology Graduate Student Association Academic Year President West Virginia Biology Graduate Student Association Graduate Colloquium Committee West Virginia Biology Department Graduate Mentor West Virginia Biology Department Aid two new graduate students with their new roles at WVU, adapting to life as as a graduate student, and familiarizing them with university and department policy Arboretum Volunteer Earl L. Core Arboretum August Present Identify and aid in eradication of invasive species and maintenance of woody plant collection Tree Board Member City of Morgantown February Present

5 Teaching Graduate Teaching Assistant West Virginia August 2012-Present Responsible for teaching 2-3 laboratory sections per semester BIOL 103 General Biology Laboratory; three sections, Spring 2013 BIOL 106 Environmental Biology Laboratory; two sections, Fall 2013, 2014 BIOL 115 Principles of Biology Laboratory; two sections, Fall 2012 BIOL 321 The Total Science Experience Capstone; two sections, Spring 2015, 2016 BIOL 350 Plant Physiology (Lab); two sections, Fall 2015, 2016 BIOL 386 Independent Study; assisted with undergraduate research project: Effects of soil horizon and tree species on C, N, C/N and arylsulfatase levels in soil, Zoe Murphy, Fall 2015 Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Program West Virginia Summer 2013 Campus-wide program duties shared between graduate students in the Global Change Lab of Dr. Richard B. Thomas Summer 2013 graduate mentor for REU participant Daniel Walton, first place finisher for top WVU REU project: agricultural and environmental sciences category Presentations Crim, P.M. and J.R. Cumming Foliar nutrients as evidence of forest recovery from historic acid deposition in Central Appalachia. Ecological Society of America 101 st Meeting. Fort Lauderdale, FL. References References available upon request