Elizabeth Lea Bergen
919-923-2801
School
Address Permanent
Address
Manly
Dorm Room 207 124
Fidelity St Apt 3
University
of North Carolina
Carrboro, NC 27510
Chapel
Hill, NC 27514
EDUCATION University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill
B.S.
Biology, expected May 2010
Minors:
Chemistry, Creative Writing
GPA 3.6 Dean's List (3 semesters)
Study
Abroad: The School for Field Studies, Cairns, Australia, Spring 2009
HONORS 2008
Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship
Lewis
Wardlaw Blackman, Jr. Memorial Scholarship (merit)
Rotary
Club of Columbia (SC), Scholarship (merit)
Capital
Rotary Club (Columbia, SC), Scholarship (merit)
Completed 2 years UNC Honors Program requirements
EXPERIENCE DR. KEITH SOCKMAN, Behavioral Neuroecology, Department of
Biology, UNC-Chapel Hill
Independent
Research, Chapel Hill, NC Aug.
2008 Dec. 2008
Analyzed relationship between
temperature and arthropod abundance
Wrote detailed research paper presenting
conclusions
Research
Assistant, Silverton, CO May
2008 July 2008
Sampled
arthropod abundance for independent research project
Banded, measured, and took blood samples
from wild sparrow nestlings
Hand-fed fledglings; recorded birdsong;
mist-netted adults; logged nest discoveries
DR.
HAVEN WILEY, Department of Biology, UNC-Chapel Hill
Lab
Assistant, Chapel Hill, NC Aug.
2007 May 2008
Operated computer simulation of speciation
Maintained reference grid at Mason Farm Biological Reserve
NC
BOTANICAL GARDEN, UNC-Chapel Hill
Intern,
Coker Arboretum May
2007 July 2007
Performed
gardening and grounds-keeping tasks
Developed educational signs
Attended Cullowhee (NC) Conference on native
plants in the landscape
ORGANIZATION
FOR TROPICAL STUDIES
Duke University Talent Identification
Program, Costa Rica July
2005
Designed and executed team research projects
in animal behavior
ACTIVITIES CAROLINA
SCIENTIFIC, UNC-Chapel Hill
Staff
Writer, Chapel Hill, NC Aug.
2008 present
Wrote article Reproductive Biology and
Behavioral Neuroecology: The Sockman Lab
Contributed cover photo,
article photos, and layout for submitted article
NORTH
CAROLINA BOTANICAL GARDEN, UNC-Chapel Hill
Volunteer,
Coker Arboretum Fall
2006 Nov. 2008
Maintained garden beds with team of
volunteers
SKILLS Language: Intermediate Spanish
Computer:
Microsoft Excel, Word, and Powerpoint; HTML; Ubuntu Linux