Elizabeth Lea Bergen

                                                                           elbergen@unc.edu

                                                                                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