- Hiking
- Ecology
- Conservsaion
- Gardening
- Piano
- Animal care
- Reading
Micaela Pullen
Waltham,New Zealand
Summary
Professional with strong background in assessment and evaluation. Adept at identifying key insights and driving actionable outcomes. Skilled in data analysis, report preparation, and stakeholder communication. Known for fostering team collaboration and adapting to changing needs to achieve results.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Assessor
AsureQuality
11.2021 - Current
- I was offered full-time employment through AsureQuality
- Here I manage large-scale horticultural research (PVR) and quality (OECD plot) trials, in addition to managing and training staff
- Stakeholder engagement with breeders, property owners, and contractors
- Project management for Breeders rights and OECD quality control trials
- Streamlined the assessment process for increased efficiency and reduced turnaround time.
- Organizing and maintaining data and resources, including work procedure development
- Advanced data collection and manipulation
- Advanced field work operations
Nursey worker
Oderings Nursey Barrington
08.2021 - 11.2021
- Fixed-term seasonal contract
- Main responsibilities included germinating, replanting, and caring for an extensive variety of plants
- Maintaining and pruning plants
Research & Biosecurity assistant
Asure Quality
11.2016 - 11.2020
- Throughout my time working for AsureQuality as a casual employee, I had the opportunity to gain experience across a wide range of disciplines and tasks
- This position consisted largely of field work and data entry
- Assisting in research involved in the Plants Variety Rights (PVR) standard
- Bait trapping and reporting for the National Invasive Ant Survey (NIAS) biosecurity project
- Assisting in lab work for the Plant Disease Diagnostics and Testing services lab
- Maintaining seed collection database
- Supervisory role for new staff
Education
Masters of Biological Sciences - Seagrass community ecology analysis
University of Canterbury
01.2021
Bachelors of Science - Freshwater Ecology
University of Canterbury
01.2018
NCEA level 3 -
Greymouth Highschool
01.2014
Skills
- Advanced use of Microsoft Office
- RStudio
- Technical report writing
- Field research techniques
- Team management and collaborative problem solving
- Plant cultivation and maintenance
- Research trial design and management
- Grow safe (basic) certified
- Defensive driving
Accomplishments
- Completed UPOV 205 course, 01/01/22
- Thesis chapter published, 01/01/22
- Completed UPOV 305 course, 01/01/22
- Masters thesis in Seagrass ecology, 01/01/21
- Accepted to present at ASSAB conference, 01/01/20
- Seagrass ECAN report published, 01/01/20
Hobbies and Interests
- Hiking
- Reading
- Travel
- Conservation
- Nature
- Gardening
- Ecology
- Piano
Certification
- AA Defensive driving "Drive to survive"
- Growsafe basic
- UPOV 205 - Introduction to the UPOV system of Plant Variety Protection
- UPOV 305 -Examination of applications for plant breeders' rights
Interests
Timeline
Senior Assessor
AsureQuality
11.2021 - Current
Nursey worker
Oderings Nursey Barrington
08.2021 - 11.2021
Research & Biosecurity assistant
Asure Quality
11.2016 - 11.2020
Bachelors of Science - Freshwater Ecology
University of Canterbury
NCEA level 3 -
Greymouth Highschool
Masters of Biological Sciences - Seagrass community ecology analysis
University of Canterbury
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