Education

2017-2021 | Canyon Crest Academy | San Diego, CA

2021 - 2025 | Reed College B. A. in Environmental Studies/Biology | Portland, OR | GPA 3.77

Senior Thesis: Utilizing Environmental DNA to Investigate the Effects of Hypoxia on Copepod Abundance

Honors & Awards

2025 | Post-Reed Opportunity Grant, $450 for conference registration to attend the Western Society of Naturalists Conference

2025 | NSF GRFP Honorable Mention

2024 | Academic commendation for 2023/24 school year at Reed College

2023 | NOAA Ernest F. Hollings Undergraduate Scholarship

2023 | NOAA Ernest F. Hollings Undergraduate Scholarship

2023 | Academic commendation for 2022/23 school year at Reed College

2022 | Reed College Opportunity Grant, $1,500 for travel and other expenses to attend the Western Society of Naturalists conference and present a poster

2022 | Academic commendation for 2021/22 school year at Reed College

2021 | AP Scholar With Distinction Award

2021 | 1st place team in the (virtual) Garibaldi Bowl, the San Diego regional National Ocean Science Bowl competition and 3rd place team at the (virtual) National Ocean Science Bowl competition

2020 | National Merit Scholarship Semifinalist

2020 | 1st place team in the Garibaldi Bowl, the San Diego regional National Ocean Science Bowl competition

Publications & Presentations

Crotty, E., Brown, S., McAllister, S., Waddell, J., Hough, K., Alin, S., Galaska, M., Gold, Z. (2024) Using eDNA and Hypoxia Data From Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary to Identify Species-specific Responses to Hypoxic Events. Presented virtually at the American Geophysical Union 2024 conference. Washington, D.C.

Crotty, E., Brown, S., McAllister, S., Waddell, J., Hough, K., Alin, S., Galaska, M., Gold, Z. (2024) Using eDNA and Hypoxia Data From Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary to Identify Species-specific Responses to Hypoxic Events. Presented at the Western Society of Naturalists Meeting. Portland, OR.

Babcock, Lindsey,… Crotty, E., DeContreras, A., Fields, K….Ramirez, A. (2024) Flammability of Dominant Tree Species Portends Severe Wildfire Risk in the Portland-Vancouver Metro Area. Presented by Ramirez, A. at the Urban Ecology & Conservation Symposium 2024 March 11th 2024.

Crotty, E., Wetherbee, B., DeLoof, B., Kresge, C. (February 2024). Drivers of Migration in Sand Tiger Sharks (Carcharias taurus). Presented at the Ocean Sciences Meeting. New Orleans, LA.

Crotty, E. and Reyns, N. (November 2022). Investigating Variation in Reproductive Output of the Barnacle Chthamalus fissus. Presented at the Western Society of Naturalists Meeting. Oxnard, CA.

Rydyznski Moderbacher, C., Ramirez, S. I., Dan, J. M., … Crotty, E. G., Kim, C., Rawlings, S. A., … Crotty, S. (2020). "Antigen-Specific Adaptive Immunity to SARS-CoV-2 in Acute COVID-19 and Associations with Age and Disease Severity." Cell, 183(4), 996-1012.e19. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2020.09.038

Work & Research Experience

Feb 2022-May 2025 | PARC Ranger, Reed College

Worked in the Reed College Performing Arts Resource Center as a circulation desk worker and tech support.

Sep 2023-May 2025 | Math 141 and Biology 352 Individual Tutor, Reed College

Assisted students in one-on-one tutoring sessions in statistics and bioinformatics. Worked with students on effective study and time management techniques, debugged code, and explained difficult concepts.

Jun-Aug 2024 | NOAA Ernest F. Hollings Program Intern, Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL)

Participated in a 10-week NOAA Hollings Program internship in the Ocean Molecular Ecology lab at PMEL. Combined data from an automated environmental DNA (eDNA) sampler with oceanographic data from a mooring at the same location to investigate the relationship between species presence and oxygen saturation. Participated in field eDNA sampling and filtration as well as sampler cleaning and preparation. Presented results to PMEL and the NOAA Ernest F. Hollings Program Symposium.

Sep-Dec 2023 | Organic Chemistry Grader, Reed College

Worked independently to give constructive feedback on weekly organic chemistry problem sets. Informed professor of concepts that many students were struggling with in order to inform lectures and review sessions.

Jun-Aug 2023 | REU Intern, Wetherbee Lab at University of Rhode Island

Participated in the URI Graduate School of Oceanography SURFO program as an intern, attending career development and science writing workshops. Analyzed data from a decade of acoustic and satellite telemetry shark tagging in order to identify the environmental cues that lead sand tiger sharks to leave their aggregation sites on the US East Coast in order to identify potential explanations for shark migration patterns. Completed a final write-up and presentation.

Sep-Dec 2022 | Math 141 (Statistics) Teaching Assistant (TA)

Assisted statistics professor during lab and helped students code in R, held weekly office hours.

Sep-Dec 2022 | Chemistry 101 Lab TA, Reed College

Assisted introductory chemistry professor during lab sections, helped troubleshoot student experiments, enforced lab safety rules, communicated with the professor about common points of confusion for students to improve lab instruction in the future, and graded lab reports.

May-Aug 2022 | Lab Intern, Reyns Lab at University of San Diego

Shadowed a graduate student working to measure seasonal growth of Amathia verticillata and assisted her with YSI probe sampling, collecting A. verticillata samples, and data entry. Conducted an independent research project to quantify reproduction in the barnacle Chthamalus fissus on the southern California coast. Measured barnacle diameters & weights and counted eggs and parasites, then conducted data analysis and concluded that barnacle mass varies seasonally, barnacles with greater mass have larger broods, and the connection between season, lunar phase, and brood size needs to be investigated further.

2021-2023 | Hourly Notetaker

Sat in on classes, took notes for students who had accommodations through Reed College Disability & Accessibility Resources. Classes: Chemistry 101 (Intro), Anthropology 306 (Central American Indigenous Histories, not enrolled), Math 141 (Statistics), Chem 102 (Intro), Economics 371 (Law and Economics, not enrolled)

2021-Present | Private swim instructor

Private swim lessons for ages 2-adult, primarily in the summer.

May-Aug 2020 | Lab Intern, Crotty Lab at La Jolla Institute for Immunology

Learned R in early summer using DataCamp, created correlograms out of Covid-19 immune response data for scientific publication using R in late summer

May 2018- Mar 2020 | Lifeguard, Solana Beach Boys and Girls Club

Obtained Red Cross Lifeguard Certification, worked in teams of two, participated in in-service lifeguard skills training, enforced pool rules, monitored the pool for safety, assisted customers, answered phone calls, cleaned pool facility.

Jun 2018 | Junior Counselor at Outpost Summer Camps

Volunteer. Assisted a senior counselor in supervising a group of 12 children aged 7 to 8. Lead games and hikes, had regular meetings with senior counselors and directors to review performance and group dynamics, carried supplies, and monitored campers in the pool.

Extracurricular Activities

Dec 2024-May 2025 | Boba Nation

Founded a club for boba-centric events and workshops on campus, in collaboration with several other students. Hosted a school-sponsored table for free snacks, coffee, and tea in the library during finals week.

May 2023, 2024, 2025 | Art Installation

Constructed a 10 foot tall wooden and fabric sculpture with lights and sound for an end-of-semester event with student art installations. The installation also had a performance art component. Coordinated a team of 10 students to budget, acquire materials, construct the obelisk, set up lights and sound, and conduct maintenance as needed.

Sep 2021-May 2025 | Greenboard

Club leader 2023-2025. Coordinated between departments to put on a yearly habitat restoration event. Managed committees to accomplish environmental projects such as a dorm compost system and garden work parties. Managed Instagram & Linktree to promote club events & activism.

Feb 2022-Dec 2024 | Terrarium Club

Founded a Reed College club to share plant & terrarium supplies & hosted two events where students could build their own closed terrariums with club supplies & instructions. Hosted events in collaboration with other organizations. Trained new students to take over the club.

Feb 2022-May 2025 | Marine Biology Club

Helped to plan & set up a 55-gallon saltwater fish tank in the Student Center. This included attending planning meetings, calling an aquarist for advice, and assembling and filling the tank.

2008-2021 | Rancho San Dieguito Swim Team

High School | Stage Crew, Student Environmental Advocacy Club, Marine Biology Society, National Ocean Science Bowl

Skills

SCUBA | SSI Open Water Diver certification with 20 logged dives

Spanish | 4 semesters in high school

Lab | PCR, gel electrophoresis, DNA extraction

Software & Programming

R | Rstudio, ggplot, dplyr, corrplot

Python | pandas, Jupyter notebooks

QGIS | Mapping, statistics, and coordinate conversions

Bash | Basic file management and scripting in bash via Mac Terminal.app, running bioinformatics tools (fastQC, Trimmomatic, cutadapt, breseq, bwa, samtools, bcftools, ballgown)

LaTeX | Basic LaTeX formatting, BibTeX, chemfig, TikZ

Fiji/ImageJ | Measurements using reference rulers in images, microscopy image annotation

Canva | Graphic design

Typing | 100 words per minute