Staff

Executive Director

Ann Marie Traylor worked as the head chemist at EQI for five years prior to reopening the lab in 2010. Ann Marie has a B.S. degree in Biology from the University of North Florida, Jacksonville Florida, and a M.S. degree in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation from the University of Florida, Gainesville, FL. She was a graduate assistant with the Florida Cooperative Research Unit at UF, and her research focused on vertebrate habitat usage of a large central Florida lake. Between degrees, she aqcuired two additional years of laboratory experience as a metals analyst for a commercial lab.

Interns - Past & Present

Local college students are recruited for internships and Federal Work Study positions, providing them with valuable work experience in the scientific field. Responsibilities typically include sample analysis and data management. We try to match the skills and interest of our students to the job assignments, for example lab analysis, GIS, or statistics. If interested in persuing an internship opportunity, please contact: eqi@EnvironmentalQualityInstitute.org.

• Taft Forrest Barnett, 2010-2011 UNC Asheville, Environmental Studies
• Stacey Edmond, 2011 Warren Wilson College, Environmental Chemistry
• Scott Dinsmore, 2011-2013 UNC Asheville, Environmental Studies
• Kelly Stracener, 2011-2012 UNC Asheville, Environmental Studies
• Isarna Pacher, 2012 UNC Asheville, Environmental Studies
• Darrah Sellars, 2012 UNC Wilmington, Environmental Studies
• Chloe Gagin, 2012-2014 UNC Asheville, Environmental Studies
• John Lombardi, 2012-2013 UNC Asheville, Mathematics
• Hannah Jeske, 2013 UNC Asheville, Environmental Studies
• Gregory Tunstall, 2013 UNC Asheville, Environmental Studies
• Jeremiah Jones, 2013 UNC Asheville, Environmental Studies
• Michele Stouse, 2014 UNC Asheville, Environmental Studies
• Amber Williams, 2014 UNC Asheville, Biology