Sean Bradley
Philadelphia
Summary
Self-taught naturalist with a bachelor’s degree in biology and environmental science. Excellent at plant and animal identification and have utilized those identification skills for various projects, nature education, species surveys, stewardship and ecological restoration, and undergraduate research.
Overview
2
2
years of professional experience
Work History
Center Assistant
The Discovery Center
Philadelphia, PA
05.2026 - Current
- Maintain the building and grounds of The Discovery Center
- Duties include opening and closing the building, custodial work (sweeping, mopping, trash cleanup and removal), and grounds maintenance work (mowing, weed removal, and evening and leveling parking lot gravel )
Fall Stewardship and Conservation Intern
Pennypack Ecological Restoration Trust
Huntington Valley, PA
09.2025 - 03.2026
- General natural area stewardship, involving learning how to operate electrical equipment, including electric string trimmers for mowing, electric leaf blowers for maintenance of paved paths, and electric chainsaws for cutting logs for debris removal
- Boardwalk construction, involving learning how to use a drill
- Planted native trees and installed caging around trees and hammered stakes into ground to hold cages
- Mechanically removed invasive plants on the grounds and around tree cages using clippers and loppers
- Wrote the narrative for a grant from the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society’s Trees for Watershed Grant Program to plant native coniferous and deciduous trees to create a shelter belt by the headquarters
- Selected native tree/shrub species for shelter belt and quantities of each species
Nature Educator
Philadelphia Parks & Recreation
Philadelphia, PA
06.2025 - 12.2025
- Educated visiting schools and summer camps at the Wissahickon Environmental Center about the plants and animals of Wissahickon Valley Park via guided nature walks, showing and teaching visitors about mammal pelts and bird artifacts, and teaching visitors about macroinvertebrates in the Wissahickon Creek
- Mechanical invasive plant removal done on the grounds of the Wissahickon Environmental Center using loppers and pruners
- Assisted in planting native plants on Wissahickon Environmental Center property grounds
- Collected and removed trash from trails and parking lots
Summer Undergraduate Student Researcher
La Salle University
Philadelphia, PA
06.2024 - 07.2024
- Piloted an undergraduate student research project with a biology professor after receiving the Mary T. Carothers Summer Environmental Studies Scholarship from The Garden Club of America that focused on understanding legume and Brady rhizobium symbiosis
- Found and collected native legume and rhizospheric soil samples with permission at the Huyck Preserve and Biological Station (Rensselaerville, NY), and Albany Pine Bush Preserve (near Albany, NY)
- Excavated legume roots with sterilized shovels and trowels, observed roots under microscope for evidence of nodules, counted the number of nodules, weighed nodule and legume root masses, and measured nodules per gram of root for each sample
- Collected legume and soil samples will be used for future inoculation of Brady rhizobium strain
Education
Bachelor of Science - Biology and Environmental Science
La Salle University
Philadelphia, PA05-2025
Skills
- Software: ArcGIS, RStudio, InsightMaker, Microsoft Office (Word Document, Excel, & PowerPoint)
- Laboratory: Microscope and micro pipetting
- Field/Outdoor: Plant and animal identification for species native to eastern North America (excellent at bird identification by sight and sound), experience using loppers and clippers for invasive plant removal, experience using electric string trimmers for mowing, electric leaf blowers, and electric chainsaws for cutting logs
- Office: Grant writing and writing management plans
Timeline
Center Assistant
The Discovery Center
05.2026 - Current
Fall Stewardship and Conservation Intern
Pennypack Ecological Restoration Trust
09.2025 - 03.2026
Nature Educator
Philadelphia Parks & Recreation
06.2025 - 12.2025
Summer Undergraduate Student Researcher
La Salle University
06.2024 - 07.2024
Bachelor of Science - Biology and Environmental Science
La Salle University