Grad Student Summer Intern with Fish and Wildlife Service

Environmental Biology master’s student Lois Johnson-Mead was recently awarded a highly competitive paid summer internship with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Among other responsibilities as a resource assistant fellow with the FWS Aquatic Invasive Species Division, Lois will conduct and review risk assessments and screening of aquatic species that may need to be addressed through an FWS partnership with the Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council and the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies.

Lois is currently the professional development coordinator at the Hill School in Middleburg VA, where she has been a science teacher and department chair since 2005. In addition, she is a substitute teacher with Frederick County Public Schools, where her science education and classroom experience supports the county’s education program. She holds a B.S. from Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia. Originally from Philadelphia, Lois now lives with her husband in Point of Rocks, MD.