About me
Negin Almassi has worked for the Forest Preserves of Cook County for over a decade, first as a naturalist and now as the Resource Management Training Specialist. In this role she coordinates in-house trainings in support of FPCC staff, Conservation Corps, and partner organizations. Negin also monitors Odonates and curates an entomology collection at Sagawau Environmental Learning Center and volunteer leads the Singing Insect Monitoring Program (singinginsects.net), a community science program started by Kathleen Soler. Negin’s passion for insects was ignited in high school thanks to an amazing biology teacher and a project involving red flour beetles, Tribolium castaneum. She then conducted insect genetics research and earned her B.S summa cum laude in biology from Purdue University. Negin holds a Master of Public Administration from University of Washington’s Evan School of Public Affairs, where she completed her master’s thesis in service of the Cultural Resources Manager at the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation.
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