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Williamstown, Massachusetts, United States

• Improve quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC) procedures for GroundWork's ground-based MET data program.
• Product development tailored to GroundWork client needs.
• Manage meteorological databases.

Albany, New York Area

• Perform data analysis and reporting for solar and wind resource assessment.
• Integrate a variety of NOAA weather data products into QC and statistical analysis methods.
• Event-scale analyses for assessment of extreme weather on PV construction schedules.

Amherst, MA

• Conducted climate modeling and analyses to support ecological research on the impacts of climate change on Northeastern wildlife and their habitats.
• Gave public lectures to federal and state forest and wildlife resource managers on climate change science and modeling basics to support conservation/adaptation decision-making.

Ann Arbor, MI

Researched and published academic journal articles in two subject areas: 1. Modeling of physical and chemical processes that drive ozone precursor emissions from forests into the lower atmosphere to affect regional air quality. 2. Modeling of evaporation from the Great Lakes and evapotranspiration from adjacent forests to better understand their role in.

Reprise of 400-level course below (see Teaching Assistant role dated Sep 2011 – Dec 2011).

Ann Arbor, MI

Observed and trained student Teaching Assistants in pedagogy (e.g., active learning).

• Teaching Assistant for an intro climatology course.
• Guest lectured on inter- and intra-annual weather variability (e.g., El Niño Southern Oscillation, North American Oscillation, etc).

• Technical guru for term projects for a 400-level boundary-layer meteorology course involving installation, monitoring, and data processing and analysis of meteorological tower data for scientific study.
• Lectured on weather instrumentation, data processing, and field research methods.

Boulder, CO

Developed a one-dimensional canopy model and performed scientific research on a National Science Foundation field study, Community Atmosphere-Biosphere Interactions Experiment (CABINEX), analyzing gas exchange between trees and the lower atmosphere.

University Of Michigan Biological Station, Pellston, MI

• Field technician and web developer for the National Science Foundation-funded Community Atmosphere-Biosphere INteractions EXperiments (CABINEX) field campaign.
• Installed meteorological and trace gas sensors on a 100-foot research tower.
• Issued daily weather forecasts and relevant analyses for project investigators (see "Forecast" and "Daily Log" pages in the "Weather" section of the website below).Project webpage.

Launched ozonesondes as part of the NASA ARCTAS 2008 mission and performed statistical analysis on the data toward scientific publication.

Launched ozonesondes as part of a NASA field mission (Tropical Composition, Cloud and Climate Coupling, TC4) and performed scientific research on the data toward scientific publication.

Provided troubleshooting and technical training for all computer- and network-related issues for students and university faculty & staff.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Atmospheric Science

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Meteorology