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San Francisco, CA, US

• Specialist in the Agriculture, Forestry, and Other Land Use (AFOLU) market segment
• Contributing to projects involving AFOLU GHG/ecosystem carbon accounting, implementation of nature-based solutions, quantification of nature-based solution co-benefits, and carbon offsets

Auckland, New Zealand

• Adapted masters research into a journal publication with Biological Heritage NZ Ngā Pī Ka Rere financial support
• Built and compared 4 random forest models to find the most successful method of modeling diseased soil C. The model using every variable was the most successful, able to explain 99% of carbon variance
• Established that of the 26 landscape-scale drivers analyzed by this research, the most important variables for modeling carbon are related to soil or topography; namely C:N… Show more
• Established that of the 26 landscape-scale drivers analyzed by this research, the most important variables for modeling carbon are related to soil or topography; namely C:N ratio, N%, pH, bulk density, forest floor.

Auckland, New Zealand

• Advised by Dr. Luitgard Schwendenmann and Dr. Katarzyna Sila-Nowicka
• Established ranges of soil characteristic values in Waitākere Ranges Regional Park from 206 sampled points, including soil C% and C:N ratio
• Employed various statistical models to map carbon distribution and found random forest regression with all 31 covariates to be the most successful, able to explain 98% of the variance in carbon
• Presented research at 2022 NZ Ecological Society Conference

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

• Managed 3 teams of 10 academic and NGO partners to produce a series of scientific reports on agricultural heat, water, and pest/disease stresses across the US
• Contributed to the same report series as co-author, editor, and fact checker, condensing 150+ pages of content to 30-50 per publication
• Supported the launch of various climate-smart agriculture initiatives by producing quantitative analysis, data visualization, and mapping in R, Excel, and ArcGIS; including climate-dependent… Show more
• Supported the launch of various climate-smart agriculture initiatives by producing quantitative analysis, data visualization, and mapping in R, Excel, and ArcGIS; including climate-dependent crop yield predictions.

Greater Salt Lake City Area

• Built and/or maintained 50+ SQL data models (using DBT) and associated Tableau dashboards, mainly serving marketing, financial planning & accounting, business operations, and C-suite
• Led marketing A/B testing creation/ideation for website design and analyzed test performance for 20+ metrics, informing new UX and registration flow
• Automated paid advertisement spending and reporting across 14 platforms by incorporating predictive LTV modeling, then built data pipelines and a unified… Show more
• Automated paid advertisement spending and reporting across 14 platforms by incorporating predictive LTV modeling, then built data pipelines and a unified reporting dashboard to provide immediate access to data Show less

Berkeley, California

• Acted as an ArcGIS consultant for 100+ stakeholders; training users to self-serve select needs, providing solutions to technical issues, creating map products, and advising on GIS opportunity
• Circulated a monthly internal GIS tips newsletter for 5 months, created using HTML

Woods Hole, Massachusetts

• Conducted remote field research in the Yukon-Kuskokwim delta for 2 weeks in July 2018
• Modeled carbon pools and vulnerability across 1300 km2 using R, ArcGIS, and Google Earth Engine. Used unsupervised classification algorithm and random forest predictive models
• Presented research at AGU 2018 as first author, included as a co-author for 2 related AGU presentations in 2018 and 1 in 2023 (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9156-5290)

Berkeley, California

• Worked for Dr. Neslihan Taş investigating the impact of climate change on microbial communities in permafrost regions
• Used laboratory techniques including PCR, gel electrophoresis, and western blotting

National Institutes Of Health (NIH) Bethesda

• Worked for Dr. Andre Nussenzweig to investigate mechanisms of DNA repair in cancer tissues
• Used laboratory techniques including CRISPR/Cas9 manipulation, flow cytometry, and QIAgen kits

Bachelor Of Sciences - Bs, Environmental Science, Minor In Geospatial Information Science & Technology

Activities and Societies: Cycling team, Berkeley SEEDS (Strategies for Education in Ecology, Diversity, and Sustainability), GeoMatters.

Master Of Science - Ms, Environmental Science

Activities and Societies: Auckland University Tramping Club (AUTC), Auckland University Rock and Alpine Club (AURAC)

Education record