Ashton Drew Email & Phone Number

Durham, Nc (Usa) And Whitehorse, Yt (Canada)

Knowledge. Data. Values. I use a variety of tools and models to help clients extract information from these diverse resources to improve the efficiency, effectiveness, and transparency of their decisions. Core services include: - data collection, analysis, and visualization (mySQL, R, Shiny) - development of interactive graphics and apps to explore decision scenarios - statistical methods to handle qualitative and quantitative data - workshop facilitation, expert elicitation, and stakeholder surveys

Barcelona Area, Spain

Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada

- data support services for organizational and leadership development experts, including design, analysis, reporting, and visualization - http://www.yukonixgroup.com/

Department Of Applied Ecology

Example funded projects: (1) Strategic Decision Planning for Threatened and Endangered Species Recovery in Puerto Rico;(2) Collaborative Conservation Design Project: Science Support for the South Atlantic Landscape Conservation Cooperative Conservation Blueprint;(3) Develop a biodiversity metrics for commercial agricultural fields and landscapes in the southeast USA;(4) Identify potential biodiversity impacts of biofuels development in North Carolina;(5) Hierarchical modeling of endangered Unionid mussel populations and their habitat to support spatial allocation of research, recovery, and monitoring efforts.

Department Of Biology & Nc Fish & Wildlife Cooperative Research Unit.

- Developed models to step-down population and habitat objectives from national plans to a regional and local level in Eastern NC and Southeastern VA.- Used a Bayesian Belief Network modeling approach with a mix of published and expert knowledge data sources.- Applied research to help US Fish and Wildlife Service implement Strategic Habitat Conservation - a science-based, landscape-scale, adaptive approach to conservation.- Developed proficiency with ArcGIS, R, Netica, Python, JMP

Raleigh, Nc

- Awarded NSF fellowship to complete doctoral research on the spatial ecology of tropical reef fish communities.- Designed and led field research program to survey seagrass, mangrove, hard bottom, and reef communities in Bahamas and Florida Keys- Used models and empirical data to test the nursery habitat hypothesis at local, landscape, and regional (Caribbean) spatial scales.- Developed proficiency with ArcGIS, Matlab, and PC-Ord

Raleigh, North Carolina

- Trained and supervised field crews conducting land cover and riparian vegetation surveys in Neuse River watershed of North Carolina to train and groundtruth land cover maps. - Learned to identify >200 vegetative species from Coastal Plain and Piedmont regions - Gained proficiency in MS Access, GPS, and vegetation survey methods

Provided field survey and GIS support for numerous projects in British Columbia, Canada, including fish and fish habitat surveys, aquaculture potential evaluations, urban green space planning, multi-taxa database development, and environmental impact assessments.

Woods Hole, Ma

- conducted independent research for Waquoit Bay Land Margin Ecosystem Research Project- measured growth and consumption of ephemeral algae along a nutrient gradient in three estuaries- assisted with study of estuarine eutrophication affects on clam growth and shell thickness- research funded by the National Research Council Grants for Undergraduate Research

Phd, Marine Science

Activities and Societies: Marine, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences Graduate Student Association (secretary & webmaster), US International.

Mmm, Marine Management

Completed Marine Affairs Program at Dalhousie. Project under supervision of Dr. Gary Newkirk investigated ecological, economic.

Ba, Environmental Biology, 3.684/4; Magna Cum Laude; Biology Departmental Honors

Activities and Societies: Semesters abroad and independent research: School for Field Studies in Turks & Caicos, REU at Marine Biological.