Chris Hughes Email & Phone Number

Newport, Oregon

• Develops geographic information system applications, designs new data structures and maintains geographic data.
• Performs complex spatial analyses using GIS software to support County Departments, Offices, and the local community.

Client: Sierra Resource Conservation District | Role: Data Manager

• Developed recommendations to motivate forest management on private lands composing nearly 27,000 acres in the Southern Sierra Nevada, following severe drought and unprecedented tree mortality
• Analyzed the impacts of fuel treatments on fire severity using FlamMap (a fire behavior model) and ArcGIS in a region comprising 25% of California’s land area
• Developed an interactive web application using Shiny and R informing private landowners of the impacts of forest management on fire severity in the region to further motivate fuel treatments on private lands

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Used Google Earth Engine and ArcGIS to map current and historical mangrove cover in priority countries, in order to better inform on the ground mangrove conservation strategies
• Developed country profiles for priority countries describing the current and historical state of mangroves, current and historical threats, ecosystem services provided to local communities, and the political landscape.

Dartmouth, Massachusetts

• Continued a long-term study surveying multiple sites for presence and abundance of butterflies, moths and flowering plants
• Conducted insect surveys to monitor moth, beetle and ant populations at 18 sites on Camp Edwards Military Base

Dartmouth, Massachusetts

• Worked on a long-term study surveying multiple sites for presence and abundance of butterflies, moths and flowering plants
• Set up pitfall and light traps to monitor moth, beetle and ant populations in coordination with a Barren’s restoration project
• Mapped water willow populations along 6.15 acres of the Herring River as part of a coastal restoration project
• Surveyed 95 sites for a Massachusetts endangered and endemic water willow stem borer moth

Monteverde, Costa Rica

• Worked independently and with teams to design and conduct experiments, including a project examining epiphyll coverage in varying life zones in a tropical cloud forest
• Collected and analyzed biological data of plant and animal species and presented findings to students, professors and the public
• Participated in bilingual discussions with locals from diverse backgrounds on several topics, including tropical ecology, environmental policy and the impact of humans on the environment

Master Of Environmental Science And Management

Activities and Societies: Net Impact

Bachelor’S Degree, Biology, Spanish

Activities and Societies: Phi Beta Kappa, Triathlon Team