Claire Shield Email & Phone Number

St. Louis, MO, US

Lincoln, Nebraska, United States

• Served as GIS expert for the agency.
• Answer all GIS-related questions from NFS staff by phone, email, and Zoom
• Create screen recorded tutorials with instructional audio for common ArcMap, Survey123, and ArcGIS Pro inquiries
• Help install and set up ArcMap licenses on staff computers
• Use Python scripts to increase efficiency of vector data processingProject manager for Nebraska Wildfire Risk Assessment development.
• Coordinated with colleagues and external partners to gather and create vector and raster data, identify project objectives, schedule progress meetings, and provide project updates

Lincoln, Nebraska Area

Salt Lake City, UT

• Collected, analyzed, visualized, and interpreted large, real world data sets using MATLAB, Python, Excel and data segmentation techniques
• Incorporated data into optimal estimation-based retrieval algorithm to determine snowfall rates and accumulations
• Conducted validation study of snowfall retrieval accumulations using Python statistics packages to quantify error and improve retrieval performance
• Managed research projects and set and attained daily/weekly/monthly project goals
• Primarily worked independently but also organized meetings with advisor to communicate status of project
• Presenting results in formal oral presentation and scientific paper as a cohesive story

Lincoln, NE

• Evaluated the usefulness of VegDRI as a drought monitoring tool in California using statistics and ArcGIS
• Created a normalized percent change formula to compare data from different regions of the state
• Presented research updates to about 15 colleagues from non-technical backgrounds at regular staff meetings
• Summarized research in technical thesis document

Bryan/College Station, Texas Area

• Evaluated and analyzed CloudSat and MERRA data of stratocumulus to cumulus transition in the Southeast Pacific; identified potential opportunities for climate model improvement through MERRA cloud cover performance
• Presented results in formal paper and poster presentation at Texas A&M, AGU Conference, and AMS Conference
• Participated in field research of sea breezes in Galveston, TX with a team of researchers

Lincoln, Nebraska

• Assisted with course instruction and preparation as part of a team; gathered and organized data using Excel; interacted with customers professionally via phone and email; coordinated with internal and external contacts

Bachelor'S Degree, Meteorology And Climatology, Mathematics

Activities and Societies: AMS, Honors Program, Storm Chase TeamUndergraduate thesis looked to validate newer VegDRI drought index by.

Master'S Degree, Atmospheric Science

• Analyzed microphysics of snowflakes, radar data, and weather observations using MATLAB, IDL and Python; incorporated microphysics data.