As the President and Co-Founder of The Mars Society of Canada, I have had the opportunity to encourage and develop a team of enthusiastic volunteers who are dedicated to advocating, educating and conducting research in support of Mars science, exploration and development.

PolarPonics is an innovative, entrepreneurial enterprise that is dedicated to developing cost-effective, sustainable and ecologically responsible agricultural technologies for small communities in Canada and elsewhere in the circumpolar north. These will meet the need for food security by integrating inexpensive, market-ready technologies & methods to improve the efficiency of indoor & outdoor agricultural production. We are ready to partner with other innovators and institutions to continue to develop the future of food security.Exciting projects that we’ve instigated include:The PoultryPonics Demonstration: https://www.polarponics.com/portfolio/poultryponics-demonstration/ The AgriDome Feasibility Study: https://www.polarponics.com/portfolio/agridome-feasibility-study/ #foodsecurity #agroecology #hydroponics #horticulture #domes #eggs

At the Institute of Arctic Biology, I was responsible for the design, deployment and maintenance of micrometeorological stations throughout Alaska and near the North East Science Station in Cherskii, Russia to measure carbon dioxide, water vapour and energy fluxes with open-path eddy covariance systems. In support of the Arctic Observatory Network (AON), I designed a fully automated data collection and management system that efficiently logged data in the field and then transmited that data via Iridium satellite telemetry back to a server at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. The data was automatically quality-checked, filtered, bailed and archived on the AON website. As well, I was responsible for processing and analysis of the eddy covariance data using various post-processing software including EdiRe.

My research as a graduate student focused on carbon dioxide, water vapour and energy surface fluxes in a sub-arctic near-shore environment over the course of two melt seasons in order to develop a process-level understanding of their dynamics in the context of climate change. Forcing factors such as atmospheric stability, diurnal rhythms, wind direction, air temperature and tidal cycle were observed to interact and have varying degrees of impact on mass and energy exchanges through various surfaces such as shore-fast ice, rafted ice, exposed tidal flats and open water. As a field intensive project, I was responsible for constructing meteorological stations with open-path eddy covariance systems and have developed a high degree of familiarity with instrumentation such as various Campbell Scientific dataloggers, LiCor infrared gas analysers, CSAT3 sonic anemometers, solar and wind charged battery arrays, RMYoung anemometers, sonic rangers, pyranometers, pyradiometers, pyrgeometers, soil heat flux plates, thermocouples, telemetry systems and other basic equipment. Additionally, I have had experience working with large teams of researchers and graduate students and was assisting with various other projects. I have gained experience working with LiCor8100s, LiCor820s and I am familiar with soil gas and water sampling techniques.