Catherine Breen Email & Phone Number

Seattle, WA, US

Funded by the NASA Graduate Fellowship, American Scandinavian Foundation, Kappa Alpha Theta Foundation, and UW International Boeing Fellowship

Seattle, WA, US

Funded by NASA Graduate Fellow, Microsoft AI for Earth, American Scandinavian Foundation Longboat Fellow, Erasmus+ Mobility Exchange grantee, Graduate Fellow in Environmental Politics and Governance, Center for Environmental Politics

Trondheim, NO

Assessed camera trap ability for environmental monitoring using machine learning and remote sensing.

Menlo Park, CA, US

Supported Meta's forest monitoring initiatives and sustainability goals.

Greenbelt, MD, US

4-year fellowship, including 3 summer internships with NASA Goddard.

Pasadena, CA, US

3-week intensive workshop for ecologists to learn computer vision methods for ecology application.

Trondheim, NO

Moffett Field, California, US

From April 2019 to September 2019, I hiked the Pacific Crest Trail. The Pacific Crest Trail is a ~2,600 mile trail that spans from US-Mexico border to the US-Canada border. It took me 5.5 months, and towards the end, I was hiking 20+ miles per day, and a couple times I hiked over 30 miles per day. I observed a lifetime’s worth of birds, mammals, trees, and.

Reston, Virginia, US

Oakland, California, US

Washington, DC, US

Lander, WY, US

Princeton, NJ, US

Multi-university project funded by the National Science Foundation through the Princeton Environmental Institute. I assessed tree physiological variation and recovery in response to atmospheric drought and soil moisture deficit in rugged, difficult-to-reach areas of the Rocky Mountains in Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Arizona. I calibrated and maintained.

Princeton, NJ, US

Semester-long field program sponsored by Princeton University to fast-track undergraduates in tropical ecology theory and implementation of study design. Co-author of the resulting work "Variations in elephant (Loxodanta africana) diet along a rainfall gradient: the effect of latitude, grass reserves, and proximity to water," published in the journal.

Gaithersburg, MD, US

Internship funded substantially by the National Science Foundation. I assessed automated image edge detection for stem cell colonies, working directly with the stem cell plates using phase contrast microscopy techniques. I am co-author of the resulting work, “Empirical Gradient Threshold Technique for Automated Segmentation across Image Modalities and Cell.

Washington, DC, US

I gave hands-on demonstrations to museum visitors with audience sizes between 50-200 people. I performed and explained science experiments with audience participation. The demonstration topics included how airplanes fly, history and life on the International Space Station, the Wright Brothers, and a paper airplane contest. When not giving these.

Princeton, NJ, US

Traveled to Sierra Leone on a 3-week trip to monitor drinking water and solar panels in Kono of Koidu District in eastern Sierra Leone. This work was part of a long-term Engineers Without Border project at Princeton University to provide technology to a clinic that serves 100s of community members in the Koidu region.

Bachelor’S Degree, Ecology And Evolutionary Biology

Phd, School Of Environmental And Forest Sciences