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Powell, OH, US

Reno, Nevada, United States

• Created cross-functional team on integrated technologies for urban forests, extreme heat management, and smart watersheds.
• Taught Resilience Theory and Practice with client project for City of Las Vegas.
• Provided thought leadership on $2 million proposal for “Las Vegas Heat Resilience Lab” consisting of: Urban scale microsensor temperature monitoring system, research on adaptation strategies of vulnerable populations.
• Developed proposal to the EPA Environmental Justice Collaborative Problems-Solving Grant, Buen Aire Para Todos-Improving air quality through community science, consisting of: Air quality sensor system and data.
• Researcher for Lake Tahoe Sustainable Recreation Monitoring and Evaluation Plan. Developing process for identifying high level stakeholder data priorities for managing 15 million annual visitors. Determining.
• Directing the Las Vegas Urban Forestry Expansion Project. Partnered with Division of Forestry for data on ecosystem benefits to businesses. Providing thought leadership on novel smart tree systems.

Reno, Nevada Area

• Developed research partnerships between University of Nevada, DRI, and private sector, public agencies, tribal governments, and community organizations across the American west.
• Prepared joint proposal submissions with DRI scientists and public education specialists.
• Presented project results at academic conferences, regional workshops, and tribal partner meetings.

New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

• Secured pathway for 1.3m in research and development funding.
• Led engagement with federal, state, and local governments in business-to-government relations and private sector collaborations.
• Assisted in development of product research strategy around climate service market.
• Developed successful NSF – SBIR proposal on computer vision, machine learning, AI, and workflow integration for climate resilience planning and response.

Athens, Ohio

• Mentored and taught diverse students in interdisciplinary research.
• Created and taught cross-disciplinary courses on Resilience Theory and Practice; Environmental Sustainability Assessment; Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy, Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Policy.
• Developed series of training webinars and workshops in cooperation with the Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals on resilience planning for tribal communities.
• Built interdisciplinary research team for successful $2 million National Science Foundation award circular economy, innovation ecosystems, bioproducts, and governance in partnership with private and nonprofit sector.
• Developed instructional improvement grants on: International climate adaptation and resilience training consortium, Renewable energy research and STEM education, Academic innovation accelerator.
• Oral presentations to scientific researchers, agency and nonprofit leaders, and community members: “What is smart tech and how does it relate to resilience?”, Engaging smart tech in tribal resilience planning; “The.

Reno, Nevada Area

• Assisted with proposal development, implementation, and management of $21 million in research and program funding including: Cyber security infrastructure; Renewable energy curriculum; Interdisciplinary modeling.
• Selected as Director of Graduate Studies, Hydrological Sciences Faculty, and Advisor for Sustainable Energy Network.
• Assisted in development of new program in Renewable Energy with engineering department.
• Collected and analyzed large datasets on local climate policies, policy networks, implementation, business sustainability, and compound multi-sector hazard events.
• Developed climate scenario planning events with natural resource managers, private businesses, local and regional emergency responders, planners, and community groups.
• Mentored students on interdisciplinary research, data analysis, and presentation.

Bloomington, Indiana, United States

• Assistant Instructor, School of Public and Environmental Affairs & Department of Political Science. Developed and delivered courses on: Managing Information Technology; Public Finance; International Environmental.
• Dissertation Fieldwork, Campeche, Mexico. Designed and implemented mixed methods survey instrument for interviewing rural community members on complex local property rights arrangements. Trained and supervised local.
• Lake Tahoe Project Coordinator. Trained graduate students in interview data collection and qualitative analysis. Interviewed executive level public agency officials, business, and non-profit leaders on watershed.
• Co-coordinator, Indiana Forest Institutions Project, Center for Institutions, People, and Environmental Change. Trained over a dozen students to conduct forest plot and landowner surveys. Managed teams of field.
• Trained in the following methods: Survey design and methodology, Maximum likelihood estimation, Time series and spatial analysis, Linear regression and non-parametric methods, Qualitative and narrative data, STATA, R.

Davis, California, United States

• Research Assistant, Agricultural and Environmental Policy Interface Project. Collected and analyzed water use data to determine implication of environmental policies for irrigated agriculture in California.
• Research Assistant, Small Ruminant Collaborative Research Support Program (CRSP). Assisted in the planning and design of a geographic information system for the integration of interdisciplinary agricultural system data.
• Graduate Research Project, Joint Forest Management, Rajasthan, India. Designed and implemented independent research on the role of non-governmental organizations in the implementation of Joint Forest Management, a.

Petersburg, Alaska, United States

• Conducted resource inventories, cataloged, and analyzed artifacts.
• Prepared statistical data for presenting data.
• Wrote Environmental Impact Assessments on surveyed areas.
• Cooperated with Native American communities on economic development projects and cultural education programs.

Davis, California, United States

• Worked on contract crew to USDA Forest Service during summer fire seasons using fire suppression techniques.
• Worked effectively with engine crews and engine equipment.
• Instructed novices on various forms of fire suppression equipment.
• Promoted to squad leader during second season.
• Supervised and responsible for health and safety of squad of six firefighters.

Phd, Public Policy

• Minor: Global Environmental Change • Received prestigious Fulbright - Robles Award, Mexico • Received Teaching Excellence Award, School.

Anthropology - Ba, Human Ecology

Activities and Societies: Graduated on Dean's Honor List• Received highly competitive President's Research Award • Designed independent.

Master Of Science - Ms, International Agricultural Development

Specialized coursework on environmental and natural resource policy.