Ryan Avery Email & Phone Number

Seattle, Washington, United States

Seattle, Washington, United States

- Led machine learning engineering projects for nonprofit and government projects- developed a machine learning model for detection of ocean features with Pytorch for Skytruth Cerulean, an ocean monitoring product- deployed Microsoft's Megadetector model in a real-time application to detect wildlife in camera trap imagery for conservation efforts on Santa.

Santa Barbara, California

See https://github.com/ecohydro/CropMask_RCNN

Worcester, Massachusetts

- Worked on a grant funded project to develop a platform and novel methods for detecting smallholder agriculture with machine learning and high resolution remotely sensed imagery- Evaluated semantic segmentation methods to map agriculture with SparkML and the python geospatial stack- Worked on a cloud optimized downloader to query, acquire, and organize.

Santa Barbara, California Area

- Led 3 undergraduate sections for GEOG 3A: Oceans and Atmosphere- Taught core concepts related to: waves, tides and currents, Earth's energy budget, diurnal, seasonal and inter-annual cycles, and climate change - Created a supportive learning environment by encouraging questions and integrating visuals, games, and assessment in my teaching

Langley, Virginia

- Provided science advising and python scripting support to the Glacier National Park Climate project, where we estimated insect disturbance by mapping persistent decline in canopy moisture with Landsat- Provided feedback to participants on technical writing, project methodology, and professional development- Lead webinars for program level education and.

Langley, Virginia

- Lead a team of four in a project assessing the ability of moderate resolution sensors to detect invasive weeds in southwestern National Parks- Used both an analyst-driven approach and a random forest classification to create land cover maps from Landsat 8 and Sentinel-2 imagery- Assessed accuracy of classified products using in situ data provided by.

Sally Thompson Eco Hyrdrology Lab, Davis Hall, Berkeley

- Learned how to use Google Earth Engine's Javascript code editor in order to batch download and pre-process Landsat 5 Thematic Mapper imagery- Used ArcGIS's arcpy package to write a script, which calculated the energy potential of small hydropower sites in Matto Grosso, Brazil- Composing a poster presentation for the 2015 Cal Energy Corps Symposium to.

- Conducted a study to measure signage impact on waste distribution, presented findings at the 2014 Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education- Worked with vendors OfficeMax and VWR International to promote sustainable products to staff- Implemented UC Berkeley's new Mini Bin recycling system- Led presentations and trainings for.

- Conducted surveys of avian fatalities within the Altamont and Montezuma Hills windmill farms- Updated and edited Excel spreadsheets of landscape characteristics and fatality details- Learned to identify at-risk Californian bird species, including red-tailed hawks, golden eagles, and burrowing owls

- Scooped a lot of ice cream, right arm is now exceedingly dominant- Developed my discerning palate by sampling a lot of ice cream- Helped to make the Colter Bay Grocery store a clean and friendly place

Bs In Environmental Sciences: Biological Sciences Concentration, Gis And Environmental Sciences

Bachelor'S Degree, Environmental Sciences, Junior

Activities and Societies: UC Berkeley Model United Nations, Autism Speaks U, EvoLab at Berkeley, Suding Lab at Berkeley, Writer for the.

Master Of Arts - Ma, Geography