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Washington DC-Baltimore Area

Washington DC-Baltimore Area

Washington DC-Baltimore Area

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Washington D.C. Metro Area

- Studied landowner preferences for incentives in payments for ecosystem services programs in the Cantareira Region (the primary drinking water reservoir system for metropolitan São Paulo) of the Atlantic forest of Brazil. - Managed a team of 8 research staff, working in Portuguese, to hold several convenings with rural landowners and government staff and.

Annapolis, MD

With a team of PhD students from 6 universities, conducted the research pursuit "Enabling Payments for Watershed Services", with advisors from The Nature Conservancy, Ecosystem Marketplace, and the World Resources Institute. Published two peer-reviewed articles, in Nature Communications and Ecology and.

- Worked with Bat Conservation International and research partners from the Southeast Asian Bat Conservation Research Unit (SEABCRU) to develop international guidelines for sustainable bat guano harvesting and pilot their implementation.- Managed the review process to publish the guidelines with the IUCN Bat Specialist Group.- Received training from EWCL.

- Developed training modules and financial support mechanisms for protected area managers in tiger range countries, in partnership with GTI partner organizations, universities and ministries in tiger range countries. - Worked with donors and partners, including the World Bank, conservation professionals from 13 Asian countries, and international NGOs, to.

Otjiwarongo, Namibia

- Managed camera trapping and other intern projects.- Tracked reintroduced black rhinos.- Worked with CCF's Bushblok project on analyses to support potential enrollment in forest certification programs.

Supported coalition work for the Habitat and Highways program.

- Managed a staff of 15 conductors, including scheduling and overseeing operations.- Led training of new conductor staff and managed driver certification/testing for Unitrans drivers to become eligible to operate a fleet of 1950s-era London double deck buses in public service.- Organized summer rehabilitation projects for double deck buses.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Environmental Science And Public Policy

Dissertation: Economic and spatial aspects of landowner incentive programs for forest restoration in the Atlantic Forest of Brazil

M.S./M.P.P., Sustainable Development & Conservation Biology/Environmental Policy

Activities and Societies: University Senate, Graduate Student Government, Environmental Policy Roundtable

B.S., Wildlife, Fish And Conservation Biology, Music