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London, GB

London Area, United Kingdom

London Area, United Kingdom

• Working on the IPP CommonSensing Project aimed at improving climate resilience in Small Island Developing States (SIDS) through satellite remote sensing
• Reviewed and improved Analysis Ready Data (ARD) processing flowlines for Landsats 4-8 and Sentinel-2
• Investigated and implemented a methodology to generate water masks from optical satellite imagery using both machine learning techniques and bitmasking to be applied in Small Island Developing States
• Updating the technical methodology used in a series of data products for the IPP CommonSensing Project, including Fractional Vegetation Cover, Coastline Extraction, and Water Quality products

• Conducted research on and analyzed potential of emerging and underutilized climate solutions, including methane interventions and carbon dioxide removal
• Wrote public-facing documents on topics such as radiative forcing, climate feedback loops, and the mitigation potentials of various climate actions

Keene Valley, New York, United States

• Supported the Nature Conservancy’s Adirondack conservation goals through two lead projects aimed at enhancing habitat connectivity and climate resilience in the Northeastern United States
• Developed a methodology utilizing spatial datasets in ArcGIS to identify high priority land parcels that could be protected or restored to increase habitat connectivity for wildlife movement between the Adirondacks and.
• Created maps of several of the Nature Conservancy's New York preserves to enhance usability and consistency across properties
• Managed outreach to 40+ land trusts to finalize the New York Land Trust Atlas, a public web mapping tool to enhance land trust visibility and land protection goals throughout New York state
• Conducted field work including trail maintenance, fishing surveys, protected area boundary marking, and culvert assessments for wildlife connectivity

• Conducted geospatial analyses for “Regeneration,” a non-profit and upcoming book by Paul Hawken (author of NYT Bestseller “Drawdown”) based on regenerative climate solutions
• Quantified organic carbon stocks across ecosystems utilizing a broad range of global datasets in ESRI ArcGIS Pro and Google Earth Engine

• Conducted supervised classifications on Landsat imagery in Google Earth Engine to highlight land cover changes along the Cheat River
• Created flood risk and flood vulnerability maps for end-users combining land cover, NASA SRTM elevation, height above nearest drainage, and FEMA floodplain data
• Managed team communication with advisors and project end-users

• Created over 100 maps of national-level irrecoverable carbon and calculated key spatial statistics using ArcGIS to support the Climate Irreplaceable Ecosystems project and its implementation through Field Divisions
• Produced outreach materials for ArcGIS StoryMap
• Adapted R scripts to rank areas by the amount of irrecoverable carbon to facilitate land management and conservation

• Utilized Landsat, Terra MODIS, ECOSTRESS and GEDI ecosystem LiDAR to study urban development in Huntsville, Alabama.
• Wrote Javascript code within Google Earth Engine to analyze urban green space (NDVI), impervious surfaces (NDBI), land surface temperature, and land cover change in Huntsville
• Produced a series of end products and outreach materials, including an ArcGIS storymap, for the City of Huntsville
• Provided technical assistance in Google Earth Engine to a team studying climate in Bhutan*This project was featured in NASA ARSET's training on using remote sensing to study urban heat islands

Huntsville, Alabama Area

• The NASA DEVELOP program addresses environmental and public policy issues using NASA Earth observation technologies. My team collaborated with NASA SERVIR to utilize Earth observations and a hydrologic model (the RHEAS.
• Wrote Python scripts to calculate drought indices based on Earth observations and hydrologic model outputs and create a Combined Drought Indicator (CDI) for implementation by Kenya’s National Drought Management Authority
• Designed appropriate methodology and coordinated tasks among a four-person team, both in person and while working remotely
• Communicated technical results clearly to an international audience, and collaborated throughout the project term with researchers from NASA SERVIR as well as from Kenya’s Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for.
• Produced several deliverables, including a technical paper, poster, presentation, and an ArcGIS StoryMap

• Designed a virtual street tree monitoring protocol utilizing Google Street View, CycloMedia, and Azavea’s TreeTective tool
• Cleaned and prepared a database of citizen science tree planting records for use in the summer monitoring program
• Produced training materials on the virtual monitoring protocol for summer interns

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

During the fall 2019 semester, I worked on a project to map sections Philadelphia's urban forest, primarily in Fairmount Park. I used ArcGIS to delineate tree canopy polygons on aerial photographs between 1959 and 2018 to study the spatial patterns of tree canopy cover change over time on managed parklands in Philadelphia. While working largely.

Greater Philadelphia Area

Moab, Utah

During my second summer interning with USGS, I worked doing a combination of field work and lab work. I assisted with the first year of data collection for a project assessing restoration strategies on abndoned oil and gas wellpads. I also worked in the field on projects related to wind erosion and vegetation restoration practices. During my office time, I.

Greater Philadelphia Area

As a research intern, I assessed the motivations for historical street tree plantings in Philadelphia. Looking at historical motivations helps to explain current pattern of species distribution across the city. I worked in the Philadelphia Parks and Recreation department archives, as well as with online resources to assist with this research.

Finca Las Piedras, Madre De Dios, Peru

In the summer of 2018, I conducted a remote sensing analysis of a region of the Amazon along the interoceanic highway in Madre de Dios, Peru. The project included writing a grant proposal and applying for research permit from the Servicio Nacional Forestal y de Fauna Silvestre (SERFOR) of Peru, calculating NDVI changes over time, and collecting ground.

Moab, Utah

I worked as a intern and field technician at the USGS Southwest Biological Science Center in Moab, Utah. I helped with several projects, including a study on the long-term effects of extreme drought on vegetation health, land management strategies for restoring areas affected by cattle grazing, and biological soil crust's effect on wind and water erosion.

Greater Philadelphia Area

As a teaching assistant for the introductory Biology 101 class at the University of Pennsylvania, I worked closely with professors to improve class material and help students with in class activities. As a requirement for the position, I completed an active learning training course, which prepared me to assist students in an active learning environment. In.

Greater Philadelphia Area

Worked with PhD student in Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences to design experiment looking at turbidity current dynamics. I used Python and OpenCV to analyze experimental data.

Mt. Kisco, NY

As an instructor and curriculum planner for Computer Adventures, I alternated between designing curriculums to be used in classes, and teaching the classes with the curriculums that I planned. I planned and taught a class on WebDesign using HTML and CSS, as well as a class on App Development using MIT's AppInventor.

Master Of Science (Msc), Remote Sensing And Environmental Mapping, Distinction, Dean'S List

Dissertation: Predicting Diameter at Breast Height (DBH) from Terrestrial Laser Scanning (TLS) Point Clouds

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Earth And Environmental Science, 3.94 / 4.0

Activities and Societies: University Scholar; Secretary of Epsilon Eta, Co-Ed Environmental Fraternity (2017); Isla Urbana

Education record

Studied abroad at the University of Edinburgh during Fall 2018.

Education record

* NITARP – NASA/IPAC Teacher Archive Research Program 2014-2015 Part of a team of students from a network of schools working to find.