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Fort Collins, Colorado, United States

• Worked in the Natural Resource Ecology Lab
• Conducted rangeland and forest assessments across multiple sites in Colorado and Wyoming
• Collected and cleaned field data for a variety of ecological research projects
• Performed forest inventory, riparian area assessments, and rangeland species counts
• Carried out post-trip data QA/QC and data analysis and visualization in R

Fort Collins, Colorado, United States

• Managed two research teams simultaneously, providing participants support through 10-week long feasibility studies utilizing remote sensing to solve real-world environmental issues and support partner-organizations’.
• Conducted application review, interviewing, and team-building at the Colorado location each project term (3 terms per year, 2 teams per term)
• Cultivated partnerships with environmental, research, and public policy organizations in the public and private sectors, and delivered them helpful research findings
• Provided technical support in GIS, remote sensing, and coding when necessary to support teams throughout project lifecycle
• As a part of the program’s Geoinformatics team, maintained archive of code and evaluated for quality, provided technical support and software troubleshooting, lead coding workshops

Fort Collins, Colorado, United States

• Lead a team of four throughout a 10-week feasibility study utilizing remote sensing data
• Used data from NASA satellites and field data to study and map the extent and response of aspen tree stands to wildfires in southern Colorado
• Developed a Random Forest regression model using R to model forest health and regeneration
• Produced a technical report, poster, and video describing our findings

• Worked remote in a small team mapping biomass in a future Colorado state park at Fisher’s Peak
• Used satellite remote sensed data and on-site field measurements to determine areas of high biological diversity and map multiple species’ extent within study area
• Utilized Google Earth Engine, R, and ArcGIS to obtain, analyze, and visualize data
• Partnered with the Nature Conservancy and the Colorado State Forest Service to improve the state of Colorado’s ability to conserve vulnerable areas within study area while making it available for public use

Greenbelt, MD

• Achieved DEVELOP's mission by addressing modern environmental and public policy issues through the practical application of NASA Earth observations
• Worked in a team of 4 to develop a statistical flood risk model using machine-learning techniques
• Utilized satellite remote sensed and on-site weather gauge data to study two extreme flood events in the Ellicott City watershed in Maryland
• Used Python, R, and Google Earth Engine to acquire and format 9 years of data for model input
• Engaged with local government’s Office of Environmental Management to improve flood forecasting and aid their decision-making to reduce future risk

Germantown, Maryland

• Co-authored a Department-sponsored technical report describing and analyzing a radioactive release at a nuclear waste disposal facility, and the Department’s response
• Shadowed a senior-level chemical engineer in the office of Environmental Management
• Learned how to work, communicate, and learn, both independently and under particular instruction, in a professional environment

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Geography

School Of Surveying

- Spent semester at Dunedin campus in New Zealand - Course work included: Remote Sensing (principles and lab work), Climate Change.