William Painter Email & Phone Number

Walnut Creek, CA, US

Branscomb, California, United States

I cover a myriad of on the ground responsibilities including stewardship of the the wilderness, visitor communication and services, expansion our volunteer program and maintenance of the facilities. A typical day can find me deep in the woods with a chainsaw as part of our fire management strategy, or expounding on the history and value of a meadow to a.

Middlebury VT

I was asked to produce a research paper at comparable level to a graduate thesis in terms of research quality and scientific value, differing only in the availability of money and time in which it was to be completed. The research I pursued attempted to pinpoint the location within the crystal lattice of serpentine that was favored by arsenic.

Middlebury, Vermont

My responsibility was to prepare samples for analysis in a wide variety of experiments. The procedures I was asked to preform changed rapidly and dramatically and I was regularly expected to learn a completely new set of skills and then implement them safely and with a scientific level of precision. This work required tremendous adaptability and reliability.

Pasadena CA

I worked directly with Dr. Matt Golombek, MER Project Scientist and the leading expert on Martian landing site analysis, developing a set of data mapping and analysis methods focused on "inescapable hazards" for the Mars 2020 mission. Our methods used HiRISE and CTX imaging to identify a set of hazardous dune phenotypes and to develop photoclinometry maps.

San Francisco

I was brought on to design and run a special research project which aimed to compare the Exploratorium's development goals and progress with the efforts of similar US institutions. The research involved scouring data from tax forms, self-published information, as well as interviews over the phone and email and a specially designed electronic survey.