INTERNATIONAL JOBS
WORK EXPERIENCE
FOREST MANAGEMENT & AHIKA CONSULTING
2015
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Completed a Southland Wood Residue Supply Assessment for Wood Energy South, Venture Southland and Energy Efficiency Conservation Authority of New Zealand
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Conducted geospatial modeling and network analysis of road networks combined with forestry estates
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Defined woodflow catchment areas based on specified distances and road network analyses
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Summarized available volumes of renewable wood energy sources within multiple buffered distances based on road network analysis
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Calculated distances of each forestry estate from each division of Timber
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Produced 18 Cartographic images and organized summary data into tables
CU-DENVER & LA SELVA RESEARCH STATION
2013 - 2014
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Research Assistant for Tenured GIS Professor
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Collaborated with Dr. Moreno-Sanchez and La Selva Biological Research Station to understand project goals and needs
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Research GIS modeling software options to help evaluate biological corridors and fragmentation
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Conducted spatial pattern exploration of land cover with GUIDOS (Graphical User Interface for the Description of Image Objects and their Shapes) and ConeforSensinode 2.6 with ArcGIS Desktop 10.x
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Created a report on the spatial exploration and presented to a panel of professors at La Selva in Costa Rica
US ANTARCTIC PROGRAM (USAP)
2014 - 2015
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Contractor for Science Cargo during the Antarctica summer season of 2014/15
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Worked and lived at McMurdo American Base
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Worked 6 days/week
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Contracted from December 2014 through April 2015
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Communicated regularly with science groups and air-cargo handlers to assist in packing research equipment and science samples for inter- and intra-continental movement
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Operated large equipment; front loaders and fork lifts
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Packed fragile and temperature-sensitive samples per customs standards, including core samples
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Supported work centers in an isolated environment with limited resources