Here is a link to my current full CV, written in a detailed, academic format. My professional highlights are below.

Education

  • PhD, Remote Sensing, University of Potsdam, Germany, February 2020
  • MSc, Geology, University of Potsdam, Germany, November 2016
  • BA, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Wesleyan University, USA, May 2013

Experience

  • Always: Consulting and workshops for GIS mapping and geoscientific data analysis
  • November 2022 - present: Educator and Developer, First Draft, LLC
  • March 2023 - present: Teaching Assistant, University of Chicago, USA
  • June 2023 - present: Research Scientist, University of Washington, USA
  • November 2022 - April 2024: Living and working in Nome, Alaska
  • June 2020 - October 2022: Post-Doctoral Researcher and Instructor, University of Potsdam, Germany
  • 2017 - 2020: PhD Candidate and Teaching Assistant, University of Potsdam, Germany
  • March 2015 - 2019: Fieldwork in the Eastern Central Andes for master’s and doctoral theses
  • Summer 2012: Keck Consortium funded fieldwork for Colorado Front Range bachelor’s thesis
  • Spring 2012: Geochemistry lab technician at Wesleyan University
  • Summer 2011: NSF funded research intern at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

Skills

Programming

  • Python, Bash scripting (5+ years): Geospatial and statistical tasks
  • Ruby, Rails, Django, JavaScript, SQL, HTML, CSS (3+ years): Full-stack web application development

Software

  • GIS and Remote Sensing: QGIS, ArcGIS, GMT, GDAL/OGR, ENVI, PCI-Geomatica, SNAP
  • Point Clouds: Agisoft Metashape, Pix4D, CloudCompare, LAStools, PDAL
  • Topographic Analysis: TopoToolbox (Matlab), LSDTopoTools (Command Line)
  • Other: Adobe Illustrator, LaTeX, markdown, pandoc

Methods

  • Technical scientific writing and communication to wider audiences
  • Quantitative statistical analysis of large environmental datasets, including principles of machine learning
  • Optical and radar satellite data management, image processing, and analysis
  • Collection and processing of precise geodetic measurements
  • Structure-from-Motion processing of photo surveys to generate point clouds and digital surface models