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Bio
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Remote Sensing as applied to western water, snow hydrology, coastal change, and the creation and distribution of high resolution scientific data.
I implement and communicate research in primarily arctic and alpine regions using GIS and remote sensing tools. In my 30+ year career at the university I have worked with scientists and stakeholders on numerous multidisciplinary projects including work with the Department of Water Resources in California, the Barrow Alaska community, the National Park Service, irrigators and water managers in the Upper Great Plains Ogallala Aquifer, the Long Term Ecological Network (LTER), and many others. In my work I listen to the needs of the people I am working with (i.e. scientists, stakeholders, students) to better formulate a cohesive solution, which includes accessible and open-source data, maps, publications and graphics. I am committed to designing for and educating myself about inclusion, justice, and equity inside each and every project and product I deliver.
My specialties are Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Remote Sensing as applied to western water, snow hydrology, coastal change, and the creation and distribution of high resolution scientific data.
Research
Groups, programs, and projects
- Mountain Hydrology Group
- Quaternary GIS Laboratory
- Niwot Ridge Long-Term Ecological Research
- Snowpack and Ecosystem Dynamics: The Sustainability of Inter-basin Water Transfers under a Changing Climate
Teaching
- PSCI 5108 & ATOC 7500: Context & Climate Change Taught one lecture about coastal change.
- GEOL 5240: Remote Sensing Data Analysis Assisted students with lab work, wrote a few labs.
- GEOL 4093/5093: Remote Sensing of the Environment Taught one lecture about GIS
- Arctic Network National Parks Service Hands-On Orthoimagery Workshop
- WAS*IS Australia Workshop Wrote and taught GIS labs
- GIS Applications Courses, Barrow High School Taught 3 lectures
- GIS and Computer Cartography Wild Bear Science School, one half day
- Remote Sensing course for Teachers One day course