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January 2023 - Current
ORISE Post-Master's Fellowship - USFS and Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Mapping Satellite Data for ForWarn and Network Design Optimization for the USFS experimental forest system
July - September 2022
Data Management Contractor - Environmental Analysis Lab
Generated interface for automated data processing, workflow optimization, and database management for raw data outputs from a wide variety of environmental chemistry analyses.
August 2020 - December 2022
Research Assistant and Lab Manager
Landscape Biodiversity Lab - Montana State University
Assisted in Grant applications for NASA and NFWF
Continuation of previous spatial analysis, cartography, statistical analysis, and manuscript preparation work for projects unrelated to Master’s work (See publications section).
Managed general lab upkeep and lab web presence (https://www.montana.edu/hansenlab/, and research gate)
October 2019Â - August 2020
Spatial Analyst
Landscape Biodiversity Lab - Montana State Univserity
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Analyze large remote sensing data sets in R studio, ArcGIS, and Google Earth Engine from a range of projects including Species Distribution Models, Land Use Planning Projections and Applications, Protected Areas Connectivity Analysis, and
Work with machine learning algorithms for the purpose of ecological modeling
Designing maps and figures for communication and publication.
Maintain progress, communication, and work flow along a large interdisciplinary team while working from the office and remotely includint NASA Land Cover Land Use Change Program: Downscaling IPCC land use scenarios for global change adaptation planning in mountainous environments, and quantifying the lower-elevation fundamental niche of Whitebark Pine in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem
May 2019 - August 2019
Lead Field Technician
Montana Natural Heritage Spatial Analysis Lab
Helped to organize and lead a pilot crew sampling invertebrates and vegetation to calibrate a spatial model of invertebrate biomass availability as part of a larger sage grouse study.
Facilitated a positive work environment and maintained crew morale.
Specialized in species identification of grasses and forbs in sagebrush steppe ecosystem.