Curriculum Vitae

Education

Highlighted Coursework: Geospatial Analysis and Remote Sensing, Machine Learning, Databases and Data Management, Environmental Modeling, Ethics and Bias in Environmental Data Science

Highlighted Coursework: Quantitative Aspects of Global Environmental Problems, Environmental Economics, Culture and Resource Management, Climate and Resource Policy, Energy and Society

Master's Capstone Project

Role: Lead Data Analyst and Developer Client: Dr. Jayajit Chakraborty
Conducted spatial statistical analysis to identify areas of high cumulative environmental burden using over 30 environmental and socio-economic indicators.
Improved existing geospatial mapping tool to visualize new results, including back-end data pipeline modification in Python and front-end client navigation in TypeScript and React.
- Application: apps.bren.ucsb.edu/justice40.
- GitHub Repository: github.com/Justice40-MEDS.

Work Experience

Supervisor: Kashia Arnold, Ph.D.
Manage a data repository for the Central Coast Regional Equity Initiative: a diverse dataset of socio-economic data related to demographics, basic needs, civic connectedness, vulnerable households, and more.
Data visualization, website design and content management for the initiative's online data center.
Maintain communications and establish connections with regional organizers working on equity issues.

Supervisors: Melanie Frazier, Ph.D. and Ben Halpern, Ph.D.
Collaborated with a diverse team of data scientists using open science methods to synthesize 40+ data sources into an overall metric of ocean health, evaluated over 10 goals.
Created and managed data pipelines in R and Python that extract, transform, and load geospatial and tabular data for score calculation.
Developed visualizations, blog posts, and interactive reports to share findings with a public audience.

Supervisor: Jack Miller, Ph.D.
Led sections and coding-based labs for introductory statistics for life sciences students, including both in-person and virtual meetings.
Facilitated group projects, led review sessions, and gave one-on-one guidance in office hours.

Supervisor: Nathan Kraft, Ph.D.
Designed and executed field experiments examining higher-order interactions in California annual plant communities at the Sedgwick UC Reserve.
Maintained laboratory space and oversaw training and mentoring of undergraduate students over multiple years to create and refine individual research questions.

Supervisors: Todd Dawson, Ph.D. and Stefania Mambelli, Ph.D.
Assisted with projects examining plant water relations in coast live oaks and species distribution, including the influence of temperature on the growth of fine roots and mycorrhizae.
Prepared solid and liquid samples for various types of isotope analysis via mass spectroscopy and cryogenic water and leaf sugar extraction.

Research Experience

Advisor: Kendall Calhoun, Ph.D.
Examined the effects of fire severity on biodiversity after a mega-fire in Mendocino County, CA, using a network of camera traps and audio monitors.
Conducted data collection and analysis, including using the deep neural network BirdNet to identify species and created an occupancy model to map species presence before and after the fire.

Advisor: Patina Mendez, Ph.D.
Thesis: It's not just for the Birds: Community Science Participation during COVID-19.
Examined trends in citizen science participation across urban and non-urban landscapes during the COVID-19 pandemic using the open data source eBird.
Presented findings on observation trends and accessibility in community science participation at the ESPM departmental research symposium with honors.

Advisor: Frank Joyce, Ph.D.
Examined levels of aquatic microplastic pollution across a gradient of human influence near a marine protected area in Cuajiniquil, Costa Rica.
Presented results at a community forum and participated in a discussion on strategies to reduce plastic pollution in the local mangrove estuary system.

Mentorship & Service

Assist with basic care activities of nurses across hospital departments.
Interact with patients and families to provide a caring and thoughtful experience.

Met quarterly with undergraduate environmental science students from marginalized communities to provide career mentorship.
Fostered academic interests and facilitated connections with research faculty and laboratories.

Invited to discuss the influence of power in academia in the context of graduate education for the class Queer Ecologies (BIOE 189F).
Presented master's capstone project regarding the loss of access to federal data and the influence of political machinations on academic research.

Reviewed and submitted scores for all submitted proposals; participated in faculty and staff discussions around project fit and voted for final selections.
Facilitated review of the current Request for Proposals to promote projects with broad impacts and encourage clients from historically underrepresented groups to submit.

Assisted with outreach and lobbying to eliminate single-use plastics from the campus and the state.
Helped coordinate meetings, arrange outreach events, and recruit new members.

Served as a peer advisor for environmental science majors, attending monthly meetings to discuss courses and work-life balance.

Skills

Programming

Python
R
SQL
Java
JavaScript & TypeScript
React
Git & GitHub
CSS & Sass
HTML

Analytical

Machine Learning
Environmental Modeling
Data Visualization
Causal Inference
Geospatial Analysis
Remote Sensing

Software & Tools

QGIS
ArcGIS
WordPress
Canva
Affinity Designer
Microsoft Office
Google Suite