Thesis Project

I am currently working on the biocomplexity of avian malaria project in Hawaii with Dr. David Duffy. My thesis topic is landscape epidemiology: spatial modeling of avian malaria using geographic information systems and remote sensing.

Academic Interest

• Environmental and spatial modeling of ecosystem processes
• Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Remote Sensing (RS)
• Ecosystem Health and its implications for human health
• Landscape epidemiology
• Programming

Education

• University of Hawaii - (current MS student, 2002)
• Clark University- BA in Geography, 1997

Professional Experience

For the past six years I have worked in the GIS field, most recently as a consultant for the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority and Harvard University. My area of experience includes hydrological network modeling, using remote sensing and GIS to access vegetation/crop health,  demography, and 3D spatial modeling. For more details of my professional experience, please click on resume.

    See Resume (pdf)

Personal

        General Interest:

• Hiking, camping, and other outdoor activities
• Gardening, Herbs, ethnobotany, and other botanical related activities
• Cooking, and of course eating!
• Science fiction and the classics
• Yoga, walking, and running

Botany Links: (currently only UH links)

• Botany Department
• Pacific Cooperative Studies Unit
• Lydon Arboretum

GIS/RS Links:

• IDRISI - good, inexpensive GIS software
• ESRI - maker of ArcView, ArcInfo products; free online tutorials available
• ERDAS - maker of Imagine
• GIS Jobs Clearinghouse - the best site to find or post jobs and resumes