BRAIN TRUST - Member Knowledge Directory

[Ned Molder]

There was some interest at the first meeting in there being a place for members to find others with specific knowledge or experience in certain topics in order to collaborate or answer specific questions, etc. I think the simplest and most standardized way to do that is to post under this discussion with:

Department/Organization

Research Interests

Software Experience/Programming Languages

Previous Degree(s)(if applicable)

Things you want to learn more about

Other (hobbies, where you're from, favorite animal, music you like, etc. etc.)

Feel free to answer all or none of these, or add anything else you think is relevant. Let's share the knowledge, ya'll!

[Luke Chamberlain]

Department: Human Dimensions of Natural Resources (M.S.)

Research Interests: Ecosystem services, wildfire values, watershed services, participatory GIS

Software: Basically none

Previous degress: B.S. Ecology/Bio

Things I want to learn: remote sensing/drone stuff!, EVERYYYYTHIIIING!!

Other: I like board/card games. OOH let's do geo grads themed game nights! Favorite animal: Gecko, Homestate: Virginia, What I want to be when I grow up: ...uhhhhhh?... oh god! I'm old! 

Would be interested in talking with anyone who has experience in participatory methods!

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[Ned Molder]

Department/Organization

M.A. Anthropology and Geography, Geospatial Centroid. My advisor is Dr. Steve Leisz (also the Geospatial Grads faculty advisor)

Research Interests

Urban geography, political ecology, hydrosocial cycles, urban growth and globalization, increasing resilience and disaster preparedness through community mapping.

 

Software Experience/Programming Languages

ArcGIS, QGIS, ENVI, less experience with R, Earth Engine, Python. I can make a dope powerpoint though

Previous Degree(s)(if applicable)

B.S. Geology, University of Oregon

Things you want to learn more about

Collecting remotely sensed data (hell yeah drones), data collection in general, Earth Engine, coding, statistics and data analysis

Other (hobbies, where you're from, favorite animal, music you like, etc. etc.)

I'm from Los Angeles, I like to rock climb, snowboard and trail run when I'm not at a computer. I'm also a fan of psych rock music and drawing/painting. I also also like to read and write and am happy to help anyone with editing papers. 

[Marc Bragoli]

On Thursday, February 7, 2019 at 10:02:39 AM UTC-7, Ned Molder wrote:

There was some interest at the first meeting in there being a place for members to find others with specific knowledge or experience in certain topics in order to collaborate or answer specific questions, etc. I think the simplest and most standardized way to do that is to post under this discussion with:

Department/Organization: Natural Resources 

Research Interests: Land use and data science 

Software Experience/Programming Languages: Arc GIS and Basic Python

Previous Degree: N/A

Things you want to learn more about: I want to learn more about using frameworks in Python to analyze data. 

Hobbies: Rock climbing, CSU club wrestling and beer!

Projects: I'm working on digitizing some properties in northern Italy. I am currently trying to find a website for European spatial data. Once I get the data, I will more then likely need help! If any of you are digitizing experts please e-mail me!

email- bra...@rams.colostate.edu

Thanks! 

 

 

[David Wolfson]

Department/Organization: I'm actually a wildlife ecologist working for the USDA.

Research Interests: Population ecology, animal movement, demographic modeling, etc

Software Experience/Programming Languages: Very comfortable with R, newbie with Python,Javascript

Previous Degree(s)(if applicable): masters in Wildlife Ecology

Things you want to learn more about: Google Earth Engine, PostGIS/PostGreSQL

Other: Hiking, backpacking, taking care of my 2 little kids

On Thursday, February 7, 2019 at 10:02:39 AM UTC-7, Ned Molder wrote:

[Eric Jensen]

Department/Organization:

M.S in Graduate Degree Program in Ecology; advised in Ecosystem Science and Sustainability/Natural Resources Ecology Laboratory

Research Interests:

Landscape ecology, ecological resilience and resistance, remote sensing, Landsat time-series, spatial modeling of continuous data, sagebrush ecosystems, conservation decision support, and more!

Software Experience/Programming Languages:

ArcMap, ArcGIS Pro, becoming more proficient in R, mostly a beginner in Google Earth Engine.

Previous Degree(s)(if applicable):

B.A in Geography at Western Washington University

Things you want to learn more about:

Python, Google Earth Engine, hierarchical models incorporating remote sensing products, machine learning, spatial data visualization in R, spatial analysis in R.

Other:

Bounced around different ecology-related field jobs for years in the Pacific Northwest and western Great Basin and came back to gain skills toward a career in conservation planning. Theoretically, I enjoy trail running, backpacking, rock climbing, pwning you at board games, permaculture, and more!—especially if I got out of the office more to do them!

[DeAna Nasseth]

On Thursday, February 7, 2019 at 10:02:39 AM UTC-7, Ned Molder wrote:

There was some interest at the first meeting in there being a place for members to find others with specific knowledge or experience in certain topics in order to collaborate or answer specific questions, etc. I think the simplest and most standardized way to do that is to post under this discussion with:

Department/Organization: Graduate Degree Program in Ecology (PhD Candiate)

Research Interests: landscape ecology, natural history, integrating ecology into design of the built environment, social-ecological systems in light of climate change

Software Experience/Programming Languages:  outdated GIS, outdated remote sensing (DOS)

Previous Degree(s)(if applicable): BS  Wildlife & Fisheries, MS Environmental Biology

Things you want to learn more about: Where to start and how to plan a tutorials sequence for updating/teaching myself quantitiative fundamentals and just enough ArcGIS Pro, R, & maybe TerrSet to do my research;  also need to review statistics and identify which statistical methods to use in my research. 

Other (hobbies, where you're from, favorite animal, music you like, etc. etc.): lifelong learning, family, architectural design & landscaping, strength training, live in Colorado Springs. 
https://www.linkedin.com/in/deananasseth

[nealswayze1]

Department: M.S. Forest Sciences, Forest and Rangeland Stewardship, Forest Biometrics Lab

Research Interests: Drone-based environmental monitoring, biomass/carbon estimation of forest and rangelands, conservation science 

Software Experience/Programming Languages: I have some experience with ArcMap and ENVI, and less experience using R for basic statistics. 

Previous Degree(s)(if applicable): Ecosystem Science and Sustainability, CSU, Spring 2018

Things I want to learn: I want to learn more about photogrammetry, data processing workflows, and methods for obtaining measurements from point clouds, DEMs, and orthos. I am also interested in learning more R. 

Other: I homebrew a fair amount of beer, cider, and hard lemonade. I really like building, repairing and flying drones for fun/mapping. In the unlikely event of having spare time, I like making videos, jewelry, woodworking, and painting. 

[Steven Filippelli]

Department/Organization

Research Associate in the Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory with the Falkowski/Vogeler lab

Research Interests

Remote sensing of forest structure and land cover change

Software Experience/Programming Languages

Python evangelist using the SciPy ecosystem (Numpy, Geo/Pandas, Seaborn, etc.) and occasionally R

Google Earth Engine, GDAL, ArcMap, LAStools, Photoscan, ENVI/IDL, Ecognition, ERDAS Imagine, QGIS

Previous Degree(s)(if applicable)

BS in Natural Resource Conservation at UF

MS in Ecology at CSU

Things you want to learn more about

Machine learning, particularly deep learning with TensorFlow; PostGIS; web mapping and interactive data visualization; UAVs

Other

Climbing, mountain biking, scuba diving, backpacking, complaining about american politics

On Thursday, February 7, 2019 at 10:02:39 AM UTC-7, Ned Molder wrote:

[j.la...@gmail.com]

Department: Graduate Degree Program in Ecology, also part of the Falkowski/Vogeler lab

Research Interests: Well, there are a ton. Primarily I have worked on remote sensing applications for grasslands, emergent aquatic vegetation, and a small amount within forests. Landscape ecology and remote sensing are the best descriptors.

Software: 

• ArcMap - I was the TA for NR 323 (Remote Sensing) last semester
• RStudio - packages: raster/sp/rgdal/randomForest/rfUtilities/VSURF/ggplot2/spatstat/caret/rgrass7/rlist/stringr
• Google Earth Engine - worked with LandTrendr on several occasions, have also worked with MS and SAR datasets in GEE
• Others - ENVI/Fusion/ArcCollector  ** ( I have not worked as extensively with these )

Previous Degree: Bachelor's in Ecosystem Science and Sustainability (ESS), CSU

Things I want to learn more about: Working with and processing LiDAR data, in depth

Other: I worked with NASA DEVELOP previously, so if you are interested in applying, feel free to reach out to me. I like to play saxophone, some piano, and I like to go hiking. I occasionally do some video editing or work on writing music in my free time.