Education

M.S. in Geographic Information Science (in progress) from The University of New Mexico

B.S. in Geography and Environmental Studies from The University of New Mexico

B.A. in German from The University of New Mexico

Research Interests

Remote sensing technologies, including Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) image acquisitions

Applications of UAS imagery to 3-dimensional surface modeling at ultra-high resolutions (sub-centimeter)

Development and deployment of remote sensing products that meet the timeliness and practical-use needs of emergency response managers

Current Projects

Research Assistant to Dr. Christopher D. Lippitt on "Collaborative Proposal: Optimization of Remote Sensing Networks for Time-sensitive Detection of Fine Scale Damage to Critical Infrastructure" - National Science Foundation

Collaborative Assistant on "Development of a Remote Sensing Network for Time-sensitive Detection of Fine Scale Damage to Transportation Infrastructure" - US Department of Transportation Research and Innovative Technologies

Conferences and Awards

Presenting "The effects of varied lens distortion calibrations on the horizontal and vertical accuracies of orthocorrected imagery " -- AAG Annual Meeting, April 21-25, 2015

First Prize Scholarship Award for Master's - American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Rocky Mountain Region, 2015

Presented with Su Zhang, "Best practices in tethered weather-balloon mapping" - Southwest and Great Plains Rocky Mountain AAG Joint Annual Meeting, October 23-25

Other Interests / Activities

Founding Treasurer of the UNM Chapter of the American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS)

Active member of the Association of American Geographers

Active member of the Phi Kappa Phi honor society

Former careers were in information technology with emphasis in linux and windows server management and network topology design.