Research Experience
EDUCATION
| 2012 | Ph.D. Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver BC |
| 2003 | B.Sc. Plant Science, University of Northern British Columbia Prince George, BC |
| 1999 | Forest Technician Diploma, Sir Sandford Fleming College Lindsay, ON |
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Research Positions
| July 2014 – Current | Assistant Scientist. Department of Geography, University of Wisconsin. Madison, WI |
| July 2011 – July 2014 | Post-Doctoral Researcher. Department of Geography, University of Wisconsin. Madison, WI |
| 2004 - 2005 | Dr. Staffan Lindgren (University of Northern BC) |
| 2003 – 2004 | Dr. Josef D Ackerman (University of Guelph) |
| Spring 2002 | Dr. Michael Gillingham (UNBC) |
| Summer 2000 | Dr. Dale Vitt (University of Alberta) |
TEACHING
2015 GEOG378: Hybrid-online - Introduction to Geocomputing (University of Wisconsin). 3 credit introduction to scientific programming with Python, GDAL & command line geospatial computing.
2014 Pollen: Field, Laboratory, and Data Analysis workshop. Instructor & co-lead. University of Maine, June 2014
2013 Climatic Environments of the Past University of Wisconsin – Madison. Guest lecturer (Dating Techniques, The Anthropocene)
2013 Quaternary Vegetation Dynamics University of Wisconsin – Madison. Some course design, multiple (4) lectures & some lab design.
2012 Conservation Paleoecology University of Wisconsin – Madison Seminar, co-instruction with J. Williams, J. Blois, A. Ordonez.
2012 Camp PalEON University of Notre Dame Environmental Research Center. Age-depth modeling unit, support for student projects & lake coring module.
2009 Using R for Paleoecological Research University of the Fraser Valley, Abbotsford, BC. One day seminar introducing R workflows for paleoecological research
2008 Paleobiology and Palynology (TA) Simon Fraser University
2007 General Biology (TA) Simon Fraser University