DEGREES AWARDED

2004 M.A. Geography, University of Arizona
Specialization in remote sensing and scientific programming
Thesis: Characterizing spatiotemporal patterns of fire season fuel moisture stress in three sky island regions of southeastern Arizona using AVHRR NDVI imagery spanning 1989 to 2003

2000 B.S. Mathematics, Summa cum Laude, University of Arizona

EMPLOYMENT

10/90-present Freelance Graphic/Web Designer & Illustrator & Copy Editor
Tucson, AZ and Philadelphia, PA
My portfolio may be viewed at http://wildbluepixel.com/portfolio.html

12/04-3/05 Research Specialist
Department of Geography, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Curricular development for University of Arizona remote sensing/image processing classes, including:
 - Labs teaching remote sensing/image processing concepts using ERDAS Imagine 8.7.
 - Imagine Survival Guide: Introduces basic remote sensing/image processing methods in ERDAS Imagine 8.7.

8/01-11/04 Research Assistant
Department of Geography, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ   
As a member of the research team of the EPA funded project, WALTER Wildfire Alternatives, I developed a method for generating maps that illustrate annual fire season fuel moisture stress in sky island sites in Arizona and New Mexico.

Fall 1998 NASA Intern
Department of Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Drafted end panels for FermiLab circuit board crates using 2D AutoCAD

Summer 1997 Physics Lab Monitor
Pima College West Campus, Tucson, AZ
Supervised and assisted students with lab assignments

10/90-8/93 Freelance Computer Consultant
Philadelphia, PA and Tucson, AZ
Computer repair and configuration.
Software testing for National Software Testing Labs (NSTL), Conshohocken, PA (Spring 1991)

11/89-10/90 Technical Writer
Vu/Text Information Systems, Philadelphia, PA
Designed, wrote and desktop published user manuals for newspaper archival software

5/88-11/89 Technical Writer
Finpac Corporation, Narberth, PA
Designed, wrote and desktop published user manuals for accounting/financial software

5/87-5/88 Technical Writer
Numedco Systems, Inc., Paoli, PA
Wrote user manuals for hospital management software

7/85-5/87 Editor
Data Sources/Ziff-Davis Publishing Co., Cherry Hill, PA
Wrote and edited software abstracts published in Data Sources, a descriptive, comprehensive catalogue of software    available in the U.S. and Canada

HONORS AND AWARDS

Computer Science, Engineering & Mathematics Scholarship
National Science Foundation (NSF), University of Arizona, 2000-01

Phi Beta Kappa
University of Arizona, May 2000

NASA Intern
University of Arizona, Fall 1998

Who’s Who Among Students in American Junior Colleges
1997

Honeywell Scholarship
University of Arizona, Fall 1995

CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION
“Characterizing spatiotemporal patterns of fire season fuel moisture stress in three sky island regions of southeastern Arizona using AVHRR NDVI imagery spanning 1989 to 2003,” ISPE-Fest Graduate Student Poster Competition, Institute for the Study of Planet Earth, University of Arizona, October 2004.