I’m Flora 🌿
I’m an environmental data scientist who is enthusiastic about leveraging data at scale to provide insights for thoughtful environmental management.
🌎🛰️ Currently, I’m a Research Associate at Colorado State Univeiisty’s Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory (NREL), working on projects that leverage ecological data, remote sensing and machine learning to understand vegetative landscapes. At NREL, I’m involved in projects that study the use of virtual fencing for rangeland management.
❄️️🌳🔥 My latest projects through NASA DEVELOP are titled, “Using Satellite Observations to Assess Relationships between Snowpack and Wildfires in Colorado for Land and Water Utility Management” and “Using Earth Observations to Identify Areas of Oak Decline in Illinois and Investigate Contributing Risk Factors”
Experience
Research Associate | Sept 2024 - Present
Natural Resource Ecology Lab (NREL), Colorado State University
Geospatial Data Analyst | Jun 2024 - Nov 2024
NASA DEVELOP, Goddard Space Flight Center & Colorado Node
Carbon Data Analyst | Jan 2024 - Jun 2024
Darn Tough, VT
Data Jam Data Intern | Dec 2022 - Jun 2023
Cary Institute of Ecosystems Studies, NY
Investment Specialist | Jul 2021 - April 2022
Orbit Startups @ SOSV, Taipei, Taiwan
Education
Master of Environmental Data Science | June 2024
Bren School of Environmental Science & Management, UCSB
BA in Mathematics and Environmental Studies, Economics Minor | May 2021
Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME