Work Related Skills

I have an understanding of the fundamental principles, and experience in the application of techniques in the following areas:

• Project Management: Project lifecycle, Project analysis, Project planning, Breakdown structures, Estimation, Resource management, Risk management, Change control, Monitoring, Control, Reporting, Quality control, Project review, Health & Safety, Procurement, Communication, Leadership, Negotiation.
• Management: Personal Performance and Time Management, Customer Care, Quality Management, Change Management, Selection and Recruitment, Appraisals, Meetings, Business Management, Problem Solving / Decision Making.
• Computing: Windows XP office suite, Internet software, Web authoring software, HTML, Corel Draw, ERDAS Imagine, ArcGIS, Minitab, Adobe Photoshop, ENVI, Endnote.
• Forestry: Silvicultural Techniques, Management and Mensuration, GIS, EIA, Agroforestry, Resource Economics and Forest Management Plans.
• Geomatics: Engineering surveying, Photogrammetry, Cartography, GIS, GPS, Spatial Information Systems, Remote Sensing, Geophysical Geodesy, Offshore surveying, Land Law.
• Remote Sensing: Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), Optical sensors, LIDAR, Thermal sensors, Application areas and current status of future sensors.
• Fieldwork: Effective fieldwork skills for use both in temperate and neotropical environments. Have lead and participated in fieldtrips in the UK and Central America.

Publications

See Publications page.

Awards

See Awards page.

Experience

• Book Review Editor for the Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Society (RSPSoc) , 2004 - present.
• Student Representative for the Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Society (RSPSoc) , 2002-2004.
• Organiser of the RSPSoc Annual Student Meeting 2004.
• Convenor for the Physical Geography Discussion Group (PGDG) , The University of Edinburgh, 2002-2004. (Now The Hutton Club).
• Conference Chair – Geography Postgraduate Conference 2005.
• Demonstrating on undergraduate courses.
• Tutoring on undergraduate courses.
• Demonstrating on postgraduate courses.
• Course assistant for first year Geography course.
• Personal tutor.
• Website developer and contributor for RSPSoc student pages, 2004.
• Website developer and contributor for The University of Edinburgh Physical Geography Discussion Group, 2004 (Now The Hutton Club).
• Website developer and contributor for The Edinburgh Earth Observatory, The University of Edinburgh, 2005-present.
• Website developer and contributor for The RSPSoc Book Review Service, Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Society (RSPSoc) , 2004-present.
• Reviewer for International Journal of Remote Sensing, Remote Sensing of Environment, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, and IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium.
• Project supervision:
  - How much carbon is there in Kindrogen forest? (2004)
  - Synthetic Aperture Radar for inventory and height retrieval of neo-tropical savanna vegetation (2004)
  - Tree height as an indicator of biomass – an InSAR approach (2005)

Additional Information

• Professional affiliations:
  • The Royal Forestry Society of England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
  • Royal Scottish Forestry Society.
  • Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).
  • Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Society (RSPSoc).
  • IEEE GRSS.
  • APM.
• I enjoy running, mountain walking, and have also travelled (including expeditions) to many countries inluding North America, Central America (Costa Rica and Belize), Iceland, Alaska, New Zealand and through-out Europe.
• Full clean driving license.
• Non smoker.

Contact details

See Contact page.

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