Curriculum Vitae
Education
Doctorate of Philosophy, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, USA, 2015
Major: Geography Ph.D. Dissertation: “The Effects of Trade Wind Inversion Variability on High Elevation Climates in Hawai‘i” Advisor: Tom Giambelluca
Masters of Arts, Geography, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, USA, 2011
Major: Geography M.A. Thesis: " Homogenization of long-term solar radiation time series using a clear-sky radiation model and assessment of solar radiation variability
Bachelor of Arts, Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, USA, 2007
Positions Held
Oceania Research Fellow, East-West Center, Honolulu Hawai‘i, (Nov. 2019 – present).
Research Assistant, to a Climate Change Adaptation Specialist, Honolulu HI, USA, (Dec. 2017 - present).
Climate Change Adaptation Work & Short-term Consultancies, Honolulu HI, USA.
Research Assistant - UN Country Capacity Development Specialist (Dec. 2017 to Dec. 2022).
Senior Environmental Specialist - Social Impact (May 2022 to Aug. 2022).
Project Development Specialist - DT-Global (Oct. 2021 – Dec. 2021).
Resilience Specialist - DT-Global (Aug. 2021 – Oct 2021.)
Project Preparation Specialist – Asian Institute of Technology Regional Resource Centre for Asia and the Pacific) (June 2021)
Teaching Assistant – University of the South Pacific (Jan. 2020 – Jun. 2020).
Project Preparation Trainer – DT-Global (Jul. 2019 – Sep. 2019).
Project Preparation Trainer – AECOM (Feb. 2019 – April 2019).
Lecturer, Department of Geography and Environment, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Honolulu HI, USA, (Jan. 2010– May, 2020).
Climate Research Analyst, Research Cooperation of the University of Hawaiʻi (RCUH), Honolulu HI, USA, (Jun. 2018 - Nov. 2019).
Project Preparation Trainer, USAID Climate Ready, Suva, Fiji (Oct. 2018 – Sep. 2019).
Post-Doctorate Research Fellow, University of Hawaiʻi, Honolulu HI, USA, (Jun. 2015 - Dec. 2017).
Graduate Research Assistant and Field Technician, Honolulu HI, (Jan. 2009 - May 2015).
Courses Taught
GEOG 305 Water and Society
GEOG 300 Introduction to Climatology
GEOG 102 World Regional Geography
GEOG 101 The Natural Environment
GEOG 101 L The Natural Environment Lab
As of Spring 2021 I have taught 222 credits in the UH System
Languages
Research Skills
Scientific research and writing
Climate adaptation project preparation
Data analysis and data visualization
Policy analysis (e.g. Rio Convention implementation)
ArcGIS mapping and design
Computer programing (Visual Basic, R, Unix/Linx: Command line, Python)
Peer journal review (International Journal of Climatology, Solar Energy and Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, Journal of Water, Journal of Hydrometeorology)
Awards
Weins Memorial Award: Given to a graduating Ph.D. Student who has demonstrated outstanding research skills and who has made a significant contribution to the Geography department. Geography Department UH Mānoa May 2015
Outstanding Student Paper Award: for “Modeling clear-sky solar radiation across a range of elevations in Hawai‘i: Comparing the use of input parameters at different temporal resolutions” Geography Department UH Mānoa May 2012.
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