Curriculum Vitae

Sr. Reporting DBA

KLDiscovery

Austin, Texas

Degrees

PhD: 2012, Science, University of Amsterdam

Dissertation: "How birds weather the weather: avian migration in the mid-latitudes" available at http://dare.uva.nl/record/421932.

MSc: 2007, Physical Geography, The Louisiana State University

Thesis: "Spatial and temporal distribution of solar radiation in Louisiana" available at http://etd.lsu.edu/docs/available/etd-04122007-121356/unrestricted/Kemp_thesis.pdf.

BS: 2003, Geography, The Louisiana State University

Research

  1. Atmospheric effects on bird migration
    • Developing automated forecast models of avian migration intensity and altitude distribution for use in flight safety by the Netherlands and Belgian Air Forces.
    • Exploring the influences of atmospheric variables on altitude selection by avian migrants through data-driven modeling and simulation.
    • Using data-driven modeling to understand the influence of atmospheric factors on the timing and intensity of avian migration in the Netherlands.
    • Analysis of wind conditions relative to avian migration speeds in Western Europe.
  2. Quantifying flow-assistance for volant and natant organisms and developing robust and flexible models to simulate trajectories according to different behavioral rules.
  3. Developing open-source software to help ecologists retrieve, process, and visualize atmospheric data.
  4. Analysis of the spatial and temporal distribution of solar radiation in Louisiana.
  5. Determining the effects of the pyrethrum misting system on populations of mosquitoes.

Publications

  1. Kemp, M.U., Shamoun-Baranes, J., Dokter, A. M., van Loon, E. E., and Bouten, W. 2012. The influence of weather on the flight altitude of nocturnal migrants in mid-latitudes. Ibis. 155(4): 734-749. -- DOI: 10.1111/ibi.12064
  2. Kemp, M.U., Shamoun-Baranes, J., van Loon, E. E., McLaren, J. D., Dokter, A., and Bouten, W. 2012. Quantifying flow-assistance and implications for movement research. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 308: 56-67. -- DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2012.05.026
  3. Kemp, M. U., van Loon, E. E., Shamoun-Baranes, J., and Bouten, W. 2011. RNCEP: global weather and climate data at your fingertips. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 3: 65-70 -- DOI: 10.1111/j.2041-210X.2011.00138.x.
  4. Kemp, M.U., Shamoun-Baranes, J., van Gasteren, H., Bouten, W., and van Loon, E.E. 2010. Can wind help explain seasonal differences in avian migration speed? Journal of Avian Biology. 41: 672-677.
  5. Dokter, A.M., Shamoun-Baranes, J., Kemp, M.U., Tijm, S., and Holleman, I. High altitude layering of nocturnally migrating passerines at temperate latitudes. PLoS ONE 8(1): e52300. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0052300.

Conferences and presentations

  1. IBED Scientific Afternoon - April 26, 2012 -- Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • Selected representative of the Computational GeoEcology group presenting "How birds' weather the weather"
  2. Netherlands Ecological Research Network (NERN)- December 8, 2011 -- Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • Demonstration of the Virtual Lab for Bird Migration Modelling
  3. European Ornithologists' Union Conference - August 27-30, 2011 -- Riga, Latvia
    • Presentation of oral paper 'Modeling avian altitude distributions to improve flight safety'
  4. Enabling Grids for E-SciencE (EGEE) - September 21-24, 2009 -- Barcelona, Spain
    • Demonstration of the Virtual Lab for Bird Migration Modelling as a representative for LifeWatch.
  5. European Ornithologists' Union Conference - August 21-26, 2009 -- Zürich, Switzerland
    • Presentation of oral paper 'Can wind help explain seasonal differences in avian migratory speed?'
  6. European Commission Research Connection - May 7-8, 2009 -- Prague, Czech Republic
    • Demonstration of the Virtual Lab for Bird Migration Modelling as a representative of LifeWatch.
  7. Applied Geography Conference - October 12-13, 2006 -- Tampa, Florida
    • Presentation of oral paper 'Spatial and temporal distribution of solar radiation across Louisiana'

Teaching

  1. Summer courses in Computational Geo-Ecology: Animal Movement Analysis
  2. July 5-9, 2010 -- Amsterdam, the Netherlands
  3. July 9-13. 2012 -- Amsterdam, the Netherlands
    • Graduate level course for international MSc and PhD students
    • Assisted with organization and course logistics
    • Designed lesson plans and course exercises
    • Lectured on topics in animal movement analysis
    • Developed and led interactive sessions to calculate and visualize movement statistics
    • Course received an excellent evaluation
  4. Measurement Strategies
  5. Feb. & Mar. 2011 & 2012 -- Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • Designed lesson plans and course exercises
    • Lectured on spatial analysis: spatial interpolation and point processes
    • Planned and implemented field excursions to collect data for student projects
    • Supervised student group projects
  6. Supporting student research
    • Developed software tools for data retrieval, management, analysis, and visualization.
    • One-on-one tutoring to MSc students on topics including statistics, modeling, visualization, SQL, and the R programming language

Selection of graduate courses taken

  1. Ecology of Animal Migration - September 29 - October 9, 2009 -- Lund, Sweden
    • Presentation of oral paper 'Can wind help explain seasonal differences in avian migratory speed?'
    • Topics: Locomotion, Migration and Dispersal, Orientation and Navigation, Ecophysiology, Genetics of Migration, Migration and Population Ecology, Evolution and Patterns of Migration, Migration and Conservation, Modelling Migration
    • Visited Falsterbo bird ringing station for demostration
    • Operated Lund University's bird tracking radar, obtained data and gave presentation of results.
  2. Summer courses in Computational Geo-Ecology: Inverse Modelling for Improving Environmental and Ecological Models - July 6-10, 2009 -- Amsterdam, the Netherlands
    • Attended lectures on inverse modelling techniques, theory, and software
    • Applied software and techniques during hands-on exercises
  3. GeoStat Summer School on Spatial Statistics - August 25-30, 2008 -- Amsterdam, the Netherlands
    • Course provided training for using R-based tools for statistical analysis of spatial and temporal data including lectures on spatio-temporal interpolation theory and the integration of R and GIS

Positions

5/2013-present

Sr. Reporting DBA

KLDiscovery

Austin, Texas

2/2007-12/2012

PhD / Postdoctoral Researcher

Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics

Department of Computational Geo-Ecology

University of Amsterdam

Amsterdam, The Netherlands

6/2007-2/2008

User Services Climatologist

Southern Regional Climate Center

Louisiana State University

Baton Rouge, Louisiana

8/2005-5/2007

Graduate Assistant / Computer Lab Monitor

Department of Geography and Anthropology

College of Arts and Sciences

The Louisiana State University

5/1998-12/2003 & 5/2004-8/2005

Information and Technology Manager

Couhig Environmental Services

16312 Perkins Rd., Baton Rouge, LA

6/2004-7/2005

Sound Technician/ Manager

SoGo Live

100 France St., Baton Rouge, LA

Computing Skills

Software/Data:

The R language for statistical computing, SQL Server, Matlab (Octave), Geomedia Professional, Erdas Imagine, ArcGIS, GoogleEarth, SAGA GIS, Geoda, Crimestat, SAS, SPSS, the Microsoft Office Suite, NetCDF, Postgres, SQLite, OpenDAP, and various audio/visual manipulation packages.

Methods:

modelling, statistical analysis, Generalized Additive Models, time series analysis, SQL, automation, data visualization, GIS, spatial statistics, parallel processing, reporting

Kemp Thesis