PATRÍCIA MALICO DE MELLO ALEXANDRE - Doctoral Student

Transcription

1 Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology University of Wisconsin-Madison 1630 Linden Drive Madison, WI 53706, USA Phone: +1 (608) PATRÍCIA MALICO DE MELLO ALEXANDRE - Doctoral Student RESEARCH INTERESTS Society s adaptation to wildfire; Wildland Urban Interface (WUI); Coupled human natural systems (CHANS); Spatial Modeling; GIS applications. EDUCATION Ph. D. student at University of Wisconsin Madison. Research Focus: Modelling building loss to wildfires in the Wildland Urban Interface for the conterminous United States. Major Course Work: Statistical methods for biosciences I & II; Land Use Policy & Planning; Communicating Science to policy makers; Advanced Landscape Ecology; Forest Fire Behaviour & Management; Master s Degree in Forestry ( ) Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Lisbon, Portugal Research Focus: Calibration of 3-PG (Physiological Principles in Predicting Growth) model for pinus pinaster in Portugal using data from previously established trials scarce all over the country. Major Course Work: Natural Resources Modelling; Management and Ecology of Fire; Forest Systems Regeneration; Multi-functional Forest Systems. Bachelor s Degree Forestry (awarded 2007) Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Lisbon, Portugal AWARDS Other: Professional degree in Geomatics (2006) Geomatics GIS professional training GeoPoint (Lisboa, Portugal) Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), Portugal, to continue Ph.D. studies in the U.S. - 25,300 EUR/year Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology Travel Scholarship - $ University of Wisconsin, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences - $1, Fulbright fellowship - $25, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal - $4,

2 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Currently dissertator for a Ph.D. degree and Research Assistant at the University of Wisconsin Madison. Teaching Assistant for Biometry course (Forestry major) at the Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology University of Wisconsin Madison. Responsible for all the labs; Taught 5 lectures total during the semester; Responsible for equipment distribution and maintenance; Helped with 3 day length Field trip. Teaching Assistant at the Forestry Summer Camp at Kemp Natural Resource Station ( Camp is part of the forestry degree at the Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology University of Wisconsin Madison. Monitoring and guidance of students throughout the course length with field work, learning, and evaluation activities Researcher for the Fire Lab at the Instituto Superior de Agronomia - Forestry Department in Lisbon, working with remote sensing and fire ecology (January 2009 July 2010) ArcGIS (ESRI) Trainer at Geo Point Academy - Rua Rosa Araújo, Lisbon, Portugal ( Provided technical support and translation for an independent, strategic study designed to provide a comprehensive review of fire protection capability in Portugal commissioned by Grupo Portucel- Soporcel (GPS). As the primary interpreter for the review, translated key fire planning and policy documents, supported interviews of state and private actors, and accompanied visits to field offices and fire command posts with the US based consultants conducting the study. (May to August) Grant awarded from Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal at the Joint Research Center - Institute for Environment and Sustainability - Natural Hazards Unit, for two months. Research involved using of remote sensing to monitor the vegetation regeneration after large fires in southern Europe. A protocol between JRC and ISA was born from this internship that continues. 10 month grant awarded from Forest Engineer Department of the Technical University of Lisbon. Research involved modeling and inventory methodologies of forest resources in Portugal and contributed to my research for my master thesis. International Forestry Work camp in the German Forest Office of Kastellaun, (August) Tended plantations and young stands of natural regeneration works; selected and pruned elite trees; marking trees for thinning and calculation; and reforestation planning. Summer internship at pulp company Stora Enso Celbi in Óbidos, Quinta do Furadouro, conducting Forest Inventory and working at the Tree Nursery. 2

3 During my Forestry degree program, was involved in different lab tasks and field work for several institute-sponsored research projects including: Quercus suber and Eucalyptus globulus, Biomass studies and Carbon Dynamics in Soils PUBLICATIONS Patricia M. Alexandre, Susan I. Stewart, Miranda H. Mockrin, Nicholas S. Keuler Alexandra D. Syphard, Avi Bar-Massada, Murray K. Clayton, Volker C. Radeloff, 2015, The relative impacts of vegetation, topography and spatial arrangement on building loss to wildfires in case studies of California and Colorado, Landscape Ecology, in review. Alexandre, P.M., Mockrin, M., Stewart, S., Hammer, R., Radeloff, V., 2015, Rebuilding and new housing d after wildfire, International Journal of Wildland Fire, 24(1). Mockrin, M., Stewart, S.I., Radeloff, V., Hammer, R., Alexandre, P.M., Adapting to wildfire: Rebuilding after home loss, Society & Natural Resources, in press. Alexandre, P.M., 2011, Analyzing the Resilience of Mediterranean Forest Systems to Wildfire Using Satellite Imagery, on-line article in Earthzine.org: Castro, J.; Gonçalves, J. N. ; Alexandre, P.M. ; de Stephanis, R. ; Verborgh, P.; Laborde, M., 2011, Distribution of harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) in the South of Portugal, 25th Ann. Meeting European Cetacean Society, Cadiz, Spain March Alexandre, P.M.; Kucera, J.; San-Miguel Ayanz, J.; Mota, B.; Pereira, J., 2009, Monitoring post-fire vegetation regeneration of the 2003 burned areas in Portugal using a time-series of MODIS enhanced vegetation index, in 7th International Workshop on Advances in RS and GIS Applications in Forest Fire Management, Matera, 2-5 September. Alexandre, P.M., 2009, Calibration of the 3-PG model to Pinus pinaster stands in Portugal, master degree final dissertation in forest and Natural Resources, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Technical University of Lisbon, Lisboa. Tomé, M.; Barreiro, S.; Cortiçada, A.; Paulo, J. A.; Meyer, A. V.; Ramos, T.; Alexandre, P.M.; Forest Inventory Areas, Volumes and Biomass of Forest Stands Nacional Results by NUT s II e III, Technical University of Lisbon - Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Centro de Estudos Florestais, Lisboa. Alexandre, P.M., 2007, Forest biomass ashes application in an arenosoil: effects on nutrients lixiviation dynamics, undergraduate degree Final report in Forest and Natural Resources Engineer, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Technical University of Lisbon, Lisboa. Alexandre, P.M.; Nunes, A.; Freire, S.; Geodatabase Drawing to Support a Forest Management Plan, Actas do ESIG IX GIS users gathering, November 2006, Oeiras, Portugal, 9 pp. unpaginated CD-ROM. 3

4 PROFESSIONAL PROGRAMS, CONFERENCES, & ADDITIONAL TECHNICAL TRAINING Participation in the Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT): Novel ecosystems, rapid change, and no-analog conditions: the future of biodiversity conservation in human-dominated landscapes ( Alexandre, P., Mockrin, M.H., Stewart, S.I., Syphard, A., Bar-Massada, A., Hammer, R., Keuler, N. Clayton, M., Radeloff, V., Modeling structure loss to wildfires in the Wildland Urban Interface. Oral presentation at the Large Wildland Fires Social, Political & Ecological Effects Conference, May 19-23, 2014 Missoula, MT, co-hosted by the International Association of Wildland Fire & the Association for Fire Ecology Participation in the Wisconsin Wildland Urban Interface Conference, August 6 & 7, 2013 Madison, WI, organized by The National Resource Conservation & Development Councils and the International Code Council Mockrin, M.H., S. I. Stewart, P. Alexandre, G. Sanfaçon, V.C. Radeloff, R. B. Hammer. Adapting to Wildfire: Rebuilding After Structure Loss. January Poster presented at NCSE's 13th National Conference on Science, Policy, and the Environment: Disasters and Environment: Science, Preparedness, and Resilience. January 15-January 17, 2013 Mockrin, M.H., S. I. Stewart, P. Alexandre, V.C. Radeloff, R. B. Hammer. June Housing Development and Rebuilding after Wildfire: How Do Communities Adapt to Structure Loss? Talk presented at International Symposium on Society and Resource Management (ISSRM), Estes Park, CO. June 5, Participation in the 17th International Symposium on Society and Resource Management, Integrating Conservation and Sustainable Living, Madison, Wisconsin USA, June 4-8, Alexandre, P.; Mota, B.; Kucera, J.; San-Miguel Ayanz, J.; Pereira, J.M.C.; Monitoring postfire vegetation regeneration of the 2003 burned areas in Portugal using a time-series of MODIS enhanced vegetation index, in 7th International Workshop, Advances in RS and GIS applications in Forest Fire Management - Towards an operational use of remote sensing in forest fire management, EARSEL, Matera, Italy, 2-5 September, Participation in Practical course of exploratory statistics: Natural patterns obtained trough regression techniques, between 20 and 25 de July in Évora, organized by Évora University, College "Espírito Santo Cátedra Rui Nabeiro" Participation in the 33rd International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment, between 4 and 8 of May in Stresa, Italy, with ESA Education sponsorship Scientific writing workshop, Oceanography Institute of the Lisbon Faculty of Sciences, April (14h) Spanish course organized by the principal office of the Technical University of Lisbon during the fall semester 4

5 2008 Initial Pedagogic Training of Trainers at EspiralSoft, July (90h) Geostatistics and spatial modeling course at GeoPoint, February (60h) Innovative Approaches for Sustainable Management of Forest Ecosystems Under a Changing Environment FORCE course, organized by NFZ, ForestNet, in Freiburg (Germany), from October 7 th to 19 th. Other Expertise and Skills Beginner experience with Python language Good skills with R software GIS expert with good knowledge of ArcGis 10 Good computer skills (Word, Excel, Access, Power-Point, Paint Shop Pro, Publisher, Visio and Outlook) Professional Proficiency in Speaking and Written English Speaking Proficiency in French and Spanish 5