I am writing this email if anyone interested in my researc Dear All, I am writing this email if anyone interested in my research experience to work on any related project during summer. I am a lawful permanent resident in US, currently working at Bangor University, UK. I am coming to US and during my stay between May and September I would like to work with scientist like you to gain more knowledge. I will also keep applying to get postdoctoral research and tenure-track position to work and continue living there. (For now I can accept ANY summer position you may offer me)
My research interests and experience span a wide range of topics from Forest ecology to landscape ecology and species-level response to fragmentation. More specifically there are two focus areas of my work: (1) Modeling landscape pattern change both in composition and configuration, using remote sensing data, GIS and spatial statistics, 2) Vegetation inventory and analysis, and to investigate response of plant species composition and stand structure to fragmentation and within-habitat disturbance. I am very good at ecological sampling, vegetation data collection and analyses. I have the following knowledge and skills. · Scientific data analysis and interpretation using ecological software e.g. PcOrd/ TwinSpan, QED statistics (http://www.qedstatistics.com/), Primer, PAST(www.nhm.uio.no/norges/past/download.html)and EstimateS · Modeling the distribution of plant species along climate, environmental and disturbance gradient using CCA, PCA, NMDS available in Environmental Community Analyses Package IV (CAP4)(www.piscesconservation.com/shop/acatalog/ps-stats.html) · Analysis of differences in species composition between sites as well as within sites using Analysis of Similarity (ANOSIM) and Similarity percentage (SIMPER) described by Clarke (1993) and available in CAP4 · GIS, I have: § Demonstrated experience working with GIS applications in natural resource management and digital cartography § Demonstrated knowledge of Arc GIS 9.3 and extensions § Use of GPS and Geodata development § Use of symbols and labels to understand the data § Work with edit tools to create and clean the data, perform basic analysis, and create finished map · Digital Image processing using ERDAS § I am very good at image processing using both supervised and unsupervised classification technique · Patch Analyst (4) -Arc GIS extension. § I use Patch Analyst to analyse landscape pattern, habitat modeling for biodiversity conservation and forest management. § I use to quantify patches size, shape, connectivity, core area, fractal dimension and edge density. · Global Mapper § I use Global Mapper for distance and area calculation, elevation querying, contour generation from surface data, water shade delineation and etc. · Surfer 8 (a contouring and 3D surface mapping program) § I use Surfer to convert data into contour, 3D surface, 3D wireframe, vector, image, shaded relief (see more at http://www.ssg-surfer.com what Surfer is doing). · Plant collection and identification § I collect plant specimen using herbarium standard (give botanical description of plants including locality, habitat types, altitude, latitude and longitude. If you would like, I can also mount the collections on herbarium paper with a label § I identify plants using botanical keys and field guides, · I am also very good at mentoring students § I have gained a very good knowledge in mentoring both graduate and undergraduate students in forest ecology, landscape ecology and field practical If anyone need more information or interested in my experience, please send me an email to my personal address (rober...@yahoo.com or afp...@bangor.ac.uk) Yours faithfully Daye
