Work Experience
Map of Life (2021-2022)
I was a Postgraduate Associate at the Map of Life, a leading academic biodiversity conservation institution compiling global-scale biodiversity data and developing conservation indicators to guide global decision making. As a PGA, I used ArcGIS, Python, and Google Earth Engine among other tools to create spatial layers, develop tools for conservation research, and process biodiversity data, and I ran the communications strategy for the MOL team.
I was a Postgraduate Associate at the Map of Life, a leading academic biodiversity conservation institution compiling global-scale biodiversity data and developing conservation indicators to guide global decision making. As a PGA, I used ArcGIS, Python, and Google Earth Engine among other tools to create spatial layers, develop tools for conservation research, and process biodiversity data, and I ran the communications strategy for the MOL team.
NASA DEVELOP National Program (2021)
I participated in the NASA DEVELOP National Program on the Maya Forest Water Resources team at the Jet Propulsion Lab where I worked with my teammates, our science advisors at JPL, and our many partners based in Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, and the US to map below-canopy inundation in the Maya Forest. For this project, I used Google Earth Engine and ArcGIS to develop a workflow for inundation mapping using Landsat and Synthetic Aperture Radar remote sensing data and create communication materials about our project and results to share with our partners and other researchers.
I participated in the NASA DEVELOP National Program on the Maya Forest Water Resources team at the Jet Propulsion Lab where I worked with my teammates, our science advisors at JPL, and our many partners based in Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, and the US to map below-canopy inundation in the Maya Forest. For this project, I used Google Earth Engine and ArcGIS to develop a workflow for inundation mapping using Landsat and Synthetic Aperture Radar remote sensing data and create communication materials about our project and results to share with our partners and other researchers.
Publications
Savan, M., Tafoya, K., O'Brien, L., Jiménez, S., & Rudic, T. 2021. Maya Forest Water Resources I: Using NASA Earth Observations to Map Forested Inundation in the Maya Forest. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20210021332
Rudic, T.E.; McCulloch L.A.; Cushman K.C. 2020. Comparison of smartphone and drone lidar methods for characterizing spatial variation in PAI in a tropical forest. Remote Sens. 12, 1765. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12111765
Rudic, T.E.; McCulloch L.A.; Cushman K.C. 2020. Comparison of smartphone and drone lidar methods for characterizing spatial variation in PAI in a tropical forest. Remote Sens. 12, 1765. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12111765