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Hire Dr. Barbara H.

New Zealand

USD 105 /hr

Spatial analyst with environment and sustainability experience, especially forestry (25+yrs)

Profile Summary

Spatial Analyst with extensive experience in GIS, spatial data and analytics, ESRI products, data mining, visualisations and developing toolkits (scripting). Excellent reputation for resolving problems, innovative solutions, and customer satisfaction. Analytical expert in the fields of GIS for forestry, in environmental, ecological and economic GIS analysis, in surveying and remote sensing, transportation and bioenergy-related analytics, social geography. Project leader including proposal writing and reporting.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ★ Geographic Information Systems
• ☆ Forestry
• ☆ Remote Sensing
• ☆ Land Use Planning
• ☆ Sustainable Development

Services

• Writing
• Data & AI

Writing Technical Writing, Newswriting

Data & AI Statistical Analysis, Data Visualization

Work Experience

Pricipal Analyst

Candleford

March 2018 - Present

Principal Analyst

Candleford

March 2018 - Present

Senior Scientist

Scion

June 1991 - February 2018

Project leader (Hydrographic software)

Trimble Navigation Ltd

1988 - 1991

Analyst programmer

Siemens AG

1982 - 1984

Education

PhD

University of Auckland

May 2012 - September 2018

MSc (Mathematical Statistics)

University of Cape Town

1986 - 1987

BSc Hons

University of South Africa

January 1985 - December 1985

BSc (Science)

University of KwaZulu-Natal

1978 - 1981

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Bayne, K.M., Höck, B.K., Spence, H.R., Crawford, K.A., Payn, T.W., Barnard, T.D.(2015). New Zealand school children’s perceptions of local forests and the Montréal Process Criteria and Indicators: comparing local and international value systems . New Zealand Journal of Forestry Science. 45. (1). p. 1-17.

Hock, B., Payn, T., Heaphy, M.(2014). Issues in the re-use of non-forestry specific spatial data sources for national environmental reporting on planted forests in New Zealand . Journal of Spatial Science. 59. (2). p. 237-252.

Hock, B.K.(2013). Value-driven sustainable forest management in New Zealand . International Journal of Environmental Sustainability. 8. (4). p. 71-85.

Hock, B., Payn, T.(2013). Visualising information: The potential to communicate sustainability . New Zealand Journal of Forestry. 57. (4). p. 27-31.

Hock, B.K., Blomqvist, L., Hall, P., Jack, M., Möller, B., Wakelin, S.J.(2012). Understanding forest-derived biomass supply with GIS modelling . Journal of Spatial Science. 57. (2). p. 213-232.

Swaffield, S., Hock, B.(2012). Can we still see the wood for the trees? Landscape visualisation in forestry . New Zealand Journal of Forestry. 57. (3). p. 25-30.

Smaill, S.J., Clinton, P.W., Höck, B.K.(2011). A nutrient balance model (NuBalM) to predict biomass and nitrogen pools in Pinus radiata forests . Forest Ecology and Management. 262. (2). p. 270-277.

Watt, M.S., Palmer, D.J., Höck, B.K.(2011). Spatial description of potential areas suitable for afforestation within New Zealand and quantification of their productivity under Pinus radiata . New Zealand Journal of Forestry Science. 41. p. 115-129.

Hock, B.(2010). Demonstrating sustainability . New Zealand Journal of Forestry. 55. (1).

Watt, M.S., Palmer, D.J., Kimberley, M.O., Höck, B.K., Payn, T.W., Lowe, D.J.(2010). Development of models to predict Pinus radiata productivity throughout New Zealand . Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 40. (3). p. 488-499.

Palmer, D.J., Watt, M.S., Kimberley, M.O., Hock, B.K., Payn, T.W., Lowe, D.J.(2010). Mapping and explaining the productivity of Pinus radiata in New Zealand . New Zealand Journal of Forestry. 55. (1). p. 15-21.

Palmer, D.J., Höck, B.K., Kimberley, M.O., Watt, M.S., Lowe, D.J., Payn, T.W.(2009). Comparison of spatial prediction techniques for developing Pinus radiata productivity surfaces across New Zealand . Forest Ecology and Management. 258. (9). p. 2046-2055.

Hock, B., Payn, T., Clinton, P., Turner, J.(2009). Towards green markets for New Zealand plantations . New Zealand Journal of Forestry. 54. (1). p. 9-18.

Brockerhoff, E.G., Shaw, W.B., Hock, B., Kimberley, M., Paul, T., Quinn, J., Pawson, S.(2008). Re-examination of recent loss of indigenous cover in New Zealand and the relative contributions of different land uses . New Zealand Journal of Ecology. 32. (1). p. 115-126.

Collerton, H., Hock, B., Hawke, R., Payn, T.(2008). Digital terrain modelling for site productivity assessment and stand management in plantation forestry . New Zealand Journal of Forestry. 53. (1). p. 33-41.

Murphy, G., Marshall, H., Hock, B.(2005). Meeting order-book constraints by adaptive control of bucking on harvesters . USDA Forest Service - General Technical Report PNW. (656). p. 239-247.

Palmer, D.J., Lowe, D.J., Payn, T.W., Höck, B.K., McLay, C.D.A., Kimberley, M.O.(2005). Soil and foliar phosphorus as indicators of sustainability for Pinus radiata plantation forestry in New Zealand . Forest Ecology and Management. 220. (1-3). p. 140-154.

Fairweather, J., Hock, B.(2004). Forestry stakeholders' priorities for sustainable forest management research . New Zealand Journal of Forestry. 49. (2). p. 24-27.

Hock, B., Hay, E.(2003). Forest certification in New Zealand: How are we doing? . New Zealand Journal of Forestry. 47. (4). p. 17-23.

Goulding, C.J., Trotter, C.M., Hock, B.K., Hitchcock, S.(2000). Determining the location of trees and their log products within a stand . New Zealand Journal of Forestry. 45. (1). p. 34-39.

Payn, T.W., Hill, R.B., Höck, B.K., Skinner, M.F., Thorn, A.J., Rijkse, W.C.(1999). Potential for the use of GIS and spatial analysis techniques as tools for monitoring changes in forest productivity and nutrition, a New Zealand example . Forest Ecology and Management. 122. (1-2). p. 187-196.