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Hire Dr. Elsa N.

United States

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Geographer and Climatologist, experience in Climate Variability and Change

Profile Summary

My research experience is relatively extensive. I participated in projects of Statistical Forecasts of precipitation in the Andes based on teleconnections, the relationship between el Ninho and precipitation in the Peruvian Andes, analysis of the significant changes in land-surface precipitation that have occurred over the last 100+ years. During my PhD at the University of Delaware, I developed a new spatial-interpolation method that takes into account important topographic features in order to identify optimal relationships with precipitation. I had the opportunity to assess my interpolator to estimate precipitation of contiguous U.S. during my postdoctoral research at CICS-North Carolina State University (one of NOAA's cooperative institutes). Currently I am participating in different research projects: the use of my topographic features considered in my interpolator to evaluate satellite precipitation estimates, the assessment of my interpolator in other mountainous regions, and the changes in dry areas in Latin America. My areas of interest/skills are: climate variability and change, spatial analysis, programming (Fortran, R, Matlab), Geographic Information Systems, climate change impacts and water resources

Subject Matter Expertise

• ★ Climate Science
• ☆ Data Analysis
• ☆ Spatial Statistics
• ☆ Geography & Cartography
• ☆ Geographic Information Systems
• ☆ Geography Education

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Data & AI

Writing Technical Writing

Research Gray Literature Search, Systematic Literature Review, Secondary Data Collection

Data & AI Statistical Analysis, Algorithm Design-Non ML, Data Visualization

Work Experience

Visiting Professor

DeVry University

September 2018 - Present

Visiting Professor

DeVry University - North Brunswick Campus

September 2018 - Present

Affiliated Assistant Professor

University of Delaware

September 2016 - Present

Affiliated Assistant Professor

University of Delaware

September 2016 - Present

PostDoctoral Research Scholar

Climate and Satellites (CICS-NC)/North Carolina State University/ NOAA’s National Centers for Environment Information

March 2014 - May 2016

Research Assistant

Delaware Environmental Observing System (DEOS)/ University of Delaware

September 2013 - December 2013

Instructor / Teaching Assistane

University of Delaware- Geography Department

September 2004 - February 2013

Research Assistant

, Centro de Predicción Numérica del Tiempo y Clima-Instituto Geofísico del Perú

March 1997 - August 2002

Education

PhD

University of Delaware - Geography Department

September 2007 - July 2012

MS

University of Delaware - Geography Department

September 2002 - May 2007

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.