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Kjersti Johnson

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Last update: 06.09.2022

Marine Biologist, GIS Analyst, Cartographer, Data Processor

Graduation: Master of Marine Sciences
Hourly-/Daily rates: show
Languages: English (Limited professional)

Attachments

Johnson_CV_2020.docx

Skills

Highly motivated and focused marine scientist with diverse experience in spatial analysis and ecological conservation.

Proficient in: ArcGIS Pro, ArcMap, ArcGIS Online, Collector for ArcGIS, Google Earth, Microsoft Office, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, GPS (Trimble, Garmin), Python, R Studio, R Commander, PCORD, SPSS, Stella, NetLogo, Photoshop, GIS, roaming, database, raw data, ArcGIS, programming, deep learning, MEC

Project history

07/2018 - 08/2018
CARTOGRAPHER
SOUTH AFRICAN ANIMAL SANCTUARY ALLIANCE

* Created GIS site maps and story maps for SAASA's newest free roaming primate sanctuary
* Photographed all primates residing in the sanctuary to create a species database

09/2017 - 05/2018
DATA PROCESSOR
OCEANIC IMAGING CONSULTANTS

* Processed raw data from multibeam and side-scan sonar surveys to create maps of the seafloor
using CleanSweep software
* Created geo-coded imagery, maps, and reports
* Exported bathymetry to ArcGIS for spatial analysis
* Archived a database of sonar surveys
* Worked on a programming team using Python and a deep learning approach to code SAMM (Stand Alone
Mosaicking Module) forward-look sonar for automatic target recognition analysis in the interest of
identifying objects on the seafloor and removal of MEC (Munitions and Explosives of Concern)

09/2016 - 05/2018
RESEARCH ASSISTANT
PELAGICOS LAB AT THE OCEANIC INSTITUTE

* Performed necropsies on several different species of seabirds
* Analyzed, sorted, and weighed diet samples
* Quantified plastic ingestion in Hawaiian seabirds
* Compiled statistical data on incidence of plastic ingestion in seabird species
* Educational outreach regarding marine debris

09/2008 - 05/2009
RESEARCH ASSISTANT
JOHNSON LAB AT THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO

* Used parasite-induced malformations in amphibians as a model system to investigate how
environmental change affects the levels of disease pathology

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