My name is Shannon Rose and I am currently serving as a Biological Science Technician at U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). I live in Minneapolis, MN and work out of the USFWS Region 3 regional office in Bloomington, MN. I have a passion for the environment and love that I work to conserve public and private land in the United States. I work with a small group of cartographers within the Realty Department on a project to map protected wetlands on historical easement land acquisitions. I really enjoy the aspect of public service and environmental protection within my current position.
Overview:
I am a graduate of the University of
Wisconsin- Eau Claire. I graduated in May 2018 Magna Cum Laude with a double major in Biology and Geography, a minor in Environmental Science, and a Geospatial Certificate. I originally entered
college with a declared major in biology, but through taking numerous geography
courses for my Environmental Science minor I fell in love with geography. I couldn’t choose only one to pursue, so my
junior year I decided to become a double major, majoring in both biology and
geography. I am passionate about geographic information systems (GIS) and have decided to pursue a certificate at the university in this as well. I was still able to graduate in the four-year tradition. I
love a challenge and completing two majors has kept me busy and focused.
I had two on campus jobs that both go with my passion for geography while at the university. I was a lab assistant for Geography 338: Remote
Sensing of the Environment. I held office hours through the school week for students in the class to ask questions
and I graded assignments from the class.
My second job was completing a research project with geography faculty member Dr. Cyril Wilson of our own design. We researched the impact climate change
will have on crop growth and forest health in the lower Chippewa River area in
Wisconsin. We used modeling and
LiDAR remote sensing techniques to complete the project.
I have has two amazing summer research internship
positions. The summer after my sophomore
year I worked at the University of Minnesota: Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science
Reserve as a field technician for the BioCON ongoing research project. This past summer I worked as a field
technician for the USGS in North Dakota monitoring the endangered species of
the bird the Piping Plover.
I enjoy being in nature and exploring. I love traveling and studied abroad with the
biology department in Belize during January of 2017. Cultural immersion and ecosystem studies were
the main topics of the trip. This trip
enhanced my love for both biology and geography.
Post graduation I accepted and began a position in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the University of Massachusetts- Amherst as a Research Fellow (GIS Specialist) in the Microwave Remote Sensing Laboratory (MIRSL). I worked with researchers at UMass, NASA, and international partners to develop algorithms, training, and GIS products for various satellite projects including NISAR and SWOT. The research aimed to determine coverage, applications, and performance of satellites for different ecological regions worldwide. While at this position I was a co-author on four different published academic papers.
Post graduation I accepted and began a position in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the University of Massachusetts- Amherst as a Research Fellow (GIS Specialist) in the Microwave Remote Sensing Laboratory (MIRSL). I worked with researchers at UMass, NASA, and international partners to develop algorithms, training, and GIS products for various satellite projects including NISAR and SWOT. The research aimed to determine coverage, applications, and performance of satellites for different ecological regions worldwide. While at this position I was a co-author on four different published academic papers.
