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I am a broadly trained marine population and community ecologist⎯interested in understanding the interplay of species’ traits, environmental variability, and population and community dynamics⎯with unique experience in and a passion for synthesizing science and applying it to real-world policy and management challenges. I completed my Stanford University in September 2012 with a dissertation entitled, “Aligning Complex, Adaptive Systems Theory and Data-Limited Assessment Strategies for Improved Fisheries Management.” During the completion of my Stanford PhD and the work that I performed during this period, I focused upon integrative fisheries management to bridge the gaps between regulators, scientists, and fishermen. This involved explicit consideration of optimal sampling designs and data collection protocols for long-term monitoring and evaluation of California’s network of marine protected areas. For years, I hoped to attend the Santa Fe Institute’s Complex Systems Summer School (CSSS) but was previously committed with PhD fieldwork and SCUBA diving to count fish each summer—until now! Today, I work for a private firm, | I am a broadly trained marine population and community ecologist⎯interested in understanding the interplay of species’ traits, environmental variability, and population and community dynamics⎯with unique experience in and a passion for synthesizing science and applying it to real-world policy and management challenges. I completed my Stanford University PhD in September 2012 with a dissertation entitled, “Aligning Complex, Adaptive Systems Theory and Data-Limited Assessment Strategies for Improved Fisheries Management.” During the completion of my Stanford PhD and the work that I performed during this period, I focused upon integrative fisheries management to bridge the gaps between regulators, scientists, and fishermen. This involved explicit consideration of optimal sampling designs and data collection protocols for long-term monitoring and evaluation of California’s network of marine protected areas. For years, I hoped to attend the Santa Fe Institute’s Complex Systems Summer School (CSSS) but was previously committed with PhD fieldwork and SCUBA diving to count fish each summer—until now! Today, I work for a private firm, Integrated Statistics, but my office is at NOAA headquarters in Silver Spring, MD. I work on NOAA’s Large Marine Ecosystems program, which is complex, adaptive systems and adaptive management in action! | ||
As further motivation and enthusiasm for CSSS 2013, I am keenly interested in disease ecology. My interest stems from my own Lyme disease misdiagnosis and the ineffectiveness of conventional medical treatments. To fully heal myself and recover, I resorted to collaborating with other researchers and medical doctors to pioneer a novel treatment protocol using experimental nano-mineral treatments to facilitate antibiotic delivery across the blood-brain barrier, combat intracellular infection, and dissolve biofilms. It involves intravenous treatment with nano-silver, nano-gold, and trace minerals (oligotherapy), energetically treated by a plasma arc to increase resonance potential and efficacy. No doubt, my willingness to use my own body as a guinea pig was a risk—but a calculated risk that ultimately paid off by returning my health to 100% capacity. My decision to take such a personal risk was deeply rooted in basic science and empirical data, combined with my knowledge of the human body as its own ecosystem with resilience, hysteresis, and multi-system dynamics with synergistic properties. Hence, my training in complex, adaptive systems indirectly helped return me to life. | As further motivation and enthusiasm for CSSS 2013, I am keenly interested in disease ecology. My interest stems from my own Lyme disease misdiagnosis and the ineffectiveness of conventional medical treatments. To fully heal myself and recover, I resorted to collaborating with other researchers and medical doctors to pioneer a novel treatment protocol using experimental nano-mineral treatments to facilitate antibiotic delivery across the blood-brain barrier, combat intracellular infection, and dissolve biofilms. It involves intravenous treatment with nano-silver, nano-gold, and trace minerals (oligotherapy), energetically treated by a plasma arc to increase resonance potential and efficacy. No doubt, my willingness to use my own body as a guinea pig was a risk—but a calculated risk that ultimately paid off by returning my health to 100% capacity. My decision to take such a personal risk was deeply rooted in basic science and empirical data, combined with my knowledge of the human body as its own ecosystem with resilience, hysteresis, and multi-system dynamics with synergistic properties. Hence, my training in complex, adaptive systems indirectly helped return me to life. | ||
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I am a broadly trained marine population and community ecologist⎯interested in understanding the interplay of species’ traits, environmental variability, and population and community dynamics⎯with unique experience in and a passion for synthesizing science and applying it to real-world policy and management challenges. I completed my Stanford University PhD in September 2012 with a dissertation entitled, “Aligning Complex, Adaptive Systems Theory and Data-Limited Assessment Strategies for Improved Fisheries Management.” During the completion of my Stanford PhD and the work that I performed during this period, I focused upon integrative fisheries management to bridge the gaps between regulators, scientists, and fishermen. This involved explicit consideration of optimal sampling designs and data collection protocols for long-term monitoring and evaluation of California’s network of marine protected areas. For years, I hoped to attend the Santa Fe Institute’s Complex Systems Summer School (CSSS) but was previously committed with PhD fieldwork and SCUBA diving to count fish each summer—until now! Today, I work for a private firm, Integrated Statistics, but my office is at NOAA headquarters in Silver Spring, MD. I work on NOAA’s Large Marine Ecosystems program, which is complex, adaptive systems and adaptive management in action!
As further motivation and enthusiasm for CSSS 2013, I am keenly interested in disease ecology. My interest stems from my own Lyme disease misdiagnosis and the ineffectiveness of conventional medical treatments. To fully heal myself and recover, I resorted to collaborating with other researchers and medical doctors to pioneer a novel treatment protocol using experimental nano-mineral treatments to facilitate antibiotic delivery across the blood-brain barrier, combat intracellular infection, and dissolve biofilms. It involves intravenous treatment with nano-silver, nano-gold, and trace minerals (oligotherapy), energetically treated by a plasma arc to increase resonance potential and efficacy. No doubt, my willingness to use my own body as a guinea pig was a risk—but a calculated risk that ultimately paid off by returning my health to 100% capacity. My decision to take such a personal risk was deeply rooted in basic science and empirical data, combined with my knowledge of the human body as its own ecosystem with resilience, hysteresis, and multi-system dynamics with synergistic properties. Hence, my training in complex, adaptive systems indirectly helped return me to life.
My experience with infectious disease science is distinct from my marine ecosystem expertise but both our human bodies and the oceans are complex, adaptive systems with non-linear dynamics and multiple stable states. For professional and personal reasons, I welcome this opportunity to study the underlying theory of complex systems. I welcome meeting all of you! Please feel free to connect with me on Facebook and/or LinkedIn