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Research
PhD Adviser: Michael Goulden
How does a declining snowpack affect water stress in the Sierra Nevada Mountains? What abiotic factors govern vegetation type in the coastal mountains of Southern California?
Contact
Dept. of Earth System Science
Croul Hall
University of California
Irvine, CA 92697
a.kelly@uci.edu
Curriculum vitae
Education
and Certification
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| 2007 |
Master of Science,
Environmental Science
California State University, Los Angeles
Thesis: Shifts
in the Deep Canyon Ecocline, 1977 - 2007 (pdf)
Adviser: Michael Goulden, UC Irvine |
2005
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Professional CLEAR Credential, Single
Subject, Physics
California State University, Los Angeles
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2001
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Bachelor of Science, Physics
California Institute of Technology
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Research
Experience
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2006
- 2007
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Vegetation survey and
climate analysis of changes in vegetation zonation and mortality along
an elevational transect in the Santa Rosa Mountains, Michael
Goulden. University of California, Irvine, CA.
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2005
- 2006
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Data collection and
analysis of spectral reflectance of vegetation in Arctic tundra and
California chaparral, John Gamon. California State University, Los
Angeles, CA
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2002
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Data collection and
analysis of spectral reflectance of vegetation in Arctic
tundra and California chaparral; Developed experiment to determine
influence of climate change on CO2 flux from Arctic bryophytes, John
Gamon. California State University, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
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2000
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Simulating the large
scale structure of the universe to place limits on cosmological
parameters, John Peacock, University of Edinburgh (Royal Observatory of
Edinburgh), Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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1999
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Analysis of
multiwavelength spectral energy distributions of Extremely Red Objects
to determine age and composition, David Thompson, Max Planck Institut
für Astronomie, Heidelberg, Germany
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1998
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Using the Palomar
Digital Sky Survey’s multiwavelength spectral energy distributions to
analyze high-redshift quasars and other peculiar objects, S. George
Djorgovski, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
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Work
Experience
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2005
- 2006
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Field assistant, California State
University, Los Angeles, CA and VECO Polar
- Developed experiment to determine influence of
climate change on CO2 flux from Arctic bryophytes
- Constructed and maintained automated tram system
for spectral reflectance data in Barrow, Alaska
- Collected and analyzed spectral reflectance data
for 2005 growing season
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2004 - 2005
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Science teacher, Franklin High
School, Los Angeles Unified School District,
Los Angeles, CA
- Taught chemistry, physics, geology, ecology, and
evolution to five classes of 40 students each
- Worked with colleagues to develop new curricula for
hands-on, investigative approach to learning science
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2002 - 2004
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Observer Support staff, Spitzer
Science Center, California Institute of
Technology, Pasadena, CA
- Worked with scientists to publish technical
documentation
- Developed applications to analyze and coordinate
Spitzer observations
- Ran workshops for scientists on using Spitzer
observation software
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2005
- 2007
2001 - 2003
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Applications developer, NASA/IPAC
Extragalactic Database, Infrared
Processing and Analysis Center, California Institute of Technology,
Pasadena, CA
- Developed software tools to input and analyze
gigabytes of astronomical data for public access
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2000
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Applications developer,
firstlook.com, Sherman Oaks, CA
- Coordinated gigabytes of data with Amazon.com for
serving on the web
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1998
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Teaching assistant, California
Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
Optics.
- Optics theory, assisted with laboratory experiments.
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1995 - 1996
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Web developer, ARCO Alaska,
Inc.
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Awards
Received
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2005
- 2007
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National Science
Foundataion CEA-CREST Graduate Fellow
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2001
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Frank Terrugi Memorial
Prize
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1999
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Caltech Summer
Undergraduate Research Fellowship, for study at the Royal Observatory
of Edinburgh, Scotland |
1998
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Robert and Delpha Noland Summer Internship, for study at the Max
Planck Institute für Astronomie, Heidelberg, Germany |
Publications
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| 1. |
Kelly A, Goulden M. 2008. Rapid shifts in plant distribution with recent climate change. PNAS. In press. |
2.
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Kelly A, Goulden
M. 2007. Climate influence on shifts in the Deep Canyon
ecocline, 1977 - 2007. Eos
Trans. AGU, 88(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract GC41A-0115. |
3.
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Mazzarrella JM, Madore
BF, Corwin H, Schmitz M, Bennett J, Kelly A, Helou G, Skiff B.
2002. Statistical Analysis and Visualization of Multiwavelength
Spectral Energy Distributions in the NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database
(NED). Proceedings of SPIE:
Astronomical Data Analysis II 4847: 254-264. |
4.
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Thompson D, Kelly AE,
Sawicki M, Soifer BT, Matthews K. 1999. Study of Extremely Red
Objects. Photometric Redshifts and
the Detection of High
Redshift Galaxies, ASP
Conference Series 191: 291. |
5.
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DPOSS, Djorgovski SG,
Odewahn SC, Gal RR, de Carvalho R, Kelly A, Kollmeier J, Kartalov E,
Darling J, Desai V. 1998. High-Redshift Quasars and Other
Peculiar-Color Objects in DPOSS. American Astronomical Society,
192nd AAS Meeting, #55.22; Bulletin
of the American Astronomical
Society
30: 1153.
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6.
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Bloom JS, Djorgovski SG,
Gal RR, Kulkarni SR, Kelly A. 1998. GRB
980519 optical observations. GRB
Coordinates Network 87: 1. |
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