curriculum vitæ

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education

  • University of California, Santa Barbara Bren School of Enviromental Science and Management Santa Barbara, CA: 2008 - present

    Ph.D. Student, Hydrology, Ecohydrology

  • Brown University Center for Environmental Studies Providence, RI: May 2005

    Master of Arts, Environmental Studies

  • Cornell University Ithaca, NY: May 2003

    Bachelor of Science, City and Regional Planning

conferences & works in progress

  • Bray, Erin N., Chen, Xiaoli and Keller, Arturo A. "Instream Attenuation of Nitrogen and Phosphorus in Non-Point Source Dominated Streams: Hydrologic and Biogeochemical Controls". Poster presented to the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2010, San Francisco, CA.
  • In Review Konrad, C.P., Olden, J.D., Lytle. D.A., Melis, T., Schmidt, J.C., Bray, E.N., Freeman, M., Gido, K., Hemphill, N., Kennard, M., McMullen, L., Mims, M.C., Pyron, M., Robinson, C., Williams, J.G. "Large-scale flow experiments in managing water resources". Submitted 2010.
  • Bray, Erin N., Green, Mark B. and Arrigo, Jennifer Saleem "Historical Runoff Prediction in Ungaged Basins: Monte Carlo Simulation of Rainfall-Runoff Relationships in the 19th century Northeastern U.S.". Accepted as H52A-07 (oral session) to the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2009.
  • Bray, Erin N. and Havens, G. "The Land Use Planning Imperative: Applying Carbon Emissions Analyses". Presented at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, Poster PA33A-1026, San Francisco, CA, December 2007
  • Bray, Erin N. and Havens, G. "Sustainable Approaches to Campus Master Planning: A Case Study of Auburn University". Presented at the Smart and Sustainable Campuses Conference, College Park, MD April 2007
  • Bray, Erin N. and Havens, G. "Auburn University 2006 Campus Master Plan: Environmental Analysis and Campus Planning". Presented at the Rocky Mountain Sustainability Summit, Boulder, CO February 2007
  • Bray, Erin N. "Is it necessary to augment existing water supply to meet increasing water demands of suburban sprawl: A Case Study of Coventry and West Greenwich, Rhode Island". Poster Presented at the American Planning Association National Conference, San Francisco, CA January 2005

work

  • Hydrosynthesis Research Scholar New York, NY: 2009 Northeast Consortium for Hydrologic Synthesis (C. Vorosmarty)
    • Quantified the widespread alteration of hydrologic systems over local-to-regional domains focusing on the Northeast corridor of the United States over a 120-yr period (1800 to 1920).
    • Funded by the NSF and sponsored by CUASHI and the CUNY Environmental Crossroads Initiative.
  • Environmental Planner Boston, MA: Oct 2005 - July 2008 Sasaki Associates, Inc
    • Initiated and executed Sasaki's Green Planning Metrics and Planning Green Guidelines & performed natural resource analysis topics such as photovoltaics, greenroofs, recycling, planning green goals, wind energy, and others.
    • Performed Master Planning tasks such as: sustainable master plan for University of Maine; carbon footprint and watershed analysis for Auburn University, wind turbine siting and feasibility study for the University of Minnesota, authored Planning GREEN Sheets
  • Planning Assistant Richmond, RI: Oct 2003 - Oct 2005 Richmond Town Planning
    • Co-authored 2004 Affordable Housing Plan, Comprehensive Plan for 5-year update to Statewide Planning and Hazard Mitigation Plan; reviewed subdivision applications.
  • Environmental Program Instructor Big Island, Hawaii: 2005 Brown Environmental Learning Laboratory (BELL)
    • Guided high school students in participatory learning of tropical reefs, rainforests, volcanoes and Hawaii's ecosystems.
    • Served as an ongoing environmental educator, activities coordinator and leadership mentor.
  • Teaching Assistant Providence, RI: 2005 Brown University Center for Environmental Studies
    • Assisted graduate-level course (topic: Blackstone River Valley)
  • Director of Marketing Ithaca, NY: 2002 - 2003 On Site Volunteer Services, Inc.
    • Designed marketing, publicity, and outreach strategies for expanding non-profit services to facilitate volunteerism between youth, students, and community organizations

honors & membership

  • 2009-2010 Toyota Motor Sales Fellowship Recipient
  • 2009 Flow Experiments Working Group, National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS)
  • 2009 Donald G. Hagman Scholar, UC Santa Barbara
  • 2008-2009 Toyota Motor Sales Fellowship Recipient
  • 2004 & 2005 Environmental Studies Representative, Brown University Graduate Student Council
  • 2003 Cornell Urban and Regional Studies Academic Achievement Award Recipient
  • 2002 National Society of Collegiate Scholars
  • 2001 Cornell Club of Buffalo Scholarship Recipient
  • 1999 Chancellor's Leadership Residential Academic Program at CU Boulder

skills

  • Basins 4.0
  • WARMF 6.2
  • Geographic Information Systems Versions 8.3 and 9.0
  • Arcview and ArcMap
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Working Knowledge Adobe InDesign
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, etc)
  • Elementary Italian
  • Certified Yoga Instructor (500-hour certification, YogaWorks)
  • CPR/AED Certified, American Red Cross