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Hi, I'm Alana Ginsburg.

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Passionate about geography, weather, and equitable adaptation to climate change.
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About

I hold a B.S. in Environmental Science and Policy from University of Maryland College Park, where I also minored in Atmospheric Science. Following a year of service, I am excited to pursue a PhD and return to conducting research analyzing geospatial climate data for applications related to climate change adaptation, severe weather, agricultural conditions, and/or institutional and community disaster response and recovery.

  • Languages: Python, R, Javascript, Fortran, Linux
  • Libraries: Pandas, Numpy, Scikit-learn
  • Tools & Technologies: Git, ArcGIS, Mapbox, Google Earth Engine

Experience

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NASA Harvest/UMD Department of Geography Undergraduate Intern

  • Research intern for 3.5 years under the mentorship of Dr. Catherine Nakalembe working on building crop yield models with machine learning, funding of earth observation for food security in Africa, and rangeland monitoring
  • Tools: Python, Google Earth Engine, Linux, QGIS
March 2021 - August 2024 | College Park, Maryland

Interviews

AlanaatAGU
People of Harvest Interview

July 2024 - Alana Ginsburg

Summary
  • Spotlight for NASA Harvest Monthly Newsletter July 2024
Alana with L. Chikopela of Zambia MoA
UMD GEOG Alumni Showcase

Alana Ginsburg, ENSP, Spring 2024

Description
  • Department of Geographical Sciences Alumni Q&A: Alana Ginsburg, ENSP/Global Environmental Change, Spring 2024
Alana from high school
Incoming Class Act-Maryland Today

Maryland Today article September 2020

Summary
  • Maryland Today profile (September 2020) with spotlight on Alana as an incoming freshman
Connections map of EO project funding streams
Whose Priorities? Examining Inequities in Earth Observation Advancements Across Africa

AGU

Summary
  • AGU Perspectives of Earth and Space Scientists (2024)
  • This article illustrates the complicated links between players in Africa's EO sector and discuss ways for African countries to gain more control over EO data and technology.
Screenshot of web app
CLA Consultancy Project: CAFO community impacts in Eastern MD

Storymap created as part of Environmental Science and Policy major Capstone team project

Accomplishments
  • ArcGis StoryyMaps utiized
  • Interdisciplinary team effort
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Cobalt Mining in DRC

Final project for UMD GEOG422 - group project, coding lead

Accomplishments
  • Used Singular Value Decomposition for image compression; applied various image processing techniques and morphological operations to detect the number of heads.

Skills

Libraries

NumPy
Pandas
OpenCV
scikit-learn
matplotlib

Other

Git
AWS
Heroku

Contact

acgins@udel.edu

github.com/alanacg

linkedin.com/in/alana-ginsburg-umd