Laurel
Firestone
Permanent
Address: 3704 Bradley Lane Chevy Chase, MD 20815 Phone:(301) 654-5528
E-mail:Laurel_Firestone@yahoo.com
HONORS
& EDUCATION
Bachelor
of Arts with Honors, Environmental
Studies,
expected May 2000
GPA:
3.73/4.0
Honors
Thesis: “Land Cover Change during the Green Revolution:
a Case study of Eastern Gujarat,
India through Satellite
Imagery”
School
for International Training, Brazil: Amazon Studies and Ecology Program,
Fall Semester, 1998
GPA: 3.73/4.0
Courses: Amazon Studies and Ecology, Methods and Techniques of Field Studies,
Intensive Portuguese
Independent Study Project:
“Monitoring Areas of Permanent Preservation along Waterways in Para
State”
Designed and performed a monitoring strategy for SECTAM, the state environmental agency of Para, Brazil. Utilized Landsat satellite images and Geographic Information Systems software to monitor permanently preserved areas along waterways as defined by the Brazilian Forestry Code.
Other Summer Education
National
Wildlife Federation, Campus Ecology National Training Clinic (August 1997)
National Conference for Environmental Leaders on College Campuses
Eco-Escuela
De Espanol, Guatemala (June 1997)
Spanish Language School in a rural
community in Guatemala
PRIMARY RESEARCH, VOLUNTEER & WORK EXPERIENCE
GE0133: Environmental Remote Sensing, Brown University (Spring Semester
2000, 7hrs/wk)
Teaching
Assistant,
Professor John Mustard, Department of
Geological Sciences
Lead class labs teaching
remote sensing image processing techniques, principles of remote sensing data
analysis, and use of remote sensing software and spectroscopy equipment
Narragansett
Bay Project, Brown University (Summer 1999, 40hrs/wk; Fall Semester 1999,
5hrs/wk)
Research
Assistant, Professor John Mustard under NASA Stennis Space Center Grant
Acquired
spectral samples through field data collection
Performed
full range image analysis of hyperspectral remotely sensed data
Designed
a webpage for the Narragansett Bay Research Project
Organized
a symposium of Narragansett Bay researchers to discuss collaboration initiatives
Providence
Journal Bulletin, Kyoto, Japan (Dec.1-8, 1997, 40hrs/wk)
Press
Correspondent at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
Attended
the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Third Conference of
the Parties
Conducted
interviews and relayed information and stories to local newspapers in the US
Office of Student Life & Sarah Doyle Women's Center, Brown
University (1997-1998, 15hrs/wk)
Woman
Peer Counselor
Served
as an advisor and crisis counselor for 50 First-year students at Brown
University
Organized
outreaches on various issues relating to student awareness and respect of
differences within the Brown community
Discovery Channel, Inc., Bethesda, Maryland (Summer 1997, 40hrs/wk)
Video Archive
Sales Representative
Acquired
video footage for customers from the Discovery Channel video archive
Drafted
contracts for film footage use and edited video footage orders
Brown Environmental Coalition,
Brown University (1997-2000,
10hrs/wk)
Founder and
President
Organized various events
and campus campaigns around increasing student awareness and lessening the
environmental impact of the university as a whole.
Wrote a weekly newsletter on the events on and around campus relating to the environment
LANGUAGES: Proficient in Spanish and Portuguese