Casey Ghilardi

Crghilardi@yahoo.com

Education:
Richard Stockton College of New Jersey
B.S. Environmental Science Magna Cum Laude, Program Distinction
GPA: 3.86

Galloway, NJ
May 2013

University of Missouri
Columbia, MO
M.S. Forestry
Expected August 2016
Advisor: Dr. Benjamin Knapp
Project: Validation of the Fire and Fuels Extension of the Forest Vegetation Simulator
(FVS) within Ozark ecosystems

Coursework:
Undergraduate: Ecological Forest Management, Dendrology, Remote Sensing, LiDAR,
Statistics and Computers
Graduate: Advanced Forest Ecology, Special Problems Modeling
Undergraduate Independent Study, Spring 2013
Spatial Analysis of Atlantic White Cedar using Remote Sensing
- Applied various spectral classification schemes to Landsat imagery in an attempt
to quantify the extent of Atlantic White Cedar within New Jersey

Presentations:
20th Central Hardwoods Conference, Columbia, MO March 28-April 1, 2016
- Poster - Evaluation of the Fire and Fuels Extension of the Forest Vegetation
Simulator within the Missouri Ozarks, Casey Ghilardi, Ben Knapp, John Kabrick,
David Larsen, Hong He

Related Experience:
US Forest Service FVS training session (Asheville) February 2015
- Completed week long course about simulating various forest management
strategies and interpreting outputs using the Forest Vegetation Simulator
- Gave short capstone presentation demonstrating simulations done with personal
dataset
Vegetation Technician, May 2014 to August 2014
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
- Sampled forest vegetation plots within the Hardwood Ecosystem Experiment (HEE)
- Collected and processed samples from beetle trap arrays
- Distributed, collected and processed moth light trap arrays

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Casey Ghilardi
Crghilardi@yahoo.com
Forestry Assistant, October 2013 to May 2014
New Jersey Forest Service, New Lisbon, NJ
- Performed forest reconnaissance and forest inventories
- Developed forest management plans, including silvicultural prescriptions, for state
owned lands in collaboration with other state agencies
- Created data management and automation scripts using Python
- Created and maintained spatial data using ArcGIS and GPS
- Supported NJ Forest Fire Service during major wildfire incidents
Woodrat Monitoring Field Technician, June 2013 to August 2013
Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA
- Conducted forest vegetation sampling plots and downed woody debris sampling
transects
- Located suitable habitat areas and identified signs of Woodrat activity for trap
placement
- Handled and processed trapped Woodrats for measurements and genetic samples
Forestry Intern, January 2013 to May 2013
New Jersey Forest Service, New Lisbon, NJ
- Created a protocol for continuous forest inventory plots to be implemented
throughout New Jersey
- Created and maintained spatial data for state owned lands using ArcGIS and GPS
- Performed forest inventory cruises using NED-2 inventory software
- Assisted in writing forest management plans and bid packets
Arboretum Technician, May 2012 to May 2013
Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, Pomona, NJ
- Operated greenhouse and oversaw propagation of new specimens
- Identified and cataloged arboretum inventory and condition
- Created and managed study plots and experiments within the arboretum

Skills:
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Language: Spanish (proficient), Russian (basic)

Computer: Python (intermediate), R (intermediate), Databases (Access, SQLite),
GIS

Awards and Certifications:

Eagle Scout Award, Boy Scouts of America, October 2006
Wildland Firefighter Type II (Red Card) - Current as of 2015

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