Resume
Interested in learning more about my skills or experiences? Please reach out by email or connect with me on LinkedIn. You can also download my full length academic curriculum vitae here.
Education
Doctoral Candidate (ABD)
Department of Geography and the Environment
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Dissertation: “Cultivated borders: a critical remote sensing analysis of strategic agricultural development”
Committee: Dr. Aaron Moody (chair), Dr. Conghe Song, Dr. Christian Lentz, Dr. Sara Smith, and Dr. Colin T. West
2019 - current
2014 - 2018
Permaculture Design Certificate
Green Apprenticeship at the Center for Creative Ecology Kibbutz Lotan, Israel
Bachelor of Science (Honors)
Department of Geography
University of St Andrews, U.K.
Dissertation: “Fractured Landscapes: Modeling for Increased Connectivity of Euphydryas phaeton Conservation Design” (First Class Mark)
Advisors: Dr. Jed Long and Dr. Urška Demšar
Employment
2018 - 2019
Faculty Research Assistant
vanEnglesdorp Bee Lab, Department of Entomology
University of Maryland, College Park
PI: Dr. Dennis vanEnglesdorp
2015
Summer Political and Economic Section Intern
U.S. Embassy to Belgium
United States Department of State
Skills
Vector and raster data collection, management, and analysis
Geospatial data:
Remote Sensing & Imagery Analysis:
Land-use/land-cover change, spectral indices, principal component analysis, supervised and unsupervised imagery classification, image segmentation, cloud computing, machine learning models, object detection, mosaicking
Softwares & Platforms:
ArcGIS Pro, QGIS, Google Earth Engine, RStudio, ENVI, Drone Deploy, Pix4D, Adobe Design Suite
Drone/UAVs:
Imagery collection & processing, photogrammetry, structure from motion, familiarity with FAA regulations
Programming Languages:
R, Java Script, and some GIS-related Python
Field Locations:
Togo, Mexico, Iceland, United Kingdom,
United States (CA, TX, TN, MD, NC)
Gradate Research Consultant:
Publications
6. West, C.T., Saparapa, R., Nomedji, K., Maloney, D. and Moody, A. (2022) “Protocols for Conducting Drone Fieldwork in Togo, West Africa.” Annals of Anthropological Practice, 46 (2), 170-181.
In review, revision, or preparation:
5. Maloney, D. “Military agricultural reclamation: strategic land-use change to remake unruly desert borders” (dissertation chapter, in preparation)
4. Maloney, D., West, C.T., Rojas, A., Moody, A., and GEVAPAF. “Mapping fine-scale land degradation neutrality in Northern Togo: a pilot participatory study using unpiloted aerial vehicles” (submitted, under review)
3. Maloney, D. “Making a desert border: Past, present, and future of strategic land-use change in the Imperial-Mexicali Valley” (dissertation chapter, in preparation).
2. Maloney, D., West, C.T., Rojas, A., Moody, A., and GEVAPAF. “Using UAVs to detect fine-scale signals of land degradation and rehabilitation in West African drylands” (in preparation)
1. Maloney, D., West, C.T., and Moody, A. “Land-use and land-cover change drivers of browning and greening dynamics in Burkina Faso 2000-2018” (in preparation)
Fall 2023: Research Methods in Geography
Summer session 2020: Introduction to Remote Sensing of the Environment
Teaching at UNC
Teaching Fellow
(Instructor of Record):
Spring 2023: Introduction to Geographic Information
Falls 2023, 2020, and 2019: Introduction to Remote Sensing of the Environment
Fall 2022: Introduction to Geographic Information
Spring 2022: Introduction to GIS
Fall 2021: Food, Agriculture, and Society
Spring 2021: Introduction to Weather and Climate
Spring 2020: Blue Plane
Teaching Assistant:
2014
International Baccalaureate
George C. Marshall High School
Fairfax County, Virginia
2013