Staff Scientist
Education
- M.S., Biological Sciences, California Polytechnic State University
- B.A., Organismal Biology and Ecology, Colorado College
Specialties
- Plant Biology
- Spatial Ecology
- Ornithology
- Statistical Computing with R
- Geospatial Analysis
Margaret specializes in biology, biostatistics, and geospatial analysis. She has wide-ranging field experience, such as fish exclusion for construction compliance, wetland projects, stream habitat mapping, water testing, and soil contamination analysis. She also has designed and conducted wildlife surveys and monitoring programs and authored associated reports and management recommendations. Her technical work has ranged from using statistical computing tools such as R and Python to analyzing data in RStudio, ArcMap, and ArcGIS Pro for such tasks as noise pollution modeling, spatial analysis, and mixed-effect linear regression. Margaret is familiar with local, state, and federal environmental policies and regulations, with a focus on climate resiliency, and she conducts regulatory research and prepares documentation to meet local , state, and federal regulatory requirements.