MIKE PSARIS

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EDUCATION

M.S. Geography, Portland State University, Portland, OR 2011 – March 2014

President of the Friends of Geography Club 2012 – 2013

Received the Courtney Fellowship and Rockie Scholarship

Relevant Coursework: Advanced GIS, GIS Programming, Cartographic Applications for GIS,

Spatial Quantitative Analysis, GIS for Water Resources

GIS Certificate, Portland State University, Portland, OR 2010 – 2013

B.A. Physics, Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, PA 2000 – 2004

Minors in Spanish and Mathematics

COMPETENCIES

ESRI’s ArcGIS, Python, R Statistical Package, MS Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Adobe Illustrator, Soil and

Water Assessment Tool (SWAT).

EXPERIENCE

Research Assistant

Center for Spatial Analysis and Research

Geography Dept., Portland State University, Portland, OR August 2013 – Present

Performed GIS digitization and analysis for the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest

Sustainable Roads Project. Developed a methodology for prioritizing forest road

decommissioning based on frequency of use and diversity scores.

Developed maps for an ethnography report on the Yupik people.

Research Assistant

Geography Dept., Portland State University, Portland, OR July 2010 – Present

Conducted spatial and statistical analysis of summer stream temperatures throughout the

Columbia River Basin.

Developed statistical models of year-round stream temperatures in the Willamette Basin.

Used SWAT to investigate long-term trends in stream flow and water quality.

Student Internship

United States Forest Service, Portland, OR June 2012 – Aug 2012

Collected data in Pringle Falls Experimental Forest using Trimble GPS hand-held devices.

Customer Service Representative

REI - Recreational Equipment Inc., Portland, OR Sept 2010 – Sept 2011

REI - Recreational Equipment Inc., Santa Ana, CA Nov 2007 – Sept 2010

EKG Technician April 2008 – Sept 2010

Radiology Front Office Clerk Mar 2006 – April 2008

Anaheim Regional Medical Center, Anaheim, CA

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

Chang, H. & Psaris, M. (2013): Local landscape predictors of maximum stream temperature and thermal

sensitivity in the Columbia River Basin, USA. Science of the Total Environment, 461-462:587-600.

Chang, H., Jung, I.W., Strecker, A., Wise, D., Lafrenz, M., Shandas, V., Moradkhani, H., Yeakley, A., Pan,

Y., Bean, R., Johnson, G. & Psaris, M. (2013): Water supply, demand, and quality indicators for

assessing the spatial distribution of water resource vulnerability in the Columbia River Basin.

Atmosphere-Ocean, 51(4):339-356.

INVITED TALKS

Assessing the impacts of climate change, urban growth, and filter strips on water quality using SWAT.

March 25th, 2014. Watershed Management Section, Oregon Department of Environmental Quality.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

Psaris, M., Hoyer, W. & Chang, H. (2013, September): Assessing shifts in hydrologic ecosystem services

resulting from climate and land use changes using the SWAT model. Poster presented at the Pacific

Northwest Climate Science Conference, Portland, OR.

Psaris, M., Hoyer, W., Chang, H., Winfield, T. & Lambrinos, J. (2012, December): Hydrologic modeling of

urbanizing Oregon basins for water-related ecosystem service assessment using SWAT. Poster

presented at the American Geophysical Union’s Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.

Psaris, M. & Chang, H. (2012, February): Hydrologic landscape factors affecting the relationship between

air and stream temperature. Paper presented at the Association of American Geographer’s Annual

Meeting, New York, NY.

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