Research Assistant Data

TONIAN ROBINSON

Geophysicist, Remote Sensing Scientist

******.********@*******.*** 862-***-**** Tampa, FL https://www.linkedin.com/in/tonianrobinson/ https://github.com/tonianr

* ***** ** ****** **nsing/Geospatial Research with a focus on Earth Observations

8 years in Near-Surface Geophysics, with proficiency in GPR and ERT

Proficient in quantitative analytical research using ESRI ArcGIS, Python, and MATLAB

Experienced processing satellite imagery (Synthetic Aperture Radar, Landsat), time series, statistical and geospatial analysis SKILLS

Remote Sensing

Scientific Computing

Research & Development

Technical Writing

Land Cover Classification

Statistical Data Analysis

Geospatial Analysis

Imagery Analyst

Data Management

Change Detection Analysis

EXPERIENCE

06/2017 – PRESENT RESEARCH ASSISTANT University of South Florida – Tampa, FL

Developed and maintained an interactive Python-based software for geophysical data analysis

Developed and implemented geospatial data processing solutions and workflows in High-Performance Computing Clusters and cloud computing with OpenSARLab (Amazon Web Services (AWS))

Designed and implemented statistical models to explore temporal dynamics in SAR time series

Compiled geospatial data from multiple sources and analyzed results of field data, laboratory data, and literature search

Prepared data and results for inclusion in scientific briefings, study papers, research manuscripts, or project reports

Wrote and maintained MATLAB, python, and bash/shell scripts to complete the InSAR time series analysis in open-source software tools (ISCE2, StaMPS, MintPy)

Transformed and visualized raster and vector datasets using Python (GDAL/OGR, Rasterio, GeoPandas)

Computed the digital signal processing of InSAR time series to delineate local and regional subsidence

Conducted various spatial and raster analyses, aerial photography, feature extraction, geo-referencing, and SQL querying of high-resolution remote sensing imagery using ESRI ArcGIS

Evaluated the effects of digital surface models from LiDAR point clouds (laz/las) on InSAR time series

(used NOAA Vdatum and ArcGIS for LiDAR to DSM)

Completed the removal of atmospheric phase screen from InSAR datasets using MODIS HDF5 images

Performed change detection analysis with UAS-derived Structure from Motion (SfM) and terrestrial LiDAR datasets using Agisoft Metashape and Cloud Compare, respectively

Collected, processed, analyzed, and interpreted GPR, Seismic refraction, and ERT datasets

Developed interactive webpages using JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and p5 06/2017 – PRESENT TEACHING ASSISTANT University of South Florida – Tampa, FL

Designed and created educational materials to supplement lesson plans for courses: Dynamic Earth, Intro to Physical Geology, Intro to Environmental Science, Geophysics

Guided ~80 undergraduates in Resistivity data collection and processing and technical report writing

Led an unofficial introduction to InSAR Course, where 5 Graduate students were introduced to processing InSAR datasets with the UNAVCO 2020 InSAR course materials 06/2021 – 06/2022 SUMMER GEOPHYSICS INSTRUCTOR Multiple

Guided 13 students in GPR data collection, processing, and interpretation in the Critical Zone Observatory

(Rothrock State Forest, Pennsylvania). Rutgers State University – Newark, NJ

Led the instruction of GPR and Resistivity, data collection, and processing for 6 Fort Valley State University undergraduates. IRIS Consortium (now Earthscope Consortium) – Fort Valley, GA 10/2014 – 06/2017 RESEARCH ASSISTANT Rutgers State University – Newark, NJ

Assembled and calibrated apparatus for laboratory Spectral Induced Polarization (SIP) measurements, surface area analysis using the Brunauer- Emmett-Teller (BET) method, pore size distributions from mercury injection capillary pressure (MICP) porosimetry and mineral composition of the samples using the X-ray Powder Diffraction (XRD) method.

Signal processing of SIP data using MATLAB

Resulted in 3 peer-reviewed publications.

EDUCATION

08/2017 – 05/2023* PH.D.: GEOPHYSICS University of South Florida – Tampa, FL

Led 3 geodetic projects focused on detecting land subsidence using Remote Sensing (LiDAR, SfM), satellite radar (Sentinel1A and TerraSAR-X), and Near Surface Geophysics (GPR, ERT) applications. 09/2012 – 06/2017 B.S.: GEOLOGY Rutgers State University – Newark, NJ

Undergraduate Research Assistant for ~3 years

Dean's List Spring 2015 and Spring & Fall, 2016

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Authored 9 & co-authored 20 scientific conference presentations

Authored 1 & co-authored 2 peer-reviewed publications

Awarded over $90,000 in scholarship funding

CERTIFICATIONS

NASA ARSET: Disaster Assessment Using Synthetic Aperture Radar (2022)

NASA ARSET: Monitoring and Modeling Floods using Earth Observations (2022)

C++ Programming from Beginner to Beyond (Udemy) (2022)

GETSI Teaching in the field with SfM and RTK GPS/GNSS (2021)

UNAVCO InSAR Processing and Time-Series Analysis for Geophysical Applications: InSAR Scientific Computing Environment (ISCE), ARIA Tools, and MintPy (2020)

Seismic Surface Wave Short Course, Park Seismic LLC (2019) SOFTWARE & JARED LACROSSE

PROGRAMMING

Python, GDAL, GeoPandas, Rasterio, Jupyter

Notebooks, Matplotlib, NumPy, Pandas

MATLAB, Visual Studio, Spyder

ArcGIS, ArcMap, QGIS

High-Performance Computing (HPC)

LINUX/UNIX Environments

C++, SQL (SQLite, ArcGIS)

Generic Mapping Tools (GMT)

Google Earth Engine (GEE)

JavaScript, HTML5, p5, CSS, Adobe Illustrator

Cloud Compare, Agisoft Metashape

ReflexW, RES2DINV, RESIPy

Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR), Electrical

Resistivity Tomography (ERT), Seismic

PUBLICATIONS &

PRESENTATIONS

Oliver-Cabrera, T., Wdowinski, S., Kruse, S., Robinson, T., 2022. Detection of sinkhole activity in West- Central Florida using InSAR time-series observations. Remote Sensing of Environment. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2021.112793

Robinson, T., Rodgers, B., Oliver-Cabrera, T., Downs, C., Kruse, S., Wdowinski, S., Zhang, B., Jazayeri, S., Esmaeili, S., Kiflu, H., 2021. Complex relationships between surface topography, ground motion, and cover sediments in covered karst, west-central Florida, USA. Geomorphology 392, 107927. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2021.107927

Robinson, J., Slater, L., Weller, A., Keating, K., Robinson, T., Rose, C., et al. (2018). On permeability prediction from complex conductivity measurements using polarization magnitude and relaxation time. Water Resources Research, 54, 3436–3452. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017WR022034

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