Nicole Bornkamp Princeton University Class of 2014 PEI Development Challenger mpact of Climate Chang Biodiversity and Crop In South Africa
Dec 19, 2015
Nicole BornkampPrinceton University
Class of 2014PEI Development Challenger
Impact of Climate ChangeOn Biodiversity and Crops
In South Africa
Woodrow Wilson School STEP Program
GOALS:
To develop a deeper understanding of:
1. The nature of scientific, technological, and environmental problems and opportunities
2. The specialized methods used for analyzing scientific, technological, and environmental issues
3. The impact of science, engineering, and environmental analysis on national and international policy.
General Internship Goals
Assist post-doc in collecting, organizing, and checking research data
Develop and improve on several computer codes related to the data
Highlight areas of South Africa (ex: commercial forestry) that cannot be used to grow crops
Create visual images of collected data
Methods
RStudio/MODIS
ArcGIS/Pixels
Google Earth/ArcGIS
Results
Stitched images
Pixel changes
Accurate wheat points
Commercial forestry outlines
Reflections
Learned new computer programs—basic problem solving to more advance code writing
Involved in program of great interest to my future work at Princeton and beyond
Worked in a dedicated, intelligent, and extremely professional environment
Interacted with all different levels of management and research here at Princeton
THANK YOU!
Lyndon Estes, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Woodrow Wilson School and the Program in Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy
Michael Oppenheimer, Professor of Geosciences and International Affairs
David Wilcove, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Public Affairs
Grand Challenges Internship Program