I am currently a graduate student at the University of Alberta that started working in the Earth Observation System Laboratory (EOSL) for a summer 2009 NSERC grant. My undergraduate training is in animal biology with a focus on conservation and environmental indicator species. I am now doing my thesis work on wireless sensing network (WSN) technology for tropical forest productivity and phenology monitoring using micro-meteorological instrumentation as part of the TROPI-DRY collaborative project. My contribution focuses on our Brazil research sites.

Interests: wireless sensing networks, primary productivity monitoring, environmental activism and education, biomimetics, skate/snowboarding, travel

Skills: gis, remote sensing of vegetation

Contact email: crankine@ualberta.ca

location: Edmonton, Canada

Institution: University of Alberta