Personal Summary

I started as a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Numerical Terradynamic Simulation Group (NTSG) in August 2019. I maintain the Level-4 Carbon (L4C) earth system model--a global model of the carbon balance in plants and soil and its response to changes in moisture and temperature--for NASA's Soil Moisture Active/Passive (SMAP) mission. I also investigate science applications for the L4C data products related to global and regional water and energy cycles. I'm available as a mentor to Univ. of Montana students in scientific computing, statistical inference, remote sensing, or environmental science.

Education

PhD Natural Resources and Environment and Scientific Computing, University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI), 2019

B.S. Applied Geophysics, Michigan Technological University (Houghton, MI), 2009

Teaching Experience

• Certified Instructor, Data Carpentry and Software Carpentry (2015-Present)
• Graduate Student Instructor: "Natural Resource Statistics," University of Michigan (2015-2018)
• Graduate Student Instructor: "Urban Sustainability," University of Michigan (2015-2018)
• Instructor, Wolverine Pathways Program, Ann Arbor, MI (2017-2018)
• Teaching Assistant: "Understanding the Earth," Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI (2008-2009)
• After-School Science Educator, Ontonagon Area Elementary School, Ontonagon, MI (2007)

Selected Publications

• Osenga, E.C., J.C. Arnott, K.A. Endsley, J. Katzenberger. 2019. “Bioclimatic and soil moisture monitoring across elevation in a mountain watershed: Opportunities for research and resource management.” Water Resources Research 55(3): 2493-2503.
• Endsley, K.A., D.G. Brown, E. Bruch. 2018. “Housing market activity is associated with disparities in urban and metropolitan vegetation.” Ecosystems 21(8): 1593-1607.
• Endsley, K.A. 2018. “Remote Sensing of Socio-Ecological Dynamics in Urban Neighborhoods,” in Reference Module in Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences, 9: 90-105. Elsevier.
• Miller, M.E., W.J. Elliot, M. Billmire, P.R. Robichaud, K.A. Endsley. 2016. “Rapid-response tools and datasets for post-fire remediation: linking remote sensing and process-based hydrological models.” International Journal of Wildland Fire 25, 1061-1073.
• Endsley, K.A., M.G. Billmire. 2016. “Distributed visualization of gridded geophysical data: the Carbon Data Explorer, version 0.2.3” Geoscientific Model Development 9:383-392.
• Endsley, K.A. and J.L. McCarty. 2013. “Mapping prescribed burns and wildfires from Twitter with natural language processing and information retrieval techniques.” In Proceedings of the International Smoke Symposium. Hyattsville, Maryland, U.S.A.: International Association of Wildland Fire.

Publications

See CV for full list.

Professional Experience

• Consultant, Aspen Global Change Institute (AGCI), Carbondale, CO (2017-Present)
• Graduate Student Research Assistant, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (2014-2019)
• Research Scientist I, Michigan Tech Research Institute (MTRI), Ann Arbor, MI (2012-2014)
• Assistant Research Scientist, Michigan Tech Research Institute (MTRI), Ann Arbor, MI (2010-2012)