CV

Education

• Bachelor of Environmental Science, Charles Sturt University, 2012
• Master of GIS and Remote Sensing, Charles Sturt University, 2014
• Ph.D in ecological modelling, Charles Sturt University, 2021 (expected)

Work experience

• 2019-: Sessional lecturer at Charles Sturt University
  • SPA215 - Principles of GIS
  • SPA308 - GIS Applications
  • SPA555 - Spatial modelling
• 2017-2018: Senior Project Officer at Office of Environment & Heritage (NSW)
  • Part of the transitional process of NCT to Biodiversity Conservation Trust
  • Duties included: GIS analysis, cartography, data management
• 2017-2018: GIS Analyst at Nature Conservation Trust of NSW
  • Supported the private land conservation role of the NCT by providing GIS support to staff across NSW.
  • Duties included: GIS analysis, cartography, data management, develop spatial workflows

Skills

• Spatial modelling & analysis
• Programming
  • Python
  • R
• GIS Technology
  • ESRI
  • Open source (QGIS, PostGIS, SpatiaLite)
• Research
• Cartography

Publications

Presence-only species distribution models are sensitive to sample prevalence: Evaluating models using spatial prediction stability and accuracy metrics

Grimmett, L., Whitsed, R., & Horta, A. (2020). Presence-only species distribution models are sensitive to sample prevalence: Evaluating models using spatial prediction stability and accuracy metrics. Ecological Modelling, 431(June), 109194.