SALLY LYNN HOLL
SUMMARY Experienced GIS and science
curriculum specialist with interests in hydrology, hydrogeology, project
management, geospatial database development, field data collection, data
analysis, proposal writing, and presentation skills.
EXPERIENCE Flinders University, Chemistry, Physics
& Earth Sciences.
Hydrogeology Field Methods
Demonstrator, Earth
Sciences Field Camp, 2009.
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Teach
25 students how to characterise fate and transport of high salinity groundwater
in order to understand anthropogenic impacts on ecosystem health and develop
more effective ecosystem management strategies.
U.S.
Geological Survey, Texas Water Science Center, Austin.
Interdisciplinary Geographer, 2007 Ð 2009.
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Integrate
water, soil, and biota datasets from USGS, IBWC, and EPA within an ArcGIS-based
weights of evidence-logistic regression model to identify impacts of
contaminants on fish health for United States-Mexico Border Environmental
Health Initiative (BEHI).
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Manage
BEHI hydrology account funding totaling $60,000 for six project staff.
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Deploy
$20,000 Data Rescue and Recovery project website: http://txpub.usgs.gov/LTM.
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Streamline
production of river inundation maps and calculation of precipitation statistics
by creating Python scripts for use with ArcGIS datasets.
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Build
rainfall-runoff model input using HEC-GeoHMS and observed precipitation time
series from storm events in urban Dallas, Texas.
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Author
a $100,000 water education proposal for the Texas Water Development Board.
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Collaborate
with ten USGS scientists nationwide to create a $500,000 carbon sequestration
research proposal as part of the USGS Global Change initiative.
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Design
spatially enabled databases using MS Access and ArcCatalog for BEHI biological
field data collection and Data Rescue and Recovery project documents.
Rowland
High School, Rowland Heights, California.
Earth Science Teacher, 2005 Ð 2007.
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Create
and implement earth science and technology instruction for 175 students per
day.
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Design
and maintain an earth science class website: http://sallyholl.com/science.
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Network
with the science community to host guest speakers and promote teacher training.
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Write
successful proposals to provide $5000 for student field trips and materials.
University
of California, Irvine. Earth System Science Department.
Programmer/Analyst, 2001 Ð 2004.
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Produce
climate model forcing data for the NASA Seasonal to Inter-annual Prediction
Project (NSIPP).
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Collect
ground truth data for validation of satellite-based C-band microwave radiometer
measurements: NASA-USDA joint Soil Moisture Experiment 2002.
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Develop
Unix-based analytical programs with Fortran 77/90.
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Analyze
hydrological and climatological time series and dynamical land surface model
output.
University
of Texas at Austin. Department of Geological Sciences.
Teaching and Research Assistant, 2000 Ð 2001.
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Manage
classroom and field instruction for 50 students of introductory geological
science.
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Produce
self-directed research and computer programming for NSIPP.
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Write
three successful grant proposals.
EDUCATION University
of Texas at Austin.
M. Sc. Geological Sciences, 2004. Majors: Hydrology,
Hydrogeology.
Oberlin
College. Oberlin, Ohio.
B. A. Geology and Musicology, 1998.
California
State University, Fullerton.
Secondary Teaching Credential, 2007. Subjects: Science and Music.
ÒData-Driven Detectives: Spatial
Data Analysis Using Weights of Evidence and Weighted Logistic Regression.Ó
Texas GIS Forum. Austin, Texas. October 2008.
ÒA semi-automated hydrologic unit
naming method.Ó USGS 7th Biennial Geographic Information Science
Workshop. Denver, Colorado. May 2008.
AWARDS Superior
Performance Rating, U.S. Geological Survey, 2008.
STAR Award, U.S. Geological Survey,
2008.
Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, UT Austin, 2001.
CITIZENSHIP U.S. citizen. Sub-class 457 visa.
Authorised to work full-time in Australia.
PUBLICATIONS Holl, S. (2004), The
sensitivity of land surface model simulations to bias reduction of ERA-15
downward radiation forcing, M.S. Thesis, University of Texas at Austin.
Famiglietti, J.S., J. Chen, S. Holl, M. Rodell, K.
Seo, T. Syed, and C.R. Wilson
(2004), Terrestrial water storage variations using GRACE: Implications
for water budget closure at multiple scales, in Proceedings of the 2nd
international CAHMDA workshop on: The Terrestrial Water Cycle: Modelling and
Data Assimilation Across Catchment Scales, edited by A.J. Teuling, H. Leijnse, P.A. Troch, J.
Sheffield and E.F. Wood, pp. 14, Princeton, NJ, October 25Ð27.
SKILLS Groundwater and soil analysis: Vadose and saturated zone
characterisation using aquifer pumping and recovery tests, pH and specific
conductance meters, cation/anion analysis, electromagnetic surveying, soil gas
chromatography, lysimeters, Guelph permeaters, gravimetric and theta probe soil
moisture measurements, infrared temperature meters, and remote sensing data.
Surface water
analysis: Runoff,
infiltration, streamflow, precipitation, and wetland
measurement/characterization using flow meters, weirs, precipitation gauges,
flux towers, tensiometers, pore water samplers, biomass sampling, cation/anion analysis,
and remote sensing data.
Programming Languages: Python, VBA, and FORTRAN 77 / 90.
Software: ArcGIS, Microsoft Access,
ArcParticle, Aquachem, Netpath, Modflow, HEC-GeoHMS, HEC-HMS, ENVI, ERDAS, and
Dreamweaver.
Data
analysis, reporting and presentation.
REFERENCES Available upon request.