Curriculum Vitae

Author

Dr. June Skeeter

View the .pdf version of my CV here or an abbreviated resume here

Education

PhD Geography, University of British Columbia (UBC)

  • Using machine learning to identify and map controls of growing-season carbon dioxide and methane fluxes in the Mackenzie Delta region
 2023

MsC Geography, University of South Carolina (USC)

  • Ammonium Concentrations Above a Louisiana Sugarcane Field
 2015

BS Geography & BS Earth Science, Salisbury University (SU)

  • Minor in Statistics
  • Graduated Cum Laude
 2013

Employment

Research Scientist: Natural Resources Canada

  • Leading Eddy Covariance (EC) Research Program in Wester Canadian Arctic
  • Developing open access tools to facilitate data processing
  • Advising territorial and indigenous governments on climate mitigation
 2024

Postdoctoral Researcher: University of British Columbia (UBC)

  • Automated, parallelized, and streamlined data processing pipeline
  • Implemented and managed version control (git/github) for lab’s codebase
  • Managed EC stations in Burn’s Bog Ecological Conservancy Area
  • Mentored graduate students
 2023-2024

Sessional Instructor UBC

 2020-2024
Graduate Assistant UBC Library Research Commons 2020-2022
Teaching Assistant UBC Geography Department 2015-2019
Research Assistant University of South Carolina 2013-2015

Technical Skills

Programming & Markup Languages Software & Applications Field & Research Methods
Python (10+ yrs) ArcGIS & QGIS (10+ yrs) Machine Learning (5+ yrs)
Matlab Git & GitHub (5+ yrs) Eddy Covariance (10+ yrs)
R Google Earth Engine Image Classification
Javascript Quarto Process-based Modelling
CRBasic Mapbox API Footprint Modelling
HTML/CSS Loggernet Flux Chamber Sampling
Markdown Eddy Pro Drone Surveying
Latex

Publications

Peer Reviewed Articles

Skeeter, J., Christen, A., & Henry, G. (2023). Modelling growing season carbon fluxes at a low-center polygon ecosystem in the Mackenzie River Delta. Arctic Science, 9(3), 689–709. https://doi.org/10.1139/as-2022-0033
Skeeter, J., Christen, A., & Henry, G. H. R. (2022). Controls on carbon dioxide and methane fluxes from a low-center polygonal peatland in the Mackenzie River Delta, Northwest Territories. Arctic Science, 8(2), 471–497. https://doi.org/10.1139/as-2021-0034
Skeeter, J., Christen, A., LaForce, A.-A., Humphreys, E., & Henry, G. H. R. (2020). Vegetation influence and environmental controls on greenhouse gas fluxes from a drained thermokarst lake in the western Canadian Arctic. Biogeosciences, 17(17), 4421–4441. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-4421-2020
Skeeter, J., Parnell, D. B., & Skeeter, B. R. (2016). A Fog Climatology of the Delmarva Peninsula. The Geographical Bulletin, 57(2), 65–75. https://www.proquest.com/docview/1845101484/abstract/A0CE794EC54E4E8BPQ/1
Skeeter, J. (2013). Using Radar Composites to Detect Variances in Precipitation from Cold Fronts Across the Chesapeake Bay: April Through October from 1997 to 2011. Pennsylvania Geographer, 51(1), 73–86.

Book chapter

Skeeter, J., & Pickell, P. (2022). Chapter 3 Data Types and Spatial Data Models. In Geomatics for Environmental Management: An Open Textbook for Students and Practitioners. https://www.opengeomatics.ca/types-of-data.html

Presentations

Research Talks

Skeeter, J. (2023, December). Tools and Guidance for Applying Neural Networks to Eddy Covariance Data. San Francisco, CA. https://june-skeeter.github.io/NN_Applications/
Skeeter, J., & Knox, S. (2023, May). A Framework for Applying Neural Networks to Eddy Covariance Data. Banff, AB.
Skeeter, J., & Knox, S. (2023, April). Ongoing and Proposed Research in the Burns Bog Ecological Conservancy Area. Victoria, BC. https://ubc-micromet.github.io/BBECA_Work/
Skeeter, J. (2021, October). Compiling and Mapping Police Involved Deaths: Systemic Racism in Canadian Policing. Vancouver, BC.
Skeeter, J. (2021, April). Police Killings and Systemic Racism in Canadian Policing. *virtual.
Ahmed, M., & Skeeter, J. (2019, October). How Can I Reduce My Carbon Footprint? Vancouver, BC.
Skeeter, J. (2018, April). Growing Season Carbon Balance of a Permafrost Peatland in the Mackenzie River Delta. Vienna, AT.
Skeeter, J. (2017, December). Growing Season Carbon Balance of a Mackenzie River Delta Peatland. Quebec City, QC.
Skeeter, J. (2017, May). Vegetation Influence and Environmental Controls on Greenhouse Gas Fluxes from a Drained Thermokarst Lake in the Mackenzie River Delta, NWT. Vancouver, BC.
Skeeter, J. (2016, December). Carbon Dioxide and Methane fluxes at Illisarvik 2016. Winnipeg, MB.
Skeeter, J. (2014, May). Identifying Source Areas of Ammonium Concentrations Sampled Above a Louisiana Sugarcane Field. Portland OR.
Skeeter, J. (2014, April). Identifying Source Areas of Ammonium Concentrations Sampled Above a Louisiana Sugarcane Field. Tampa, FL.
Skeeter, J. (2013, April). Fog Climatology of Salisbury, MD. Salisbury MD.
Skeeter, J. (2013, April). Using Radar Composites to Detect Variances in Precipitation from Cold Fronts Across the Chesapeake Bay: April through October from 1997 to 2012. Los Angeles CA.
Skeeter, J. (2013, April). Using Radar Composites to Detect Variances in Precipitation from Cold Fronts Across the Chesapeake Bay: April through October from 1997 to 2012. Los Angeles CA.

Guest Lectures

Skeeter, J. (2023, February). Open Source GIS. Vancouver, BC. https://june-skeeter.github.io/OpenSourceGIS/
Skeeter, J. (2022, March). Remote Sensing in Atmospheric Sciences. Vancouver, BC.
Skeeter, J. (2020, November). Data Normalization & Classification: Police Violence in North America. Vancouver, BC. https://ubc-lib-geo.github.io/Data-Normalization-Classification/
Skeeter, J. (2020, November). Remote Sensing in Atmospheric Sciences. Vancouver, BC.
Skeeter, J. (2017, July). Greenhouse Gas Exchange in the Outer Mackenzie Delta. Inuvik, NT.

Poster Presentations

Skeeter, J. (2018, April). Growing Season Carbon Balance of a Permafrost Peatland in the Mackenzie River Delta. Vienna, AT.
Skeeter, J. (2016, December). Carbon Dioxide and Methane fluxes at Illisarvik 2016. Winnipeg, MB.
Skeeter, J. (2014, November). Source Areas of Ammonium Sampled Above a Louisiana Sugarcane Field. Poster, Roanoke VA.
Skeeter, J. (2012, November). Using Radar Composites Created in Model Builder to Perform Statistical Analyses of Cold Frontal Precipitation Events in the Chesapeake Bay Region: April through October 1997-2011. Asheville NC.
Skeeter, J. (2011, October). The Possible Differing Influence of the Chesapeake Bay on Frontal and Squall Line Precipitation Events (April-October). College Park, MD.

Volunteer Work and Committee Positions

Western Director, Canadian Society for Agriculture and Forest Meteorology 2023 - 2024
Police Involved Deaths in Canada Database 2020 - 2022
Graduate Committee Representative, UBC Geography 2019 - 2020
Climate Consultant, EcoMeet App 2019
Co-chair, UBC Geography Graduate Student Association 2018 - 2018
USC Geography Departmental Outreach Committee 2018 - 2018

Awards

Open Educational Resource Champion, UBC Alma Mater Society 2022
Four-year Doctoral Fellowship, UBC 2015 - 2019
Graduate Assistanceship Award, UBC 2013 - 2015
Presidential Scholarship, SU 2009 - 2013
Four-time AAG World Geography Bowls All Star Team Member 2009 - 2013
Outstanding Graduating Senior Award, SU Geography 2013
Outstanding Academic Achievement Award, SU Geography 2013
1st Place Student Paper Mid Atlantic Division AAG Annual Meeting 2012
Donald Lee Schul Jr. Memorial Wrestling Scholarship, SU 2009