<p>I work for Esri on open source tools for ocean science.
I'm affiliated with the <a href="http://www.nceas.ucsb.edu" rel="nofollow">National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis</a>, and recently graduated from at nearby <a href="http://www.ucsb.edu" rel="nofollow">UCSB</a>, where I studied the global shipping trade in an ecological context (<a href="http://4326.us/thesis/walbridge-masters-thesis.pdf" rel="nofollow">thesis</a>).</p>

<p>Source snippets I post on GIS.SE are dedicated to the public domain.</p>

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