Alana Belcon
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Education Solutions at Planet Labs
Berlin, Germany
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Senior Manager, Technical EducationPlanetAug 2025 - Current (1 year 3 months)- Technical Education ManagerPlanetFeb 2022 - Aug 2025 (3 years 7 months)
- Visiting Assistant ProfessorUniversity of RedlandsAug 2017 - May 2020 (2 years 10 months)• Designed and taught Environmental Studies classes at the 200 and 300 level
• Taught introductory level GIS classes in ArcGIS Pro within the Spatial Studies Minor
• Developed and taught advanced level and field based Spatial Studies classes
• Mentored and advised Spatial Studies minor students
• Served on the Spatial Studies Council as an advisor to the Dean
• Awarded Professor of the Year 2018 by student vote - MData AnalystMinistry of National Security Trinidad and TobagoFeb 2017 - Jun 2017 (5 months)• Developed data analysis strategies to assess the human resource/manpower issues with the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service
• Collected and analyzed HR data using Tableau and ArcGIS software
• Conducted interviews with the TTPS with regards to HR within the service and the problems therein
• Assisted in the development of the Police Manpower Audit Report for Parliament. - GIS Specialist Services ProviderMinistry of National SecurityJul 2013 - Oct 2016 (3 years 4 months)Development of an enterprise geographic information system for the various divisions of the Ministry of National Security that cover disaster preparedness, public safety and defense. My role consists largely of data-sets conglomeration, cartography and data visualization, user sensitization and training.
- GIS Research and Development AssociateUniversity of the West Indies St Augustine CampusAug 2012 - Jan 2013 (6 months)Conducted GIS/Remote Sensing research and development for a variety of projects under Regional Risk Reduction Initiative (R3i), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Capacity Building for Sustainable Water Resource Management (Cap-Net). This included the facilitation of GIS workshops in Curacao, Costa Rica and the Netherlands.
- Teaching AssistantDuke University Earth and Ocean SciencesAug 2008 - May 2012 (3 years 10 months)Functioned as the teaching assistant for undergraduate and graduate level classes. This included assisting with classes and exam preparation. Holding weekly office hours and one-on-one tutoring sessions with students as well as grading exams. I also arranged and supervised bi-annual field trips to the Outer Banks, NC and one trip to the Peruvian Amazon.
- Science EducatorNIHERSTDec 2005 - Jul 2007 (1 year 8 months)Worked to promote science education in non-classroom settings throughout Trinidad and Tobago. This included the management of the Prime Minister's Awards for Invention & Innovation 2006 and the following year I conducted workshops for the Organization of American States 'Go Creative' project in Antigua modeled after Trinidad’s Prime Minister Awards. Additionally, I managed the "Young Explorers" Summer Science Camp for children ages 8-11yrs each summer including the hiring and supervision of interns for the program.
- Project Green Reach Senior InstructorBrooklyn Botanic GardenDec 2004 - Jul 2005 (8 months)I worked within a team that strove to develop environmental education among the Title 1 (lowest income) public schools in Brooklyn. During the school year we conducted inquiry-based sessions in their classrooms and during the summer students worked with us at the Botanic Garden to conduct science experiments and develop their own garden plots.
- GeoProcessing Lab TechnicianMount Holyoke CollegeSep 2002 - May 2004 (1 year 9 months)Teaching Assistant for all Geographic Information Systems (GIS) classes which involved assisting professors with lab setup as well as providing lab assistance to students.
- SSoftware TrainerSoftech Technology LtdJul 1999 - Jul 2001 (2 years 1 month)I trained companies Human Resource and Payroll departments in the implementation and use of HRPlus and POWERPay, two software packages that managed HR and Payroll processes. I also conducted black box testing for in-house software assessment.
- SHead of Science DepartmentSouthern AcademySep 1995 - Jun 1999 (3 years 10 months)I taught Biology and Chemistry classes at the Forms 3, 4 & 5 levels (ages 14-16) in preparation for CXC examinations. After 2 years I was promoted to Head of the Science Department which involved the management of 2 Science laboratories as well as chairing biweekly Science departmental meetings.
Education
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- PhD, Tropical LimnologyDuke UniversityJan 2007 - Jan 2012 (5 years 1 month)
- B.A, Environmental studiesMount Holyoke CollegeJan 2001 - Jan 2004 (3 years 1 month)
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- IProfessor of the Year 2018-2019Issued by University of RedlandsThe University of Redlands Mortar Board Honor Society award for Professor of the Year. This was the 61st year that Mortar Board undergraduates honored a distinguished faculty member who embodies the group’s ideas of scholarship, leadership, and service.
Publications
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- AGlobal relationships between phosphorus and chlorophyll-a in oxbow lakesAGU Fall MeetingTraditional limnological studies have focused on extant, large and deep bodies of fresh water. For over 70 years a strong positive relationship between sestonic chlorophyll-a (Chl-a) and total phosphorus (TP) has been established in temperate lakes with phosphorus generally viewed as the most limiting factor to productivity. Over the last few decades however, investigations have expanded to include the examination of shallow lakes, particularly in terms of water quality, nutrient content and regime shifts between stable alternate states. Most of these studies, however, have focused on northern, high latitude regions where the lakes are typically postglacial, isolated and fed by small streams. Relatively little work has been done on oxbow la
- AHistorical Reconstruction of Regime Shifts in Amazon Oxbow Lakes - A Remote Sensing ApproachAGU Fall Meeting AbstractsRegime shifts in shallow lakes often have been associated with land-use change, increased nutrient loading and manipulation of trophic structure (Carpenter 2003). These shifts typically have been examined in lakes in temperate and boreal regions and within anthropogenically disturbed basins. By contrast in this study we examine a series of tropical floodplain lakes in a region of virtually no human disturbance to evaluate the effects of hydrological variability on ecosystem structure and dynamics. We reconstruct a timeline of regime shifts in Amazonian oxbow lakes (cochas) along the Manu River, Peru within the Manu National Park.