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Clara Antón Fernández : Curriculum Vitae

EDUCATION

PhD Forest Science (2008), Michigan Technological University, USA.

Dissertation title: Towards greater accuracy in individual-tree mortality regression.

 

B.S./M.S. Forest Engineering (2001), Universidad de Córdoba, Spain.

Thesis title: Erosion rate calculation and modeling of large gullies erosion in Alt Penedès- Anoia (Catalonia).

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2009– Postdoctoral Associate

Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation, Virginia Tech, USA.

2005–2008 Graduate Research Assistant

School of Forest Resources and Environmental Science, Michigan Technological University, USA.

Development, implementation and evaluation of a system to reduce the bias in model predictions that can be present when predictor variables are subject to measurement error for non-linear tree mortality models.

2001-2005 Consultant

INVALL S.A. Ingeniería y consultoría, Spain.

Technical supervision of irrigation network works. Project leader and contributor to a rural road project . Contributor to civil engineer projects: hydraulic and hydrological studies and projects, irrigation networks design, waste water facilities design, and computerized census.

1999 European project collaboration

GISlab. Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania, CIHEAM, Greece.

Assessing Green Vegetation Abundance from satellite Landsat-TM data. –150 hours-. INDO-DC DEMOS Project Contract Number: ERBIC18CT970153.

Classification of vegetation cover based on Landsat-TM image (Bekaa Valley, Lebanon). This includes processing (mosaic, radiometric correction) of the image, vegetation index extraction (NDVI) and supervised classification according to NDVI, land cover maps and ground-truth data.

1999 Statistical Analysis in the context of ERASMUS program

Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania, CIHEAM, Greece.

Statistical Analysis of post-fire soil erosion data in a Mediterranean pine forest.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Michigan Technological University, School of Forest Resources and Environmental Science.

FW5412 - Regression with the R environment; teaching assistant, Fall 2006.

FW2050 - Measuring Forest Resources; instructor (50% course), Fall 2005.

PEER-REVIEWED MANUSCRIPTS

Antón-Fernández, Clara, and Rasmus Astrup. “Empirical Harvest Models and Their Use in Regional Business-as-Usual Scenarios of Timber Supply and Carbon Stock Development.” Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research 27, no. 4 (2012): 379–92. doi:10.1080/02827581.2011.644576.
Antón-Fernández, Clara, Harold E. Burkhart, and Ralph L. Amateis. “Modeling the Effects of Initial Spacing on Stand Basal Area Development of Loblolly Pine.” Forest Science 58, no. 2 (2012): 95–105. doi:10.5849/forsci.10-074.
Antón-Fernández, Clara, Harold E. Burkhart, Mike Strub, and Ralph L. Amateis. “Effects of Initial Spacing on Height Development of Loblolly Pine.” Forest Science 57, no. 3 (June 2011): 201–11.
Antón-Fernández, Clara, and Robert E. Froese. “An Improved Estimator for the Sampling Error of Local Competition Variables.” Canadian Journal of Forest Research 45, no. 12 (August 24, 2015): 1860–65. doi:10.1139/cjfr-2015-0162.
Antón-Fernández, Clara, Blas Mola-Yudego, Lise Dalsgaard, and Rasmus Astrup. “Climate-Sensitive Site Index Models for Norway.” Canadian Journal of Forest Research 46, no. 6 (March 15, 2016): 794–803. doi:10.1139/cjfr-2015-0155.
Breidenbach, Johannes, Clara Antón-Fernández, Hans Petersson, Ronald E. McRoberts, and Rasmus Astrup. “Quantifying the Model-Related Variability of Biomass Stock and Change Estimates in the Norwegian National Forest Inventory.” Forest Science 60, no. 1 (2013): 25–33. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.5849/forsci.12-137.
Bright, R. M., G. Myhre, R. Astrup, C. Antón-Fernández, and A. H. Strømman. “Radiative Forcing Bias of Simulated Surface Albedo Modifications Linked to Forest Cover Changes at Northern Latitudes.” Biogeosciences 12, no. 7 (April 15, 2015): 2195–2205. doi:10.5194/bg-12-2195-2015.
Bright, Ryan M., Clara Antón-Fernández, Rasmus Astrup, Francesco Cherubini, Maria Kvalevåg, and Anders H. Strømman. “Climate Change Implications of Shifting Forest Management Strategy in a Boreal Forest Ecosystem of Norway.” Global Change Biology 20, no. 2 (2014): 607–21. doi:10.1111/gcb.12451.
Bright, Ryan M., Clara Antón-Fernández, Rasmus Astrup, and Anders Hammer Strømman. “Empirical Models of Albedo Transitions in Managed Boreal Forests: Analysis of Performance and Transportability.” Canadian Journal of Forest Research, August 13, 2014. doi:10.1139/cjfr-2014-0132.
KNMI. “CMIP5 Scenario Runs - Surface Variables.” Royal Meterological Insitute of The Netherlands (KNMI) Climate Explorer., June 14, 2014. http://climexp.knmi.nl/selectfield_cmip5.cgi?id=someone@somewhere.
Martínez-Casasnovas, J. A., Clara Antón-Fernández, and M. C. Ramos. “Sediment Production in Large Gullies of the Mediterranean Area (NE Spain) from High-Resolution Digital Elevation Models and Geographical Information Systems Analysis.” Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 28, no. 5 (2003): 443–56. doi:10.1002/esp.451.

PEER-REVIEWED MANUSCRIPTS

Antón-Fernández C., Froese R.E. In preparation. A study of the effects of measurement error on mortality regression coefficients under different measurement error models.

Antón-Fernández C., Froese R.E. In preparation. Survival regression as an alternative for modelling individual tree mortality.

Martínez-Casasnovas J.A., Antón-Fernández C., Ramos M.C., 2003. Sediment production in large gullies of the Mediterranean area (NE Spain) from high-resolution digital elevation models and geographical information systems analysis. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 28(5), 443-456. doi:10.1002/esp.451.

PUBLICATIONS AND REPORTS

Antón Fernández C., Froese R.E. 2007. Effects and Correction of Sampling Error in Individual Tree Mortality Models in Newton, P.F. and LeMay, V.M. Complex stand structures and associated dynamics: Measurement indices and modelling approaches. Popular summaries. Ont. Min. Nat. Resour., Ont. For. Res. Inst., Sault Ste. Marie, ON. For. Res. Inf. Pap. No. 167. 117 p. ISBN 978-1-4249-4688-4.

Antón Fernández C., Froese R.E. 2008. Errors-in-variables for individual tree mortality models. In: R.N. Havis and N. Crookston (comp.) Third Forest Vegetation Simulator Conference; 2007 February 13-15; Fort Collins, CO. Proceedings RMRS-P-54. Fort Collins, CO: USDA For. Serv., Rocky Mountain Research Station. 234 p.

Antón Fernández C., Froese R.E. 2006. A structural based prediction system for modelling tree mortality. Submitted to USDA Forest Service. 22 pp. Available from authors (email: froese@mtu.edu).

Antón, C.; Martínez-Casasnovas J.A. 2001. Cartografía de la erosión por barrancos mediante restitución fotogramétrica y modelos digitales de elevación en el Penedès (Cataluña). Teledetección Medio Ambiente y Cambio Global. IX Congreso Nacional de Teledetección, Lérida, ISBN: 84-9743-001-8,p. 229- 232.

MEETING'S PRESENTATIONS

Antón Fernández C., Froese R.E. 2007. Lecture - ”Effects and Correction of Sampling Error in Individual Tree Mortality Models”. Complex stand structures and associated dynamics: Measurement indices and modelling approaches. Sault Ste. Marie, ON.

Antón Fernández C., Froese R.E. 2007. Lecture - “Errors-in-variables for individual tree mortality models”. 3rd Forest Vegetation Simulator Conference, February 13-15, 2007 at Fort Collins, CO.

Antón Fernández C., Froese R.E. 2007. Lecture - “Effects and correction of sampling error in individual tree mortality models”. Western Mensurationst meeting, June 19-20, 2007. Kelowna, BC. 

Antón, C., Martínez-Casasnovas J.A. 2001. Poster -”Cartografía de la erosión por barrancos mediante restitución fotogramétrica y modelos digitales de elevación en el Penedès (Cataluña)”.IX National Congress of Remote Sensing. Lerida University (Spain).

COURSES AND CONFERENCES ATTENDED

2004. Conference on forest inventory and remote sensing. INVETEL. Lerida University (Lerida, Spain). 

2003. Postgraduate course on GIS web applications. Polytechnic foundation of Catalonia. Polytechnic University of Catalonia (Barcelona, Spain). 

2003. Postgraduate course on GIS personalization (2003). Polytechnic University of Catalonia (Barcelona-Spain).

2003. Course on Geomedia Professional 5.1 programming. Intergraph Spain (Madrid, Spain). 

2002. Conference on real time decision support systems for hydraulic and hydrologic problems. CEDEX (Madrid, Spain). 

2002. Evaluation of the ecological river state: the Ter river in Manlleu as example. Natural History Catalonian Institute (Spain).

FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS

Michigan Technological University

Doctoral Finishing Fellowship. Graduate School, 2008.

Merit award at the 4th annual ESC/BRC Graduate Research Forum. Ecosystem Science Center, 2008.

Graduate Travel Grant. Ecosystem Science Center, 2007.

Graduate Research Grant. Ecosystem Science Center, 2006.

Graduate Research Assistantship, 2005-2008.

Spanish Ministry of Culture and Education of Spain

SOCRATES fellowship, 2000-2001.

European Commission

ERASMUS fellowship, 1998-1999.

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