CV / professional view
Ryan Ivy
I work across aquatic research, field ecology, spatial systems, and visual documentation. This record opens from a short account into methods, measurements, and evidence.
01Research + Laboratory Systems3 entries / open
CV-01.01Environmental Sensing & Integrated Urban Watershed Analysis Intern
Washington State University Puyallup / Miller Creek Ecotoxicology Laboratory
Jan–Mar 2026, with pre- and post-term research support
Salmonid research operations connecting animal care, stormwater exposure, environmental sensing, scientific imaging, GIS, and technical handoff.
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Environmental Sensing & Integrated Urban Watershed Analysis Intern
Washington State University Puyallup / Miller Creek Ecotoxicology Laboratory
Jan–Mar 2026, with pre- and post-term research support
Salmonid research operations connecting animal care, stormwater exposure, environmental sensing, scientific imaging, GIS, and technical handoff.
- Completed an 11-week, full-time research internship and maintained biological continuity for research populations totaling approximately 10,000 salmonids, including repeated solo and weekend coverage and six consecutive days of independent site management.
- Supported a 22-tank stream-water and well-water raceway system and a separate replicated 24-tank acute and chronic stormwater study across coho life stages.
- Designed, assembled, calibrated, and tested SalmoVision V1.0, a controlled visible and infrared imaging system; reduced a 60-fish morphometric workflow from about six hours to 45 minutes while improving repeatability and file traceability.
- Programmed and calibrated ISCO 6712 autosamplers, worked with HOBO and YSI measurements, and connected storms, hydrographs, first-flush timing, runoff conditions, and biological exposures.
- Delineated the Miller–Walker Creek watershed, fabricated a resin-printed terrain model, and documented the work in an 88-page research portfolio, nine field and laboratory memos, and visual operating procedures.
CV-01.02Science Program Aide
The Evergreen State College / Science Support Center
2025–2026
Laboratory preparation, assay trialing, instrumentation, and practical support for science-course delivery.
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Science Program Aide
The Evergreen State College / Science Support Center
2025–2026
Laboratory preparation, assay trialing, instrumentation, and practical support for science-course delivery.
- Prepared and reset chemistry and life-science laboratories, staged materials and instruments, and trialed procedures before student use.
- Commissioned capillary melting-point instrumentation and documented equipment behavior, failure points, and procedural changes for instructional staff.
- Completed laboratory onboarding for chemical handling, PPE, storage, transport, waste, and operational procedures.
CV-01.03Research Pathway Development
The Evergreen State College + Washington State University Puyallup
2025–2026
Cross-institutional coordination that turned an individual research placement into a repeatable internship route.
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Research Pathway Development
The Evergreen State College + Washington State University Puyallup
2025–2026
Cross-institutional coordination that turned an individual research placement into a repeatable internship route.
- Initiated and coordinated faculty sponsorship, academic approval, laboratory onboarding, and continuing communication for an Evergreen–WSU placement pathway that secured positions for multiple students.
02Field Ecology + Biodiversity4 entries / open
CV-02.01Field Plant Taxonomy & Biodiversity Conservation
The Evergreen State College / Washington field sites
Spring 2026
Field identification carried through measured morphology, key paths, ecological association, diagnostic illustration, and reviewable photographic evidence.
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Field Plant Taxonomy & Biodiversity Conservation
The Evergreen State College / Washington field sites
Spring 2026
Field identification carried through measured morphology, key paths, ecological association, diagnostic illustration, and reviewable photographic evidence.
- Completed more than 500 georeferenced natural-history observations across vascular plants, bryophytes, birds, fungi, and other taxa.
- Produced 25-taxon vascular-plant and 15-taxon bryophyte diagnostic notebooks combining site records, key reasoning, measurements, habitat and substrate context, microscopy, and scaled illustration.
- Built a 60-taxon sight-identification curriculum and a 168-species Olympia-region field-reference dataset with source provenance and review flags.
CV-02.02TESC Bryophyte Diversity Survey & Geospatial Monitoring Capstone
2026
Field identification and notebook evidence translated into a repeatable geospatial monitoring system.
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TESC Bryophyte Diversity Survey & Geospatial Monitoring Capstone
2026
Field identification and notebook evidence translated into a repeatable geospatial monitoring system.
- Built 23 standardized, georeferenced records for taxonomy, morphology, substrate, habitat, and ecological context.
- Integrated field photography and diagnostic notes with Survey123, Field Maps, Arcade, dashboards, species-distribution workflows, and repeatable monitoring methods.
CV-02.03Field Wildlife Monitoring & Natural-History Observation
Pacific Northwest
2025–Present
Repeated wildlife surveys and independent records built around detectability, habitat, behavior, place, and supporting media.
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Field Wildlife Monitoring & Natural-History Observation
Pacific Northwest
2025–Present
Repeated wildlife surveys and independent records built around detectability, habitat, behavior, place, and supporting media.
- Applied autonomous acoustic recorders, camera traps, repeat GPS surveys, structured field observation, scientific photography, reports, and presentations while adapting sampling to weather, access, coverage, and detection conditions.
CV-02.04Sun Lakes–Dry Falls: Ecology Through Place
2026
An eight-part visual synthesis of how geology, climate, moisture, substrate, and disturbance shape vegetation.
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Sun Lakes–Dry Falls: Ecology Through Place
2026
An eight-part visual synthesis of how geology, climate, moisture, substrate, and disturbance shape vegetation.
- Developed a designed sequence moving from landscape and geology through substrate, plant communities, climate response, and ecological interpretation.
03Spatial Analysis + Research Systems4 entries / open
CV-03.01Whitebark Pine Species-Distribution & Climate-Suitability Model
2026
A reproducible model connecting occurrence data, environmental predictors, future-climate projections, performance, and limits on inference.
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Whitebark Pine Species-Distribution & Climate-Suitability Model
2026
A reproducible model connecting occurrence data, environmental predictors, future-climate projections, performance, and limits on inference.
- Cleaned 660 herbarium records to 65 spatially thinned presences, sampled 9,837 background locations, screened six predictors, and fit presence-background binomial generalized linear models.
- Reached an AUC of 0.9488, projected 2041–2070 suitability under SSP2-4.5 and SSP5-8.5, and used MESS to flag about 9–10 percent environmental extrapolation risk.
- Bounded the result to occurrence-associated environmental suitability rather than presenting it as a direct survival or extinction prediction.
CV-03.02ArcGIS Ecological Field Applications Portfolio
The Evergreen State College
2026
A seven-module capture-to-dashboard system for ecological records, validation, mapping, and interpretation.
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ArcGIS Ecological Field Applications Portfolio
The Evergreen State College
2026
A seven-module capture-to-dashboard system for ecological records, validation, mapping, and interpretation.
- Built a 106-item ArcGIS Online workspace across seven progressive field-application modules and a capstone.
- Designed linked forms, hosted layers and views, validation and conditional logic, calculated fields, URL handoffs, dashboards, StoryMaps, and an Experience Builder portfolio.
- Delivered 36 georeferenced plant observations representing 10 species alongside a 23-record bryophyte dataset with field photographs and habitat context.
CV-03.03Miller–Walker Creek Watershed Model
2026
A digital-to-physical watershed workflow for reasoning about runoff, infrastructure, habitat, and contaminant pathways.
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Miller–Walker Creek Watershed Model
2026
A digital-to-physical watershed workflow for reasoning about runoff, infrastructure, habitat, and contaminant pathways.
- Combined elevation, drainage, hydrology, infrastructure, land-use, and habitat layers, then translated the terrain into a fabricated physical basin model using Fusion 360 and a Formlabs Form 2.
CV-03.04FieldMark Wildlife Observation System
2026–Present
A developing Garmin field interface and versioned evidence schema for fast, reviewable observation capture.
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FieldMark Wildlife Observation System
2026–Present
A developing Garmin field interface and versioned evidence schema for fast, reviewable observation capture.
- Built a Garmin Enduro 2 watch-face prototype in Connect IQ and Monkey C.
- Designed a versioned event schema, validation protocol, and evidence-grading logic for GPS-linked wildlife records; development remains in progress.
04Media + Public Communication3 entries / open
CV-04.01Technical Director / Field Producer / Editor
Altered Slate, Temple Media, NTWRK, Pasadena Media, Public-Access
2020–2025
Documentary, editorial, commercial, cultural, public-outreach, news, podcast, and narrative production from research and interviews through delivery.
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Technical Director / Field Producer / Editor
Altered Slate, Temple Media, NTWRK, Pasadena Media, Public-Access
2020–2025
Documentary, editorial, commercial, cultural, public-outreach, news, podcast, and narrative production from research and interviews through delivery.
- Coordinated interviews, locations, schedules, camera and lighting, production sound, editorial structure, color finishing, and rapid-turnaround delivery.
- Supported public-access teams through troubleshooting, studio and multicamera operations, workshops, demonstrations, and technical coaching.
- Managed DIT ingest, camera and sound synchronization, metadata, proxy and master structures, version control, redundant backup, retrieval, dialogue repair, ADR, multitrack mixing, and aerial-footage finishing.
CV-04.02Published Photojournalist
The Oregonian
2023
On-location visual reporting that treated photographs as evidence of place, event, and public consequence.
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Published Photojournalist
The Oregonian
2023
On-location visual reporting that treated photographs as evidence of place, event, and public consequence.
- Produced published field photography and concise visual narratives for a general public audience.
CV-04.03Reporter / Columnist / Photographer
The Broadside
2022–2023
News, features, essays, profiles, and event coverage across housing, public policy, community leadership, arts and culture, film, ceramics, theater, institutional issues, and current events.
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Reporter / Columnist / Photographer
The Broadside
2022–2023
News, features, essays, profiles, and event coverage across housing, public policy, community leadership, arts and culture, film, ceramics, theater, institutional issues, and current events.
- Used interviews, public records, field observation, explanatory writing, and photography to make technical and contested subjects legible to readers.
05Education + Training5 entries / open
CV-05.01Bachelor of Science, Ecology
The Evergreen State College
June 2026
Field-centered ecology training spanning taxonomy, conservation, wildlife biology, GIS, and marine systems.
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Bachelor of Science, Ecology
The Evergreen State College
June 2026
Field-centered ecology training spanning taxonomy, conservation, wildlife biology, GIS, and marine systems.
- Coursework and projects in field plant taxonomy, biodiversity conservation, wildlife conservation biology, GIS field data collection, marine animal nutrition, and marine animal life cycles.
CV-05.02Geography, Geospatial Science & Digital Communication Coursework
Oregon State University
2022–2025
Geospatial and communication coursework completed with a 3.92 institutional GPA.
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Geography, Geospatial Science & Digital Communication Coursework
Oregon State University
2022–2025
Geospatial and communication coursework completed with a 3.92 institutional GPA.
- Institutional GPA 3.92; Honors College admission and scholarship support; two-year GIS-STEP scholarship; Scholastic Honor Roll in spring and fall 2023.
CV-05.03Degree-Partnership Coursework
Central Oregon Community College
2022–2023
Interdisciplinary coursework in science, writing, publications, and visual practice.
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Degree-Partnership Coursework
Central Oregon Community College
2022–2023
Interdisciplinary coursework in science, writing, publications, and visual practice.
- Completed 42 quarter credits with a 3.97 cumulative GPA and Dean’s List recognition.
CV-05.04Industrial Design Coursework
Metropolitan State University of Denver
2010–2011
Foundational work in CAD, technical drawing, materials, fabrication, composition, public speaking, and chemistry.
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Industrial Design Coursework
Metropolitan State University of Denver
2010–2011
Foundational work in CAD, technical drawing, materials, fabrication, composition, public speaking, and chemistry.
- Completed 24 semester credits with a 3.75 cumulative GPA and a 4.00 spring-term GPA.
CV-05.05Research Compliance
AALAS Learning Library / Washington State University
Jan 2026
Training in animal care principles and satellite animal housing responsibilities.
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Research Compliance
AALAS Learning Library / Washington State University
Jan 2026
Training in animal care principles and satellite animal housing responsibilities.
- Passed Principles of Animal Care and Satellite Animal Housing Location Training; completed occupational-health and fish-specific zoonotic-risk review for work under an approved animal-subjects protocol.
06Software + Methods5 entries / open
CV-06.01Geospatial systems
Field collection, spatial analysis, validation, mapping, and public-facing GIS products.
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Geospatial systems
Field collection, spatial analysis, validation, mapping, and public-facing GIS products.
- ArcGIS Online, ArcGIS Pro, Survey123, Survey123 Connect, Field Maps, QuickCapture, Dashboards, Experience Builder, StoryMaps, Arcade, QGIS, GeoCAT, Wallace, GPS, geodatabases, watershed analysis, and mobile QA/QC.
CV-06.02Aquatic research + environmental sensing
Animal-care, exposure, sensing, imaging, and field-documentation methods used in active salmonid research.
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Aquatic research + environmental sensing
Animal-care, exposure, sensing, imaging, and field-documentation methods used in active salmonid research.
- Salmonid husbandry, replicated stormwater exposure systems, spawning and hatch support, ISCO 6712 autosamplers, HOBO loggers, YSI multiparameter probes, hydrograph and first-flush interpretation, controlled visible and infrared imaging, morphometric microscopy, DanioVision, and Loligo swim-tunnel observation.
CV-06.03Analysis + development
Analysis, prototyping, documentation, and small-system development for field and research workflows.
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Analysis + development
Analysis, prototyping, documentation, and small-system development for field and research workflows.
- R, RStudio, Microsoft Excel, occurrence QA/QC, spatial thinning, background sampling, binomial generalized linear models, AUC, response curves, raster prediction, MESS, Garmin Connect IQ, Monkey C, literature synthesis, and workflow documentation.
CV-06.04Imaging + fabrication
Scientific imaging and physical modeling used to document organisms, specimens, equipment, and landscapes.
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Imaging + fabrication
Scientific imaging and physical modeling used to document organisms, specimens, equipment, and landscapes.
- Scientific photography and video, microscopy, controlled visible and infrared acquisition, Fusion 360, Formlabs Form 2 resin printing, physical terrain models, and experimental-system troubleshooting.
CV-06.05Post-production + DIT
Moving-image, sound, finishing, and asset-management skills demonstrated through field and editorial work.
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Post-production + DIT
Moving-image, sound, finishing, and asset-management skills demonstrated through field and editorial work.
- Adobe Premiere Pro, Photoshop, Lightroom, Audition, DaVinci Resolve, Logic Pro X, editing, dialogue repair, ADR, multitrack mixing, color finishing, motion graphics, DIT ingest, timecode, metadata, version control, backup, and retrieval.
07Additional Field Practice + Languages2 entries / open
CV-07.01Fisheries + Backcountry Practice
Ongoing
Long-running practical experience on freshwater and coastal systems across North America and Australia.
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Fisheries + Backcountry Practice
Ongoing
Long-running practical experience on freshwater and coastal systems across North America and Australia.
- Field practice includes catch-and-release angling, rafting, drift-boat and skiff operations, snorkeling, and backcountry navigation; holds Idaho’s 2018 catch-and-release state record for a 30-inch rainbow × cutthroat trout hybrid from the Snake River.
CV-07.02Languages
English; fluent Danish; introductory French.
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Languages
English; fluent Danish; introductory French.
- Prior Danish interpretation and translation experience, including English and Danish instruction.
Professional record
Research roles, field projects, analytical work, education, software, and production experience are summarized here. Public project and record links are included where supporting evidence is available.