Bradford L.

Bates
Mobile: (256)-520-1003 | Email: blbates@crimson.ua.edu
Education
2015-17 M.S. in Geography, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA. Concentration in Earth System Science. Advisor: Dr. Michael
Steinberg. Committee: Dr. Eben Broadbent, Dr. Julia Cherry. Thesis: Using Local Knowledge and Remote Sensing to Map Belizean
Recreation Fishery Resources. Two months of fieldwork and ethnographic surveying in Belize.
2012-15 B.S. in Geography, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA. Concentration in Earth System Science. Minor in Geographic
Information Science. Studied abroad in Belize.
Research Interests
Ecosystem service valuation, Natural capital, Climate change, Conservation geography, Remote sensing, UAVs, Carbon dynamics,
Geographic information systems, Environmental economics, Landscape modelling, Finance.
Affiliations
2016-17
2016-17
2016 May-Jun
2015-16
2015, Jun-Jul
2015, Dec-May
2015
2014-15
2014-15
2014
2013

Graduate Research Assistant, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); Department of
Geography, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA.
Graduate Research Assistant, United States Geological Survey (USGS), Spatial Ecology and Conservation Lab (SPEC
Lab), The University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; Department of Geology, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL.
GIS Officer, The Toledo Institute for Development and Environment (TIDE), Punta Gorda, Toledo, Belize.
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Geography, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA. Courses
Assisted: Rainforests, Reefs, and Ruins: UA in Belize 2016 (Study Abroad); Geography 102 Laboratory; Remote Sensing I.
Funded Fellowship, National Flood Interoperability Experiment, NOAA National Water Center, Tuscaloosa, AL,
USA.
Paid GIS Internship, The City of Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA.
Backcountry Trip Leader, Outdoor Recreation, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA.
Internship, Capstone International Academic Programs, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA.
President, University of Alabama Club Geography, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA.
Paid Internship, National Great Rivers Research and Education Center, Champaign-Urbana, IL, USA.
Undergraduate Researcher, Surface Dynamics Modelling Lab, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA.

Current Projects
Development of a web-based repository of inundation maps for flood-forecasting model validation and improvement (Aug 2016
Present)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA)
Using UAVs and water quality testing to link riparian vegetation NDVI to nutrient levels and oxygen isotopes (Jul. 2016 Present)
United States Geological Survey (USGS)
Spatial Ecology and Conservation Lab The University of Florida
Department of Geology The University of Alabama
Using Local Knowledge and Remote Sensing to Map Belizean Recreation Fishery Resources and their Threats (Aug. 2015 Present)

Master of Science Thesis

Past Projects
Seagrass Conservation through Improved Boat Channel Mapping in Everglades National Park (Aug. 2015 Jan. 2016)
Implementing the InVEST Carbon Model to Assess Changes in Carbon Storage in Tuscaloosa County, AL (Aug. 2015 Dec. 2015)
Historical Flood Classification for Hydrological Model Validation using Automation and Remote Sensing (Jun. 2015 Jul. 2015

2015 National Flood Interoperability Experiment (National Water Center; Tuscaloosa, AL)
o National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
o Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science, Inc.
Historical Deposition of Post-Settlement Alluvium in the Upper Sangamon River Basin, IL (May 2014 Aug. 2014)

The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

National Great Rivers Research and Education Center

Awards and Honors

2016-17 USGS grant to link UAV survey of riparian vegetation to riverine water quality
2016
NOAA grant for historical flood database development using remotely sensed imagery ($40,000)
2016
University of Alabama Department of Geography graduate research assistantship [GRA] (full tuition and monthly stipend)
2016
Capstone International Academic Programs (UA) grant for international thesis research ($500)
2016
University of Alabama College of Arts & Sciences grant for Natural Capital Symposium ($200)
2016
University of Alabama Department of Geography grant for Natural Capital Symposium ($200)
2016
University of Alabama Graduate School grant for Natural Capital Symposium ($300)
2016
University of Alabama Graduate School grant for RapidEye imagery ($250)
2016
University of Alabama Department of Geography grant for RapidEye imagery ($250)
2016
Bonefish & Tarpon Trust Fund grant for navigation channel mapping Everglades National Park ($6000)
2015
University of Alabama Department of Geography graduate teaching assistantship [GTA] (full tuition and monthly stipend)
2015
NOAA & CUAHSI National Flood Interoperability Experiment Fellowship ($2500)
2015
The University of Alabama Outstanding Undergraduate in Geography ($100)
Presentations/Posters
2016 Bates, Bradford L. (Presentation) Belize recreational fisheries and remote sensing analysis. Rainforests, Reefs, and Ruins:
University of Alabama in Belize. South Water Caye, Belize. May 20, 2016.
2016 Bates, Bradford L; Steinberg, Michael. (Poster) Using Local Knowledge to Map Nationwide Belizean Sport Fishery Resources.
2016 Natural Capital Symposium, Stanford University, March 21st and Association of American Geographers, San Francisco, CA.
2015 Bates, Bradford L.; (Poster) Land cover changes near Lake Lurleen State Park from 1992-2011: An assessment of carbon storage
and forest fragmentation. Lake Lurleen State Park, AL, Ecosystem Service Demonstration. November 2015.
2015
2015

2014

Bates, Bradford L; Jafarzadegan, Keighobad; Morvarid, Shakiba. (Poster) Historical Flood Classification for Hydraulic Model
Validation. Alabama Water Resources Conference, Orange Beach, AL, October.
Bates, Bradford L; Jafarzadegan, Keighobad; Morvarid, Shakiba. (Presentation) Historical Flood Classification for Hydraulic
Model Validation. Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science, Inc. Annual Conference, Tuscaloosa,
AL, July 27th.
Bates, Bradford L; Anders, Alison; Grimley, David A.; (Presentation and Poster) Using Magnetic Fly Ash to Determine Erosion
Rates in the Upper Sangamon River Basin, IL. National Great Rivers Research and Education Center Research Symposium, August
8th.

News & Media Mentions

2016
WVUA 23 Alabama faculty member creating Everglades map
2016
University of Alabama Research Magazine, UA Professor to Aid National Park Service in Mapping of Florida Bay, (Author:
McKinley Cole Lanier)
2016
Bonefish & Tarpon Trust, The Florida Keys Initiative Update (Author: Brooke D. Black)

Associations
Association of American Geographers
Alabama Water Research Group
Clubs
University of Alabama Club Geography
Statistics
ArcGIS geostatistical analyst, SPSS, MS Excel, Python
GIS & Remote Sensing
ArcGIS, Google Earth Engine (trademark), Erdas Imagine, Q-GIS, Python

Languages
English native
Spanish basic
Volunteer Experience
2016 GIS Officer: Toledo Institute for Development and Environment (TIDE) Punta Gorda, Belize
2014 U.S. Forest Service Air-photo analyst
2014 Tuscaloosa Waterfest Education and logistics
2014 Lake Lurleen Clean-Up
2013 Lake Tuscaloosa Clean-Up
Certifications
Geographic Information Science (University of Alabama)

Graduate Coursework
Quantitative Methods
Coastal Geomorphology
Research Methods and Traditions in Geography
Hydroclimatology
Ecosystem Services
Introduction to the Natural Capital approach (Stanford University)
Relevant Undergraduate Coursework
Remote Sensing I

Computer Mapping and Graphics

Remote Sensing II

Map and Air-Photo Interpretation

GIS Programming

Atmospheric Processes and Patterns

Advanced GIS

Earth Surface Processes

Intro to GIS

Educational Statistics

Python I

Calculus I

Python II (audit)

Special Research in Belize

Geomorphology

Technical Writing

Forest Ecology and Vegetation Analysis

Industrial Development and Location

Natural Resources and Environmental Planning

Directed Research in Physical Geography

Environmental Decision-Making