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Professional Summary

I’m currently a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Virginia in Civil and Environmental Engineering. Through coursework, internships, and peer-reviewed publications, I have developed extensive oral and written communication skills as well as valuable scientific presentation experience from my participation in international conferences and seminars. My research interests include ssessment and management of landslide susceptibility, hazard, and risk in the Lower Mekong River Basin, applying remotely sensed data such as soil moisture and precipitation to landslide hazard modeling

and advancing citizen science data. 

 

Education

University of Virginia                                   

Ph.D. (In Progress), Civil and Environmental Engineering

Advisor: Dr. Venkat Lakshmi

Aug. 2019-Present 

Graduating May 2023

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University of South Carolina

Credits Earned in Geology

Advisor: Dr. Venkat Lakshmi

Aug. 2017 – Aug. 2019

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Longwood University

B.S., Physics, 2017

Advisor: Dr. Michelle Parry

Aug. 2013 – May 2017
 

Professional Appointment

University of Virginia GAANN Fellowship (August 2020 – August 2022)

NASA Internship – Goddard Space Flight Center (June 2020 – August 2020)

University of Virginia Research Assistantship (August 2019 – May 2020)

NASA DEVELOP Program – Langley Research Center (June 2019 – August 2019)

NASA Internship – Goddard Space Flight Center (June 2018 – August 2018)

University of South Carolina Instructional Assistantship (June 2017 – May 2018)

Longwood University PRISM Program (May 2016 –  July 2016)

 

Research Experience

• Completion of multiple research projects including data analysis and publication with topics covering the remote sensing of essential climate variables, disaster susceptibility modeling, and citizen science database development and assessment

• Proficiency with coding languages MATLAB, R, and Python and GIS software ArcGIS and QGIS

• Research presentation and networking experience from annual AGU conferences (2017-2021)

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Awards and Honors​

Achievement Rewards for College Scientists (MWC/ARCS) Foundation Scholar (2021-2022)

Graduate Assistantships in Areas of National Need (GAANN) Fellowship (2020 – 2021)

Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society (2016)

Sigma Pi Sigma National Physics Honor Society (2016)

Exceptional Performance in Physics Research Award (2016 – 2017)

Outstanding Senior Majoring in Physics Award (2016 – 2017)

Outstanding Freshman Physics/Dual-Degree Student Award (2013 – 2014)

 

Conference Presentations ​

1. Dandridge, C., D. Kirschbaum, T. Stanley, and V. Lakshmi. (2020), The Influence of Land Use and Land Cover Change on Landslide Susceptibility in the Lower Mekong River Basin, H030-0023 presented at 2020 Fall Meeting, AGU, December 1-17.

2. Dandridge, C., V. Lakshmi, and D. Kirschbaum. (2019), Evaluation of Landslide Susceptibility in Thailand using LHASA Model, H33O-2211 presented at 2019 Fall Meeting, AGU, December 9-13, San Francisco, CA

3. Dandridge, C. and V. Lakshmi. (2019), Downscaling of soil moisture from SMAP for Lower Mekong River Basin, Vietnam International Water Week, March 22-25, 2019, Hanoi, Vietnam

4. Dandridge, C., B. Fang, J. Bolten and V. Lakshmi. (2018), Downscaling of SMAP enhanced soil moisture product in the Lower Mekong River Basin, GC31K-1386 presented at 2018 Fall Meeting, AGU, December 10-14, Washington DC

5. Lakshmi, V., B. Fang, C. Dandridge, J. Bolten, H. Manh and B. Dui. (2018), Use of satellite data for hydrological studies in the Lower Mekong River Basin, Vietnam International Water Week, March 3-7, 2018, Hanoi, Vietnam

6. Dandridge, C., V. Lakshmi, J. Sutton and J. Bolten. (2017), Precipitation estimates and comparison of satellite rainfall data to in situ rain gauge observations to further develop the watershed-modeling capabilities for the Lower Mekong River Basin, H21E-1498  presented at 2017 Fall Meeting, AGU, December 11-15, New Orleans, LA

 

Publications

1. Dandridge, C.; Lakshmi, V.; Bolten, J.; Srinivasan, R. (2019) Evaluation of Satellite-Based Rainfall Estimates in the Lower Mekong River Basin (Southeast Asia). Remote Sensing, 11, 2709.

2. Dandridge, C.; Fang, B.; Lakshmi, V. (2020) Downscaling of SMAP Soil Moisture in the Lower Mekong River Basin. Water, 12, 56.

3. Fang, B.; Kansara., P; Dandridge, C; Lakshmi, V. (2021) Drought Monitoring using High Spatial Resolution Soil Moisture Data over Australia in 2015-2019, Journal of Hydrolology, 594. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2021.125960.​

4. Dandridge, C.; Stanley, T.; Kirschbaum, D.; Amatya, P.; Lakshmi, V. (2022) The Influence of Land Use and Land Cover Change on Landslide Susceptibility in the Lower Mekong River Basin. Natural Hazards. 10.21203/rs.3.rs-1595283/v1.  (In Review - Accepted)