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2006 - Present: Geosciences Research, Logistics, Engineering Support
- Staff Research Associate, Department of Geography, University of Nevada, Reno
- Dendrochronology --- paleoclimate, archaeology, landscape disturbance
- Consulting: Material Transfer Engineering, Field Recon & Conceptual Modeling
- Consulting: Geographic Information Systems (GIS) --- analysis, cartography, data development
- Consulting: Project Logistics Management --- field operations
- Information Technology (IT) --- hardware configuration, troubleshooting, web design
Professional Experience:
- 2006 Field Logistics Coordinator, Tonogold Resources Inc., Nyac Project, Alaska.
- On-site camp resources supervision, planning, execution
- Helicopter drilling program support/field construction
- GIS data management
- 2002-2006 Research Technician, Dendrochronology, Geography Department, University of Nevada, Reno.
- Laboratory maintenance; field collections; dendrochronological analyses; IT work; GIS analyses; website development.
- Development of a 2400-year chronology of moisture-sensitive tree-ring records.
- Development of many multi-century chronologies from Pinyon Pine, Yellow Pine, and Juniper species.
- Precise dating of various archaeological sites, including cabins and charcoal ovens.
- GIS processing of the OSU PRISM climate dataset within the Great Basin and coordination of its publication on an Internet Map Server.
- Collaboration on a high-altitude tropical climate study in Mexico.
- Delivery Driver, Western Nevada Supply Company, Sparks, Nevada
- ref: Tom Reviglio, Vice President (ret.)
- ref: Clint Wiseman, Shipping Manager
- Delivery Driver, Aircraft Load Planning, DHL Worldwide Express, Sparks, Nevada
- ref: Karen Neill, Lead Driver
- Box Monkey, Bently Nevada Corporation, Minden, Nevada
- ref: Adrian Cobb, Shipping Supervisor
- ref: Dick Straw, Shipping Supervisor (ret.)
- Delivery Driver, Winans Furniture, Minden, Nevada
- ref: Andrew Winans, Owner
- Landscape Supervisor, Draper Landscaping, Yerington, Nevada
- Ranch Hand, Flying M Cattle Company, Flying M Ranch, Yerington, Nevada
- ref: Ernie Paine, Cattle Boss
- ref: Jack Waltz, Conference Center Manager
Selected Publications and Presentations
2009 Biondi, F., S. Strachan, and J. Leising. Tree-ring extension of hydrological records for selected eastern Nevada valleys: Building the dataset. Treeflow Workshop on "Tree-ring reconstructions of streamflow and climate and their application to Colorado River Basin water management", Boulder City, Nevada.
2009 Biondi, F. and S. Strachan. An expanded tree-ring network for eco-hydro-climatic research in the Great Basin of North America. Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Paper Session on "Climate, Wildfire, and Woodland Dynamics in the Great Basin of North America - II", Las Vegas, NV.
2009 Strachan, S. and F. Biondi. Precise Dating of Comstock-Era Charcoal Ovens in the Great Basin: A Dendrochronological Perspective. Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Paper Session on "Climate, Wildfire, and Woodland Dynamics in the Great Basin of North America - II", Las Vegas, NV.
2009 Kilpatrick, M., J. Sibold, S. Strachan, and F. Biondi. Tree-ring based fire history of the Clover Mountains, Lincoln County, Nevada. Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Paper Session on "Climate, Wildfire, and Woodland Dynamics in the Great Basin of North America - I", Las Vegas, NV.
2008 Biondi, F., S. Strachan, and J. Leising. Tree-ring extension of hydrological records for selected eastern Nevada valleys: Building the dataset. Treeflow Workshop on "Tree-ring reconstructions of streamflow and climate and their application to Colorado River Basin water management", Boulder City, Nevada.
2008 Biondi, F., T.J. Kozubowski, A.K. Panorska, and S. Strachan. Estimating the likelihood of eco-hydro-climatic episodes from tree-ring records. Abstracts of the 8th National Conference on Science, Policy and the Environment on Climate Change: Science & Solutions , National Council for Science and the Environment, Washington D.C., USA.
2007 Biondi, F., S. Strachan, S.A. Mensing, and G. Piovesan. Radiocarbon analysis confirms the annual nature of sagebrush growth rings. Radiocarbon 49(3): 1232-1240
(PDF format)
2007 Biondi, F., and S. Strachan. Spatial and temporal patterns identified in a Pinus monophylla tree-ring network. Abstracts of the 103 rd Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Paper Session on "Dendrochronology II", San Francisco, CA.
2006 Biondi, F., J. Kleppe, and S. Strachan. Underwater Dendrochronology of Sierra Nevada Lakes. Workshop on Science as a Tool in Lake Tahoe Basin Management, Incline Village, Nevada. ( PDF format - about 0.9 Mb)
2006 Biondi, F., S. Mensing, and S. Strachan. 14 C Analysis Confirms the Annual Nature of Sagebrush Wood Layers. Mountain Climate Sciences Symposium (MTNCLIM), Mt. Hood, Oregon. ( PDF format - about 0.9 Mb)
2006 Strachan, S., F. Biondi, and J. Kleppe. Tree-Ring Dating of Submerged Trees in Fallen Leaf Lake, California. Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois.
2005 Strachan, S., F. Biondi, and J. Kleppe. Tree-Ring Dating of Submerged Wood Samples Recovered from Fallen Leaf Lake, California. Workshop on Coring in the Lake Tahoe Basin, Tahoe City, California. (PDF format - about 1.3 Mb)
2005 Biondi, F., T.J. Kozubowski, A.K. Panorska, and S. Strachan. "Give Climate a Chance": Estimates from Tree Rings. Planning Workshop to Develop Hydroclimatic Reconstructions for Decision Support in the Colorado River Basin, Tucson, Arizona. (PDF format - about 2.1 Mb)
2005 Biondi, F., and S. Strachan. Pyroclimatic Hypothesis for Mt. Irish, Nevada, Derived from Tree-Ring Records. Fire History and Climate Synthesis in the Western United States Workshop, Flagstaff, Arizona.
(PDF format - about 5.6 Mb)
2005 Biondi, F., T. Kozubowski, A. Panorska and S. Strachan. A Pinus monophylla tree-ring network for hydroclimatic studies in the Great Basin of North America. Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado.
2005 Biondi, F., and S. Strachan. Great Basin Tree-Ring Records from Lower-Forest-Border Sites. Mountain Climate Sciences Symposium (MTNCLIM), Chico Hot Springs, Montana. (PDF format - 3.5Mb)
2004 Biondi, F., T.J. Kozubowski, and A.K. Panorska; K.T. Redmond, and S. Strachan. Drought Risk Estimation from Tree Rings. Mountain Climate Sciences Symposium (MTNCLIM), South Lake Tahoe, California. (PDF format - 2Mb)
2004 Biondi, F., G.D. McCurdy, P.C. Hartsough, and S. Strachan. Daily Weather and Tree Growth at the Tropical Treeline of North America. Meeting on Tree Rings and Climate: Sharpening the Focus, Tucson, Arizona. (PDF format - 2.8Mb)
2004 Biondi, F., T. Kozubowski, A. Panorska, L. Saito and S. Strachan. New approaches in dendrohydrology: theory and preliminary application to a 2300-year long record for the Walker River basin, California and Nevada, USA. Meeting on Tree Rings and Climate: Sharpening the Focus, Tucson, Arizona.
2004 Biondi, F., T. Kozubowski, A. Panorska and S. Strachan. A 2000-year hydroclimatic reconstruction for the Walker River basin, California and Nevada, USA. Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
2003 Biondi, F. and S. Strachan. Tree-Ring Dating of Truckee Charcoal Ovens. Final Report. Department of Geography, University of Nevada, Reno.
2003 Biondi, F., G. McCurdy, P. Hartsough and S. Strachan. Daily to annual meteorological patterns at high elevation in the North American monsoon region. 28th Annual Climate Diagnostics and Prediction Workshop, Reno, Nevada.
Education:
Associate of Arts, Western Nevada Community College 1998  GPA 3.85/4.0
Course of study emphases
*Physical Geography
*Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
*Cartography
*Land Use Planning
Semester projects
*Ground Water Modeling: an inexpensive statistical approach
*Time-series analysis of suburban growth
*Public Land Access planning in Douglas County, Nevada
ref: Dan Holler, County Manager
ref: Mimi Moss, Planning & Economic Development Manager
Credits: Cosponsors of Scotty's Higher Education, ordered chronologically:
*Bently Nevada Corporation, A.A. tuition & books advance
*Ernie Kuehnel's Hotel & Catering Service
*DHL Worldwide Express, B.S. tuition & books reimbursement
*UNR Geography Department, Desert Mountain Research Scholarship, 2000
*Western Nevada Supply Company, B.S. tuition & books advance
*Anthea Strachan, B.S. family expenses aid --- hi honey!
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