Research
PhD Adviser: Michael Goulden

• How would warmer winters affect the ecosystems of the Sierra Nevada mountains?
• What are the thresholds for mortality in drought-stressed trees above and below the snow line?
• How do climate, fire, and soils influence the spatial and temporal patterns of ecosystem types in the coastal foothills of Southern California?

Education and Certification
2007	Master of Science, Environmental Science California State University, Los Angeles Thesis: Shifts in the Deep Canyon Ecocline, 1977 - 2007 (pdf) Adviser: Michael Goulden, UC Irvine
2005	Professional CLEAR Credential, Single Subject, Physics California State University, Los Angeles
2001	Bachelor of Science, Physics California Institute of Technology
Research Experience
2006 - 2007	Vegetation survey and climate analysis of changes in vegetation zonation and mortality along an elevational transect in the Santa Rosa Mountains, Michael Goulden.  University of California, Irvine, CA.
2005 - 2006	Data collection and analysis of spectral reflectance of vegetation in Arctic tundra and California chaparral, John Gamon. California State University, Los Angeles, CA
2000	Simulating the large scale structure of the universe to place limits on cosmological parameters, John Peacock, University of Edinburgh (Royal Observatory of Edinburgh), Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
1999	Analysis of multiwavelength spectral energy distributions of Extremely Red Objects to determine age and composition, David Thompson, Max Planck Institut für Astronomie, Heidelberg, Germany
1998	Using the Palomar Digital Sky Survey’s multiwavelength spectral energy distributions to analyze high-redshift quasars and other peculiar objects, S. George Djorgovski, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
Work Experience
2005 - 2006	Field assistant, California State University, Los Angeles, CA and VECO Polar Developed experiment to determine influence of climate change on CO2 flux from Arctic bryophytes Constructed and maintained automated tram system for spectral reflectance data in Barrow, Alaska Collected and analyzed spectral reflectance data for 2005 growing season
2004 - 2005	Science teacher, Franklin High School, Los Angeles Unified School District, Los Angeles, CA Taught chemistry, physics, geology, ecology, and evolution to five classes of 40 students each Worked with colleagues to develop new curricula for hands-on, investigative approach to learning science
2002 - 2004	Observer Support staff, Spitzer Science Center, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA Worked with scientists to publish technical documentation Developed applications to analyze and coordinate Spitzer observations Ran workshops for scientists on using Spitzer observation software
2005 - 2007 2001 - 2003	Applications developer, NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database, Infrared Processing and Analysis Center, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA Developed software tools to input and analyze gigabytes of astronomical data for public access
2000	Applications developer, firstlook.com, Sherman Oaks, CA Coordinated gigabytes of data with Amazon.com for serving on the web
1998	Teaching assistant, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA Optics. Optics theory, assisted with laboratory experiments.
1995 - 1996	Web developer, ARCO Alaska, Inc.
Awards Received
2005 - 2007	National Science Foundation CEA-CREST Graduate Fellow
2001	Frank Terrugi Memorial Prize
1999	Caltech Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship, for study at the Royal Observatory of Edinburgh, Scotland
1998	Robert and Delpha Noland Summer Internship, for study at the Max Planck Institute für Astronomie, Heidelberg, Germany
Publications
1.	Kelly A, Goulden M.  2008.  Rapid shifts in plant distribution with recent climate change  Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci., 105(33).
2.	Kelly A, Goulden M.  2007.  Climate influence on shifts in the Deep Canyon ecocline, 1977 - 2007.  Eos Trans. AGU, 88(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract GC41A-0115.
3.	Mazzarrella JM, Madore BF, Corwin H, Schmitz M, Bennett J, Kelly A, Helou G, Skiff B. 2002.  Statistical Analysis and Visualization of Multiwavelength Spectral Energy Distributions in the NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database (NED).  Proceedings of SPIE: Astronomical Data Analysis II 4847: 254-264.
4.	Thompson D, Kelly AE, Sawicki M, Soifer BT, Matthews K. 1999.  Study of Extremely Red Objects. Photometric Redshifts and the Detection of High Redshift Galaxies, ASP Conference Series 191: 291.
5.	DPOSS, Djorgovski SG, Odewahn SC, Gal RR, de Carvalho R, Kelly A, Kollmeier J, Kartalov E, Darling J, Desai V. 1998.  High-Redshift Quasars and Other Peculiar-Color Objects in DPOSS.  American Astronomical Society, 192nd AAS Meeting, #55.22; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society 30: 1153.
6.	Bloom JS, Djorgovski SG, Gal RR, Kulkarni SR, Kelly A. 1998. GRB 980519 optical observations. GRB Coordinates Network 87: 1.