Biography

Roland (a.k.a.“Maps”) received his M.S. in Landscape Ecology from URI (’94) and has been working with the Center for Vector-Borne Disease since 2007, assisting with all of the risk mapping, modeling and geo-referencing of data. In his “day job” Roland brings over 22 years’ of managing and manipulating spatial data for URI Environmental Data Center, especially working on projects for northeastern National Parks. He also interacts with regional and national GIS leadership for the National Park Service.