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Ryan Penic

USA

RESEARCH CONTRIBUTIONS:

DIURNAL CHANGES IN SURFACE URBAN HEAT ISLANDS AND THEIR RELATIONSHIPS WITH URBAN LAND COVER
February 2024 – August 2024
The Master’s thesis of Nikhil Poudyal. Early ECOSTRESS images were given to me to fix their referencing and place ratings on them based on pixel loss and data quality.

Land Surface Temperature and Urban Heat Exposure Dynamics in Two Major Cities of Western India
June 2025 – September 2025
Using the latest dataset from ECOSTRESS, I was once again asked to rate and correct images for use in the dataset.
Microclimate Variation, Mosquito Distributions, and Urban

Transmission of Dengue and Malaria in Two Indian Cities
August 2024 – September 2025
My task on this was to designate the type of surface a large point dataset had to train a model to label the city with all structure and surface types. I also consulted on the output of the model from the training and provided additional manual point data to improve model accuracy.

EDUCATION
University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK— BS in Geographic Information Science
December 2023
Geographic Information Science.

WORK EXPERIENCE
University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK – Research Analyst
February 2024 – September 2025
Working under Dr. Wimberly, I am continuing to process and analyze the data provided by researchers in Ahmdabad, India. Primarily working with Excel spreadsheets and R code to generate process, share, and visualize the data as time series charts, choropleth city ward maps, and new tables.

Ryan Penic

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