Kristine Lister
Conservation Finance Consultant
Durham, North Carolina, United States
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Top SchoolKristine Lister is a conservation finance consultant and data-driven environmental researcher with eight years of experience applying statistical modeling and machine learning to natural resource and conservation challenges. She blends technical skills in Python, remote sensing, and random forest modeling with practical finance and policy work—co-authoring guidance on Indigenous and site-based conservation finance and helping develop nature credit methodologies. At WRI she led global carbon sequestration modeling and prototype mapping of drivers of tree cover loss, and at Cornell she produced satellite-based chlorophyll trend analyses—demonstrating a rare mix of academic rigor and applied program delivery. Based in Durham, NC, she leverages training in operations research and environmental management to translate complex data into fundable, locally led conservation solutions. An often-overlooked strength is her track record of convening interdisciplinary teams and turning volunteer and partner contributions into reproducible, decision-ready tools.
8 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Environmental Management (MEM), Terrestrial & Freshwater Environments, Environmental Economics and Policy, Master of Environmental Management (MEM), Terrestrial & Freshwater Environments, Environmental Economics and Policy at Duke University Nicholas School of the EnvironmentBachelor of Science (B.S.), Operations Research and Information Engineering, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Operations Research and Information Engineering at Cornell Duffield College of EngineeringBachelor’s Degree, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Bachelor’s Degree, Astronomy and Astrophysics at University of Colorado Boulder
English
Github Skills (7)
datasets8
methodology7
change-detection5
python3
regression3
classification3
binary-classification3
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
resource-watch/blog-analysis
May 2019 - Aug 2022
Contributions:2 reviews, 97 commits, 13 PRs in 3 years 2 months
wri/rw-dynamicworld-cd
Jun 2020 - May 2022
A repository holding code and example notebooks for change detection methodology for the Dynamic World Land Cover product.
Contributions:3 PRs, 64 pushes, 3 branches in 1 year 11 months
land-covermethodologynotebookslandchange-detection
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