Office: Room 306, Agriculture C
Phone: (307) 766-6649
Email: mberends@uwyo.edu

Margo Berendsen is a GIS analyst, educator, and research scientist at the University of Wyoming. She teaches courses on Geospatial Foundations, Spatial Data Visualization, and works on various research projects and GIS analysis projects. She co-authored the Wyoming Student Atlas, a publication that has been distributed to all Wyoming elementary and middle schools, and developed the Atlas into a series of standards-based interactive story maps as another K-12 education resource. She is currently working on an NSF study on how learning with GIS improves spatial thinking.

Margo received her MA in Geography from the State University of New York at Buffalo and holds a GISP from the GIS Certification Institute. She is a member of the American Association of Geographers, the Wyoming Geographic Alliance, and Women in GIS. She is an avid reader and loves hiking and riding horses in the mountains with family and friends.

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Office: Room 326, Agriculture C
Phone: (307) 766-2532
Email: ncase2@uwyo.edu

Nicholas Case has been a part of WyGISC since 2018 currently works as a Geospatial Developer. He is the development arm of the EPSCoR Micro project's Data Team and responsible for creating and maintaining the Laboratory Inventory Management System (LIMS) designed to track samples starting from the field through analyses. Additionally, Case is a teaching assistant to Dr. Shannon Albeke in the GIST department. He helps design course content, assessments, and moderates discussion boards that interface directly with students.

Nicholas obtained his bachelor's degree of arts and sciences in anthropology from San Diego State University and an associate's degree of science in geography from San Diego Mesa College. He is currently a master's student in the GIST program focusing on learning new methods and technologies that enable researchers and decision-makers to glean information from data that may not be readily visible on its own.

Office: Room 323, Agriculture C
Phone: (307) 766-2532
Email: sewers@uwyo.edu

Samantha Ewers is a Geospatial Specialist for WyGISC. She joined WyGISC in 2014 as a data manager for an NSF EPSCoR grant in spatial hydrology and now spatial microbial diversity. Samantha's primary focus has been to perform data management for academic research projects and research groups. She also assists with development and maintenance of data management for projects and applications across WyGISC. Samantha is a member of Women in GIS and holds a Bachelor's in Civil Engineering from North Carolina State University. She enjoys being outside hiking and more recently gardening and is an avid quilter.

Office: Room 321, Agriculture C
Phone: (307) 766-2532
Email: wkirkpa2@uwyo.edu

William Kirkpatrick has been a part of WyGISC since 2019 and is currently working as a Geospatial Technician. He was initially hired for an internship and worked on several projects underneath Shannon Albeke, including creating an R package dealing with linear referencing of spatial features and the development of an API for the website https://datacorral.uwyo.edu/. He's currently working on an application to help researchers make effective use of the University of Wyoming Archaeological Repository (UWAR).

William Kirkpatrick recently graduated and obtained a bachelor's degree in Computer Science with a certificate in cyber security. When he's not working at WyGISC he enjoys snowboarding, going to concerts, and anything coding related.

Office: Room 326, Agriculture C
Phone: (307) 766-2532
Email: jmckay6@uwyo.edu

Jalynda Mckay is a Geospatial Project Coordinator with WyGISC, where she's been working since 2016 designing and building geospatial web applications from start to finish. Jalynda has served as the Vice President of the Board of Directors for the Wyoming Geospatial Organization (WyGeo) and is an active member of WyGeo and Women in GIS. Her research interests include developing natural resource management tools, computer programming, and data management. When not programming geospatial apps you can usually find her riding her mountain bike in the hills around Laramie, boating on the many rivers in the West, or skiing in the back country.

Office: Room 319, Agriculture C
Phone: (307) 766-2532
Email: msanecki@uwyo.edu

Michelle North has been a geospatial technician at WyGISC since 2014. Projects she has worked on include the DDCT (now OneSteppe) and the UW campus map. Additionally, she developed a map to help consumers connect with local farms across the US. Michelle grew up in Casper and received her BS in Geography from the University of Wyoming. When she's not working, Michelle enjoys spending time with her husband and dogs, gardening, and hiking in the mountains.

Office: Room 323, Agriculture C
Phone: (307) 766-2532
Email: luke.todd@uwyo.edu

Luke Todd is a Geospatial Analyst for WyGISC. Luke received his MS in Agricultural and Applied Economics, and Environment and Natural Resources from the University of Wyoming in 2015. Since then he has worked as a Data Analyst for the state of Wyoming and an Assistant Research Scientist at the Wyoming Survey & Analysis Center. He enjoys cycling, Nordic skiing, and generally being outside.

Office: Room 321, Agriculture C
Phone: (307) 766-2532
Email: nwilli21@uwyo.edu

Natalie Williams is a Geospatial Technician for WyGISC. Where she assists with several web development projects for both WyGISC and many of their additional websites and web projects. She joined in September of 2018 and is a University of Wyoming graduate with a bachelor's degree in Geology. Natalie's interests include hiking, computer science, and literature.