Peter A. EerNisse, PMP

Environmental Data Analyst/Scientist

Summary

I am a managing-level scientist and project manager in Salt Lake City, Utah with 23 years of experience completing start-to-finish environmental and public health projects. I have worked in all project aspects from field work to scientific analysis and reporting, to project management and new pursuits and proposals. Most recently (2014-present), I am a self-taught data science enthusiast and programmer in the R statistical computing language and environment. My other experience includes study design, relational database design and data management, statistical data analysis, geographic information systems (GIS), and project management.

Areas I have worked in include public health data and informatics, environmental investigation and assessment, RCRA, CERCLA, long-term monitoring and remediation of soil, groundwater, and surface water in support of federal and commercial operations and closure phases. My natural resource background also includes inventories and monitoring of wetlands, riparian and aquatic habitat, watershed hydrology, amphibians, and threatened and endangered species.

Skills Summary

  • R Programming for data wrangling, statistical analysis, visualizations and modeling
  • R Shiny Web Application Development
  • R Shiny Production Grade Applications with Golem and R Package Builder
  • Automated Reporting with R Markdown to Word/HTML
  • R Shiny Server Administration on AWS Linux
  • Application Hosting with AWS (EC2, RDS, S3)
  • Version control with Git/GitHub/AzureDevOps
  • Database Design and Management (Oracle SQL, SQL Server, MySQL, MS Access)
  • Statistical Analysis of Environmental Data (Exploratory/descriptive analyses, outlier treatment, non-detect values treatment,linear and multi-variable regression models, machine learning, non-parametric statistical methods, power analysis)
  • Project Study Design and Project Data Flow Consulting
  • Technical Writing and Presentations
  • Data Visualizations for Reports with ggplot2 and plotly
  • Machine Learning in R with keras/tensorflow, caret
  • Project Management - PMI/Agile Methods
  • Groundwater Detection and Compliance Monitoring under EPA 2009 Unified Guidance for RCRA Facilities
  • ESRI ArcGIS
  • MS Power BI Reports/Dashboards
  • Websites/SharePoint (HTML, CSS)
  • MS Office Products Access, Excel/PowerPivot/PowerQuery, Word, PowerPoint, VBA Programming
  • MS SharePoint 2010, 2013, 2016, SP Online
  • MS SharePoint Designer 2010, 2013

    • Formal Education

    Further Education

    Registrations and Certifications

    Project Management Professional (PMP) #1829161, Project Management Institute, 2015 - 2022

    Publications and Presentations

    Peter EerNisse and David J. Ruppert. 2000. Sawtooth Wilderness Inventory and Monitoring Project Manual. USDA Forest Service, Sawtooth National Recreation Area, Stanley, Idaho.

    Whitney E. Hable, Peter EerNisse, Michael Hoggan, and Darryl L Kropf. 2001. Effect of calcium ionophores on early development in fucoid algae. Phycological Research 49: 145-154.

    EerNisse, P.A., Oliver, D.S., Steinmacher, S.J., Miller, J.P., Hall, B.L., Case, J.D. 2008. Relationships Between Indoor Air Contaminant Concentrations and Site and Climatic Conditions; The Ninth Air and Waste Management Association’s 101st Annual Conference & Exhibition, Portland, OR. June 24 - 27, 2008.

    EerNisse, P.A., Steinmacher, S.J., Mehraban, T., Case, J.D and Rita Hanover. 2009. Vapor Intrusion Mitigation System Efficacy in Residential Communities Surrounding Hill Air Force Base, Utah. The Air and Waste Management Association’s Specialty Conference on Vapor Intrusion, San Diego, CA. January 27 - 30, 2009.

    EerNisse, Peter A. 2015. Multiple Lines of Evidence Methods to Investigate Groundwater-Surface Water Interaction. Geological Society of Nevada, Elko. October 15, 2015.