Nick Mitchell, M.A.

Institute of Applied Research
Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences
Moltkestrasse 30
76133 Karlsruhe
Germany

phone: +49 721 925-xxxx
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Nick Mitchell
Work experience
since 06/2007 Linking coordinator of BIOTA contributions to participatory forest management planning for Kakamega Forest, Kenya
since 11/2004 PhD candidate and research scientist within BIOTA E02. Thesis: analysing long–term forest change in East Africa using GIS to integrate remote sensing, maps, historical records, place name and oral histories
07/2003 - 10/2004 Coordinator of Rapid Assessment and Prioritisation of Protected Area Management (RAPPAM) for WWF Papua New Guinea
12/2002 - 06/2003 Researcher for BIOTA–East, researching and publishing the historical disturbance of Kakamega Forest, Kenya
06/2002 - 04/2003 Primate Research Site Coordinator, researching Circopithecus mitis (Blue) Monkeys in Kakamega Forest, Kenya, for the University of Columbia, New York, USA
04/2001 - 06/2002 Capacity Builder, Kakamega Environmental Education Programme, K.E.E.P. Kakamega District, Kenya
05/1999 - 03/2001 Site Supervisor and acting Project Officer, Eton Rowing Lake excavations for Oxford Archaeological Unit, England
05/1999 - 04/2000 Site Supervisor and Wood Consultant, Heathrow Terminal 5 excavations for Framework Archaeology, England
02/1997 - 04/1999 Wood specialist, excavation and post-excavation, for prehistoric and medieval wetland sites, e.g. Tower of London, Reading Oracle, and Eton King?s Stable, for Oxford Archaeological Unit, England
03/1996 - 02/1997 Archaeological site technician for Oxford Archaeological Unit, England
10/1995 - 02/1996 Post-excavation researcher, Dorset County Council, England
06/2004 - 10/1994 Archaeological site technician, Lichfield Cathedral, England
Education
10/1994 - 10/1995 M.A. with Distinction in Post–Excavation Skills, Leicester University, England
10/1990 - 06/1993 BA in History and Archaeology (Class IIii), University College, North Wales, Bangor, Wales
Grants and awards
2009 3rd Best Multimedia Map at the 29th Annual ESRI Internaional User Conference
Karlsruhe, 07/01/2010