, I focused on the PLACE (Predicting Landscapes to Advance Conservation Effectiveness) project by helping to create a model for predicting future landscape changes and conservation outcomes. I researched and summarized the literature of land use conversion (LULC) and accumulated a spatial data set of all potential predictor variables in the literature (ex. Road density, land use, population dynamics, land suitability for agriculture, etc.). Finally, I work on the initial phases of building a predictor model with Microsoft Azure