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Expert Details

Natural System Recognition and Pattern Language

ID: 732521 New York, USA

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Expert is a research scientist who consults on recognizing patterns of complexly organized natural systems and transformations. Her expertise is applied in research fields and their environments, for educational, response design, business, economics, governance, social, and world issues.

She teaches and consults in this field as a core competency for professional work. This field is perhaps best applied in small informal groups or professional teams addressing complex or hard-to-define problems, e.g., unexpected culture or environmental change or approaching challenges. Expert helps clients recognize rules, systems and patterns in order for clients to work more productively.

Her primary service is as a design consultant, primarily for leading or consulting on the use of organized “innovation projects”, adapting her general model and strategy to the needs of a client.


Areas of her area of natural science expertise include:

> Scientific Research Methods of Physics and Natural Systems
> Whole System Measure, Assessment and Information Display
> System Boundary Identification and Exhaustive Search Methods
> Problem and Gap Finding Strategies, Pattern Search, Environmental Exploration
> Methods of Inclusive Accounting, Using Anchor Indicators and Contextual Clouds,
> Converting measures to common units of impact on the whole

Her expertise also includes Planning and Sustainability Design consulting, Global Steering using Whole System Profitability Measures and Impact Investing Strategy.

Architectural Practice, Patterns of Business and Cultural Transformation, “Action Learning” and other Cyclic Work Group Leaning Methods using strategic exploration alternating with stages of project development.

She helps clients focus on resolving both the internal and external factors that affect and motivate the pursuit of projects and goals.

See "Government Experience" above.

Education

Year Degree Subject Institution
Year: 1968 Degree: BS Subject: Physics - Math Institution: St. Lawrence U.
Year: 1968 Degree: Graduate Course Subject: Godel's Incompleteness Theorem Institution: Stony Brook Univ.
Year: 1970 Degree: Graduate Courses Subject: Topology, Architecture studio Institution: Columbia Univ.
Year: 1974 Degree: MFA (professional degree) Subject: Architecture and Landscape Institution: Univ. of Pa.

Work History

Years Employer Title Department
Years: 1979 to Present Employer: Undisclosed Title: Scientist and Consultant Department: Research and Consulting
Responsibilities:
Expert's independent research and consulting began with research on solar building micro-climates in the 70's. The major accomplishment was discovery of quite productive scientific methods for studying the design patterns of individual evolving systems, recognized by their working boundaries, energy behaviors and flows of natural continuity in change, in lieu of statistical study.
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 1983 to 2008 Employer: Various Clients Title: Architect Department: Design
Responsibilities:
Expert worked for a number of NY offices in a 25-year career, having principal roles in the reconstruction of the St. Agnes Cathedral; the Jackson, MI, Federal Courthouse; Bronx NY Botanic Gardens entrance building, among others

Government Experience

Years Agency Role Description
Years: 2013 to 2014 Agency: UN NGO Representative & Civil Society Stakeholder Role: Representative, science advisor Description: Reporting and negotiating on UN Post2015 Development Goals
Years: 2014 to 2015 Agency: UNEP-FI / WRI Technical Working Group Role: Scientist and Civil Society Stakeholder Description: Systems science advice on Defining financial industry guidance on measuring and responding to CO2 risks and climate change

International Experience

Years Country / Region Summary
Years: 2015 to 2015 Country / Region: Krems, Austria Summary: Attended the PURPLSOC World Conference, Pursuit of Pattern Languages for Societal Change, Making a significant contribution to an active community advancing a new science.

Career Accomplishments

Associations / Societies
AIA ret. - 1992 to 2010
AAAS - American Association for the Advancement of Science, Member
CIVICUS - UN NGO and World civil society organization, Voting member
Hillside Group - Sponsor of worldwide Pattern Language meetings - Member
Licenses / Certifications
Architectural License, NYS NCARB 1992 to 2010
Awards / Recognition
Best energy research paper of the year – from ASME
Graduation prize in Architectural Technology – U. of Pa. School of Architecture
Publications and Patents Summary
Expert has published a number of research papers on systems pattern recondition, whole systems measure, accounting and sustainability, and pattern language of naturally occurring design.

Language Skills

Language Proficiency
French Limited
Russian Limited

Fields of Expertise

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