Brief Curriculum Vitae PDF Version

Merrick Lex Berman telephone: (617) 495-2451 PO Box 426028, Cambridge, MA 02142

Academic and Job Experience:

• Harvard China Historical GIS, Project Manager, 2001-present
• MIT Internet & Telecoms Convergence Consortium, Office Administrator, 1998-2000
• Academia Sinica, Taiwan - Fulbright Scholar 1997-98 - Chinese Geography
• UMASS - Amherst, M.A. Chinese Language 1998
• U.S. Asia Environmental Partnership - Taipei 1998 - Analyst for U.S. DOC ISA
• U.S. Asia Environmental Partnership - Washington D.C. 1997 - Program Associate
• Language Village, Inashi, Nagano, Japan, 1994-95 English Teacher
• Beijing Normal University - 1992-93 - English Teacher & Exchange Program Lead
• UMASS - Amherst, B.A. Asian Languages 1992

Externally Funded Conference Participation:

• 2nd Monies, Markets & Finance in East Asia Conference 2007 [Bochum, Germany]
  supported by Max Planck Institute & Tuebingen University
• hist2006 Geschichte im Netz Conference 2006 [Berlin, Germany]
  supported by ClioOnline & Humboldt University Berlin
• GeoHistory Network Conference 2005 [Philadelphia, PA]
  supported by Mellon Foundation & GeoHistory Network
• Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative & Pacific Neighborhood Consortium Joint Meeting 2005 [Honolulu, Hawaii]
  supported by Henry Luce Foundation & Pacific Neighborhood Consortium
• Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative & Pacific Neighborhood Consortium Joint Meeting 2002 [Osaka, Japan]
  supported by Pacific Neighborhood Consortium
• Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative, Annual Meeting 2001 [Guadalajara, Mexico]
  supported by Harvard Asia Center

Guest Lectures:

• CHGIS Spatio-Temporal Data Model and WEB 2.0, 8 Oct 2007 [Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin]
  Open Geographic Information Network Meeting
• Integrating Time in GIS and Issues in Historical Modeling, 20 Apr 2006 [Harvard University]
  Spatial Analysis of Environmental and Social Systems, Engineering Sciences 103
• Using CHGIS for Historical Research, 20 Jan 2006 [Harvard University]
  Harvard Yenching Institute Seminar Series
• CHGIS for Reference Librarians, 7 May 2004 [Stanford University]
  Cecil H. Green Library, Social Sciences Resource Center
• Demonstration of a Digital Gazetteer and Historical GIS for Japan, 4 March 2004 [Council of East Asian Librarians]
  Committee on Japanese Materials

Technical Persuasions:

• Drupal
• Wordpress
• PHP
• MySQL
• MapServer
• OpenLayers
• ArcGIS & MapInfo
• GoogleEarth & KML
• MS Office Applications
• Photoshop, Gimp
• Audacity

Websites:

• China Historical Geographic Information System
• China Earthquake Geospatial Research Portal
• Geographic Information Sharing Tool
• Time Enabled KML Conversion Library
• East Asian Research Portal

Hobbies:

• Bicycling
• Science Fiction
• Illustration
• Buddhist Meditation

Totem:

• Frog