Andrew was an EPAR RA from 2019-2021. After graduating with an MPA he joined the team as a research scientist. His work has focused on LSMS-ISA indicator curation, spatial analytics, and RA mentorship. He is the lead developer of AgQuery+, a tool that improves ease-of-access for EPAR’s LSMS data products. He is interested in building climate resilience in agriculture and advancing evidence-based policies for environmentally sustainable food production. Prior to Evans, he worked as a plant biologist and regulatory coordinator at an organic fertilizer startup. He holds an MS in Ecology from SUNY-ESF, where he studied plant distribution modeling under climate change and plant-fungus mutualism, and a BS in Botany and a BA in English from University of Maine (Orono), where he worked on wetland restoration ecology.