Shira Bezalel

Shira Bezalel
Geographic and Data Systems Administrator
shira sfei.org
510-746-7304
Shira Bezalel joined SFEI in October 2005, bringing to the organization expertise in database management and geographic information systems. At SFEI, Shira is the data manager and GIS analyst for the South Baylands Mercury Project. She has been involved in the compilation of the Surface Waters Ambient Monitoring Program (SWAMP) historical bioaccumulation database and report, and is currently standardizing this data to be comparable with the California SWAMP database. Shira also provides data management support, GIS analysis and map production for a number of other SFEI projects including the CBDA Fish Mercury Project and CBDA Petaluma River Mercury Project. Prior to joining SFEI, Shira worked for over eight years in the Bay Area software industry where she was responsible for supporting administrators of large-scale database management systems. Shira received a B.A. in Economics from State University of New York at Binghamton in 1993 and completed a certificate in Geographic Information Systems at San Francisco State University in 2005.
Publication List

News and Notables:

GeoFetch: A One-Stop Shop for SFEI Data
Mar-05-12 | Technology

SFEI has launched GeoFetch, an on-line catalog of our spatial data library, to provide data access to our partners and the public.

SWAMP/RMP/Bight Program Report on Contaminants in Fish from the California Coast
May-26-11 | Publications and Reports

SFEI has authored a report for the State Water Resources Control Board's Surface Water Ambient Monitoring Program (SWAMP) and the RMP that presents findings from California's largest-ever survey of contaminants in sport fish from the coast.

Tissue monitoring data available through CEDEN
Feb-17-11 | Technology

The California Environmental Data Exchange Network (CEDEN) is a system designed to facilitate the integration and sharing of data collected by many different participants involved in the water and environmental resources of the State of California.

Public release of California Environmental Data Exchange Network (CEDEN)
Aug-24-10 | Technology

The goal of CEDEN is to simplify and improve access to California's water resource monitoring data by providing services that integrate, standardize and display data from the State's many diverse monitoring and data management efforts.

SWAMP/SFEI report on contaminants in fish from California lakes
Jun-03-10 | Publications and Reports

SFEI has authored a report for the State Water Resources Control Board's Surface Water Ambient Monitoring Program (SWAMP) that presents findings from California's largest-ever survey of contaminants in sport fish from lakes and reservoirs.

Environmental Data Upload and Visualization Tools presented at the 2010 NWQMC Conference
Apr-25-10 | Events and Appearances

Data visualization tools transform data into information in meaningful ways for different audiences.

Internal Beta Launch of SFEI's Geoportal
Mar-30-10 | Technology

The Geoportal team, Kristen Cayce, Shira Bezalel and Gregory Tseng released the Beta version of SFEI's Geoportal to the GIS user group at SFEI.