Robert Chau has a B.S. in Geography-Geographical Information Systems and a B.A. in Japanese from San Diego State University. He has 5 years of experience with ArcGIS and training in remote sensing software. He interned at an elementary school in Japan teaching English and worked as a GIS Mapping Specialist for San Diego Canyonlands mapping invasive plants using GPS. Currently he volunteers with the Volunteer Hazard Mapping Corps creating orthorectified wildfire images.