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Center Ph.D. Students Engage Global Audience with GRASS GIS and Tangible Landscape Workshop

Geospatial Analytics Ph.D.

Dec 4, 2025

Exploring Bloom Risks in Coastal North Carolina

Bigyapti Nepal shares how presenting her Ph.D. research at the CERF Biennial Conference opened new doors, sparked fresh ideas, and connected her with experts working to protect coastal ecosystems.
Uchenna Osia

Nov 6, 2025

Uchenna Osia Shares Insights from Her Academic Journey

Osia is a Ph.D. candidate in Geospatial Analytics. She is a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Program Fellow and a GEM Fellow. She has also participated in the Yale University Environmental Fellows Program and received the U.S. Geospatial Intelligence Foundation Stu Shea Endowed Scholarship.

Oct 9, 2025

Hacking Climate and Soil Data for North Carolina’s Crops

Geospatial Analytics Ph.D. students participated (and won first place) in the N.C. Plant Sciences Initiative annual Hackathon, where participants demonstrate their skills in a 3-day competition to solve agricultural technology-related challenges.

Sep 29, 2025

Pollinator Research Takes to the Skies with NASA Grant

As a North Carolina Space Grant Graduate Research Fellow, Geospatial Analytics Ph.D. student Gwen Kirschke is shooting for the stars — but not in the way you might think.

Sep 2, 2025

Meet Our Newest Ph.D. Students

The Center for Geospatial Analytics welcomes its seventh cohort of Geospatial Analytics Ph.D. students!

Aug 25, 2025

SE CASC Releases 2017-2024 Center Report

Researchers from the Center for Geospatial Analytics feature heavily in the report from the Southeast Climate Adaptation Science Center (SE CASC), with more than 20 journal articles and reports and 11 Global Change Fellows since 2017.

Aug 21, 2025

Summer Internship Spotlight: Titilayo Tajudeen, Weyerhaeuser Company

Tajudeen, a Geospatial Analytics Ph.D. student, spent the summer in Centralia, Washington as a Remote Sensing Intern with one of the world's largest forest product companies.

Aug 6, 2025

Ph.D. Student Kelly van Woesik Selected as Global One Health Fellow

The second year Geospatial Analytics Ph.D. student was one of only five students selected for the competitive, interdisciplinary fellowship.

Jul 21, 2025

Ph.D. Student Gwen Kirschke Awarded NC Space Grant Graduate Research Fellowship

Kirschke's project will leverage remote sensing to create continuous maps of floral resources to understand and predict resource limitations.

Jun 23, 2025

Center Ph.D. Students Engage Global Audience with GRASS GIS and Tangible Landscape Workshop

Ph.D. students Pratikshya Regmi and Caitlin Haedrich recently led a hands-on training at the 2025 Annual Meeting of the Community Surface Dynamics Modeling System (CSDMS).