Geospatial Analytics Ph.D.

Sep 14, 2023

Presenting Urban Forest Fragmentation Research at the Ecological Society of America Meeting in Portland, OR

Geospatial Analytics Ph.D. student Shannon McAvoy's research reveals how ecosystem services provided by urban trees and socioeconomic disadvantages are spatially connected.

Sep 12, 2023

Exploring New Landscapes and Discussing Landscape Models at ESA 2023

Geospatial Analytics Ph.D. student Andrew Shannon is developing species-specific relationships between trees and disturbance events like drought and wildfire, to predict how forests will respond to future conditions.

Sep 8, 2023

“I Use Geospatial Analytics To…” Part VI

Curious about what our newest Geospatial Analytics Ph.D. students work on for their dissertations? Check out how they and their advisors use geospatial analytics to impact a range of fields.

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Aug 28, 2023

Center Researchers Attend GRASS GIS Community Meeting in Czech Republic

In June, five Center researchers gathered with other GRASS GIS developers and users in Prague to celebrate the open-source software's 40th anniversary. Geospatial Analytics Ph.D. student Caitlin Haedrich shares her experience.

Aug 3, 2023

Jenna Abrahamson Develops Remote Sensing Methods to Predict Flooding

This summer, Geospatial Analytics Ph.D. student Jenna Abrahamson interned with the Pacific Northwest National Lab's terrestrial and aquatic integration team.

Jul 6, 2023

Celebrating Student Achievements 2022–2023

This past year, our talented students won prestigious awards and fellowships, hosted professional development activities, published scholarly articles and found innovative ways to support each other. Learn more about what they have been up to.

Jun 27, 2023

New Tool Maps South Florida Fire Risk Pixel by Pixel

Center researchers designed a computer model called FireHydro to allow fire managers to map fire risk in South Florida on a day-to-day basis.

a red brick house is surrounded by flooding and a chainlink fence

Jun 9, 2023

Finding Floods from Space to Support Community Action

Through AGU’s Thriving Earth Exchange, faculty fellow Mirela Tulbure and doctoral students Mollie Gaines and Varun Tiwari have been working with a community science project in Georgia to validate the lived experiences of residents dealing with frequent flooding.

May 4, 2023

Congrats to Our May 2023 Graduates!

This semester, we celebrate the NC State graduation of 50 members of the Center for Geospatial Analytics community. Congratulations to all of our doctoral, professional master’s and graduate certificate students on their success!

May 1, 2023

Graduation to Vocation: Corey White Democratizes Geospatial Modeling

Corey White will graduate in May 2023 with a Ph.D. in Geospatial Analytics. Upon graduation, he will launch OpenPlains Inc. in Durham, North Carolina as founder and CEO.