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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. 
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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. 

Apr 24, 2023

My Trip to IALE: A Bloom of Ideas After a Long Drought

Ph.D. candidate Thom Worm found the recent IALE-NA conference in California a refreshing experience after three years without in-person gatherings. 

Apr 17, 2023

Discussing the Implications of Boundaries in Social-Ecological Systems at IALE-NA

At her first conference since starting grad school, Geospatial Analytics Ph.D. student Christina Perella presented her work exploring tradeoffs in defining a study system's spatial and temporal boundaries. 

Jan 26, 2023

Spatial Associations of Long-Term Exposure to Diesel Particulate Matter and COVID-19 Mortality

Geospatial Analytics Ph.D. student Martine Mathieu's research explores spatial associations between COVID-19 mortality rates and exposure to exhaust from diesel engines. 

Jan 26, 2023

Mapping Rice: Lessons from a Remote Sensing Stint in Bangladesh

Geospatial Analytics Ph.D. student Varun Tiwari, in collaboration with a research team including Mollie Gaines (pictured), developed an automated method to map rice cultivation in Bangladesh to support food security. 

Jan 24, 2023

Changing Trends in Landslide Susceptibility in the Central Highlands of Vietnam

Geospatial Analytics Ph.D. student Raja Das uses high-resolution satellite data and machine learning to map landslide-affected areas and identify where future landslides are likely to occur. 

Jan 24, 2023

Exploring Scenario-Based Surface Water Area Projections at AGU

Geospatial Analytics Ph.D. candidate Mollie Gaines uses machine learning to project surface water area in the Southeast under different climate and land cover change scenarios. 

Jan 23, 2023

The National Phosphorus Budget

Geospatial Analytics Ph.D. candidate Kimia Karimi is developing new ways to quantify how much phosphorus flows through US watersheds to support water quality management.